Environmental Coalition on Standards
Acronym: ECOS
General Information
Identification Code: 96668093651-33
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: aisbl - association internationale sans but lucratif (Belgium)
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 5/21/2010
Last Update: 9/1/2023
EP Accredited Number: 4
Mission & Interests
Goals: ECOS was established in 2001 to enhance the voice of the environment within the European and international standardisation system.
Our vision is a healthy and clean environment, protected by robust rules that respect nature and its resources.
We are an international NGO with a network of members and experts advocating for environmentally-friendly technical standards, policies and laws.
We ensure the environmental voice is heard when they are developed and drive change by providing expertise to policymakers and industry players, leading to the implementation of strong environmental principles.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Energy
- Environment
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Trade
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - European Green Deal
- Circular Economy Action Plan
- Climate Change & Clean Energy
- Trade Policy
- Standardisation Policy
More details about the objectives, priorities and activities in these work areas is available on www.ecostandard.org
Communication Activities: ECOS meets regularly with European Commission officials, particularly from DG GROW, DG ENV, DG CLIMA, & DG ENER relating to ecodesign and standardisation.
ECOS carries out a range of communication activities in order to keep members and stakeholders up to date on our work.
Through the ECOS website (www.ecostandard.org) updates on our work is regularly provided, alongside news concerning ECOS work areas. All of ECOS position papers are available on:
https://ecostandard.org/publications_category/position-papers/
The Public ECOS Work Programme 2023, and Public Annual Report 2022 are available on the ECOS website.
The ECOS Newsletter is sent out to our members and other subscribers. It is also publicly available through the ECOS website.
ECOS has two social media accounts which are regularly updated, Twitter https://twitter.com/ECOS_Standard and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecos-ngo
ECOS Members are also informed of the activities of the organisation through regular email updates.
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Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: We receive funds from other donors to cover for those activities
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 28
Members: 29
Members F T E: 21.25
Info Members: ECOS has grown recently and now the full team is composed by 39 people + 5 trainees with the majority of them working on EU public affairs
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://ecostandard.org/members/
Organisation Members: 1. ECOS is a Partner Organisation of CEN, the European Committee for Standardization (EC Register Identification Number: 14168793342-48) and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC Register Identification Number. 58258552517-56).
It is ECOS core mission to represent the environmental NGOs (eNGOs) within the European Standardisation Bodies. “Representation” in that sense has two aspects:
- Representing eNGOs in the technical bodies of CEN and CENELEC and contributing technical environmental expertise and positions in the standards development process,
- Representing eNGOs in the governance structure of CEN and CENELEC.
2. ECOS is a Member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI): http://www.etsi.org/membership/current-members
3. ECOS is a “liaison organisation” to several technical committees and sub-committees of ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission.
4. ECOS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ANEC, the European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (EC Register Identification Number: 507800799-30).
5. ECOS is an umbrella organisation founded to represent eNGOs in technical processes such as standardisation. Therefore some of its member organisations are networks themselves, such as WWF-EPO, T&E, EEB, FoEE etc, registered in the EC Transparency Register.
6. ECOS is a member of the ITU International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.
7. ECOS is a member of the EEB - https://eeb.org/membership/our-members/