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The Institute for Environment and Sustainability

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IES Mission Statement

The mission of the Institute for Environment

and Sustainability is to provide scientific-

technical support to the European Union’s

Policies for the protection and sustainable

development of the European and global

environment.

Customers: EC, EEA, EP, Member States, Global Organisations

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DirectorLeen HORDIJK

H00 · Office of the DirectorPamela KENNEDY

H01 · Management Support UnitNeil HUBBARD

Task Force Environment and HealthPeter PÄRT

H05 · Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources UnitGiovanni BIDOGLIO

H04 · Transport and Air Quality UnitAlois KRASENBRINK (acting)

H07 · Land Management and Natural Hazards UnitGuido SCHMUCK

H06 · Spatial Data Infrastructures UnitAlessandro ANNONI

H03 · Global Environment Monitoring UnitAlan BELWARD

H02 · Climate Change UnitFrank RAES

Total staff: 446

Organisational Chart IES, May 2008

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Environment and Prosperity

INSPIRE

SustainableTransport

Life Cycle Assessment

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Environment and Solidarity

Marine Environment

Water Quality

Agri-environment

Soil and Forest Data Centres

Greenhouse GasInventories

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Environment and Security

Environmental Pollution

Radioactivity Monitoring

Environment and Health

Floods & Droughts

Forest Fires

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Climate Change

The Global perspective

GMES

Deforestation

Desertification

Support to Africa

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• National Institutes

PEER Group (ALTERRA, CEH, CEMAGREF, NERI,

SYKE, UFZ, JRC-IES), European Soil Bureau

Network, Air Quality Reference Laboratories

• European Institutions

EEA, ESA, ECMWF

• Global Organisations

FAO, WHO, WMO, GEO, UNEP

Networking

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• Vehicle Emission Laboratories (VELA 1-7)

• European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP)

• High Performance Analytical Laboratories, incl. 3 Mobile Labs

• EMEP/GAW Super Site (Climate Monitoring) at the JRC Ispra

• Greenhouse Gas Flux Measurement Towers San Rossore and Parco del Ticino

• Marine measurement stations in the Adriaticand Baltic Sea

Technical Infrastructuresfor Environmental Research

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• Technical Secretariat of INSPIRE / European Geoportal

• Water Information System for Europe (WISE)

• European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)

• European Flood Alert System (EFAS)

• European Reference System for Renewable Energies

• WMO World Data Centre for Aerosols

• Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring Database (REM)

• European Soil Database

• Global Land Cover 2000 Database

Key Information Systems and Databases

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• DG Environment

• DG Agriculture and Rural Development

• DG Transport and Energy

• DG External Relations,

DG Development, DG EuropeAid

• DG Regional Policy

• DG Eurostat

• DG Research

• DG Enterprise and Industry

• DG Health and Consumer Protection

• European Environment Agency

• UN Organizations (UNEP, WMO, etc.)

Broad Customer Base

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Thank you!

http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu