Welcome to the Irish Environmental Network. In May 2008 our organisation changed its name from The Environmental (Ecological) NGO’s Core Funding Ltd (EENGOCF) to The Irish Environmental Network.
Irish Environmental Network (IEN) represents to government the capacity building and funding needs of its member organisations, all of whom are involved in one way or another in the well-being, protection and enhancement of the environment. All these individual organisations attempt to achieve these aims through:
- practical conservation work,
- raising public awareness of environmental and conservation needs and
- campaigning and lobbying.
Irish Environmental Network, with funding from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, collectively supports and co-ordinates these organizations so that they maximize their impact and effectiveness through combining their efforts in all of the above activities.
A valuable resource
The value of the Environmental and Ecological Non-Government Sector in Ireland is immense. Over a quarter of a million unpaid hours are invested every year by ordinary citizens with extra-ordinary vision and unending enthusiasm in caring for the environmental sustainability and ecological regeneration of our nation.
These organizations make a difference to the local environment through active research, conservation and protection programmes, through advocacy, planning and submissions to Government Policy, through an array of individual education and awareness programmes and they work together through liaison and co-operation in order to become ever more effective in ecological and environmental protection.
The Irish Environmental Network represents to government the capacity building and funding needs of its member organisations, all of whom are involved in one way or another in the well-being, protection and enhancement of the environment. All these individual organisations attempt to achieve these aims through practical conservation work, raising public awareness of environmental and conservation needs through research and education and in ultimately attempting to influence policy makers through campaigning and lobbying.
They encourage the current decision makers to take care of our natural resources through advocacy, planning and submissions to government policy. They help educate the decision-makers of the future through an array of individual education and awareness programmes and they work together through liaison and co-operation in order to become ever more effective in ecological and environmental protection.
The Irish Environmental Network Secretariat, with funding from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, collectively supports and co-ordinates these organizations so that they maximize their impact and effectiveness through combining their efforts in all of the above activities.
