Om Eionet

They must coordinate networks of national reference centers and bring together experts from national institutions and other bodies dealing with environmental information.

Eionet began its work in 1994 and has since become a well-known and trusted provider of high quality data, information and assessments for Europe.

Eionet can be defined as follows:

• Strong multi-level institutional cooperation (national, regional, European, international) and civil society partnerships mediated by a coordination unit.
• Common content adopted - data, information, indicators, analyzes
• Shared infrastructures , standards and tools

Member and partner countries

The EEA currently has 32 member countries and six partner countries. The 32 member states  include the 27 EU Member States  as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.

The six Western Balkan countries are partner countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo [i] . Cooperation activities with these countries are conducted under Eionet and supported by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.

The EEA is also engaged in international cooperation that extends beyond its own member and partner countries

Efter Det Forenede Kongeriges udtræden af EU den 31. januar 2020 ophørte det med at være en del af EEA's institutionelle netværk og forvaltning. Ydermere deltager Det Forenede Kongerige ikke længere i møder eller andre koordineringsprocesser knyttet til EEA's mandat. I princippet [1] har Det Forenede Kongerige ikke længere en retlig forpligtelse til at ajourføre eller levere information og rådgivning eller til at bistå med at opfylde sine forpligtelser i henhold til EU's miljølovgivning efter overgangsperiodens udløb den 31. december 2020.

Ud over de nationale knudepunkter og nationale referencecentre omfatter Eionet i øjeblikket 7 europæiske temacentre.

Yderligere oplysninger:

• Eionets websted
• Liste over nationale knudepunkter
• Brochure: Eionet skaber forbindelse
• Eionets prioriterede datastrømme

[1] "I princippet" kunne dække udestående spørgsmål, hvor Det Forenede Kongeriges bidrag kan være nødvendigt indtil overgangsperiodens udløb.