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• 09.05.2013

  An Interreg landscape project between Italy and Switzerland

  Etnographical Museum Valle di Muggio (Ticino, Switzerland) and Osservatorio Biellese Beni Culturali e Paesaggio (Biella, Italy) - the latter being a member of CivilScape - have recently been granted Interreg funds to an awareness-rising project, based on the Article 6 of the European Landscape Convention. The project “Paesaggio condiviso – Shared landscape” will run in the coming 18 months with several initiatives at the local and transnational level. | Learn more...

• 02.05.2013

  Iberian Landscape Forum 2014

  CIVILSCAPE is planning to organize an IBERIAN LANDSCAPE FORUM in the first half of 2014 where civil society organizations from Andorra, Spain and Portugal can exchange experiences and dialog on the implementation of the ELC (European Landscape Convention). | Learn more...

• 29.04.2013

  Le:Notre Landscape Forum

  Madrid - 29.04.2013 | The second LE:NOTRE LANDSCAPE FORUM took place from 17th - 20th April 2013 in Rome, hosted by the Faculty of Architecture of University La Sapienza. | Learn more...

• 19.04.2013

  First Turkish organisation
  joins CIVILSCAPE

  Lidköping - 19.04.2013 | The CIVILSCAPE Executive Board accepted the application of Peyzaj Araştırmaları Derneğ (PAD) during their extra ordinary e-conference today. The Turkish Landscape Research Society has applied for a regular membership recently. The Executive Board decided unanimously on this issue and welcomes the new member organisation. | Learn more...

• 16.04.2013

  Scandinavian
  Landscape Forum 2013

  Lidköping - 16.04.2013 | Representatives of the Swedish National Heritage Board, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Biosfärområde Vänerskärgården med Kinnekulle, the Sveriges hembygdsförbund and CIVILSCAPE met for a preparatory meeting in Lidköping today. The region Västra Götaland is also a strong supporter of this idea and will be involved to the further activities. The partners agreed finally to organise the first Scandinavian Landscape Forum in Sweden on September 12th - 14th, 2013. | Learn more...

• 04.04.2013

  Welcome to mini-seminar on the European Landscape Convention

  The goal of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) is a rich landscape where everyone can participate in the design. The Convention stresses that landscape, its protection, management and planning is a shared responsibility. Application of the Convention therefore requires cooperation between government agencies, NGOs and civil society to ensure that landscape diversity managed in a sustainable way. Biosphere Reserve using ELC as a tool in his vision. | Learn more...

• 28.03.2013

  First CIVILSCAPE member organisation in Portugal

  Bonn, 28.03.2013 | The Executive Board has decided unanimously to accept a membership application of the Associação de Produtores Florestais do Vale do Minho. The private forestry's association is the first member organisation from Portugal. CIVILSCAPE has now member organisations in 27 European countries. | Learn more...

• 12.03.2013

  Civil society (and animals) gather in Strasbourg ahead of EU Parliament’s final CAP vote

  Calling for a greener and fairer CAP, several hundred farmers and consumers in colourful costumes from 12 countries came together in Strasbourg today for a series of actions outside the European Parliament as MEPs held their final debate on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) before the plenary vote on March 13th. | Learn more...

• 05.03.2013

  Sweden, forestry and landscape on focus in the annual SHF’s assembly

  Does Sweden need a new policy for forestry and wood industry? Can we look at forests as a cultural heritage that brings values to be protected? What is the ultimate impact of forestry on landscapes as well as on biodiversity? | Learn more...

• 02.03.2013

  Farms instead of Factories!

  Will our tax money continue to flow into the pockets of agribusiness and monocultures? Or will Europe’s farm subsidies finally be used to fund a sustainable and globally responsible agriculture? | Learn more...

• 27.02.2013

  Theme of the year 2013 „Energy Landscapes“

  Berlin - 13.02.2013 | Among many people, energy landscapes are considered as a positive sign for the implementation of necessary change. People with a different view may only notice a destruction of the landscape hitherto unkown. In fact „energy landscape“ ist not a new formation – but the word did not exist so far. | Learn more...

• 26.02.2013

  Welcome to a new member organisation in Sweden

  CivilScape’s network has recently welcomed a new member organisation in Sweden. Sverige Hembygdsförbund (Swedish Local Heritage Movement), established in 1916, is a sister organisation of the German Bund Heimat und Umwelt; nowadays they have 2.030 local groups all over Sweden, 10.000 protected buildings, 430.000 members; they organize activities for 90.000 school children every year and have around 3,7 million visitors. They work constantly for education and communication of landscape and cultural heritage issues through 500 publications and 1.400 study circles all over the country. | Learn more...

• 22.02.2013

  Switzerland has ratified the
  European Landscape Convention

  The Bundesrat has ratified today the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and informed afterwards the Council of Europe Treaty Office about this. The ELC will come into force in Switzerland on June 1st, 2013. This will end a long struggle about the ratification in Switzerland. Treaty is open for signature by the member states of the Council of Europe and for accession by the European Union and the European non-member states. | Learn more...

• 20.02.2013

  GreenNet conference in Vienna

  The 19th and 20th February, the GreenNet conference, under the title “How to push the implementation of the European Green Belt by landscape policy instruments?”, took place in Vienna, Austria. The conference was hosted at BOKU Vienna, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. | Learn more...

• 18.02.2013

  CIVILSCAPE member
  ECOVAST Austria presents project posters

  At the beginning of the seccond scientific & midterm Greennet conference, Arthur Spiegler and Brigitte Macaria from the CIVILSCAPE member ECOVAST Austria presented their posters of landscape projects and workshops they worked on in Austria and Slovenia. The event took place in the BOKU – University of Natural Ressources and Applied life Sciences in Vienna. The partners of the Green Belt project, six middle europeen countries as well as participants from other europeen countries and even from the United States an South Korea participated in the opening event. | Learn more...

• 15.02.2013

  Heimatbund Thüringen e.V. from Germany joins CIVILSCAPE

  CIVILSCAPE is happy to annouce that the Executive Board decided to welcome the Heimatbund Thüringen e.V. (Heritage Association of Thuringia) as a new regular member from Germany. The Heimatbund Thüringen e.V. will become the 10th member from Germany. In total there now close to 70 CIVILSCAPE member organisations in 26 European countries. | Learn more...

• 16.01.2013

  Vital Landscapes!? Challenges and Perspectives

  The conference will provide interesting results, practical recommendations and useful tools that are of interest to regions and initiatives throughoutEurope. This is especially true at present as Central Europe is preparing the next EU funding period for 2014 – 2020. We cordially invite you to participate in this event and to help promote the importance of vital landscapes and regional living environments. The face of our future landscapes depends on us! | Learn more...

• 31.12.2012

  Successful year 2012

  2012 has been an impressive year for CIVILSCAPE. During the year, we have grown considerably similar to last year and we were able to improve our network. But we have also been faced new unforseen challenges. We have brought some of our visions to concrete actions in 2012 and will continue with this mission in 2013. | Learn more...

• 05.12.2012

  Grid operators and environmental organisations team up to promote sustainable modernisation of electricity grids

  To support a successful implementation of the European Grid Declaration, signed by a coalition of Europe’s 29 largest environmental NGOs and grid operators in 2011, the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) launches the European Grid Report. The report publishes over 80 selected practical experiences by different RGI members across Europe. Today at the 2nd European Grid Conference in Brussels, jointly organised by RGI and Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP), the report and the extended European Grid Declaration on Transparency and Public Participation were presented to European Commissioner for Energy Günther H. Oettinger and to European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik. | Learn more...

• 26.10.2012

  European Commission to streamline rules on environmental impact assessments of projects

  The European Commission today outlined new proposals to streamline legislation on environmental impact assessments. The proposals are intended to lighten administrative burdens and make it easier to assess the potential impacts of major projects, without weakening existing environmental safeguards. Current levels of environmental protection will be strengthened, and businesses should enjoy a more harmonised regulatory framework. | Learn more...

• 24.09.2012

  Florence Declaration on Landscape 2012

  Final Declaration of the UNESCO International Meeting on "The International Protection of Landscapes" held in Florence on September 19-21, 2012 on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. The former CIVILSCAPE Board member Francesco Alberti La Marmora and Marco De Vecchi, Coordinamento of our member organsiation Osservatori del paesaggio del Piemonte were involved to this event. | Learn more...

• 19.09.2012

  We can’t protect the Landscapes if Traditional Knowledge disappears

  The Video Message from HRH The Prince of Wales “We cannot protect the Landscapes if Traditional Knowledge" was delivered as the key note speech on occassion of the conference 'The International Protection of Landscapes' in Florence, Italy, September 19-21, 2012. | Learn more...

• 29.06.2012

  Iceland becomes signatory state

  Ms Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir, ambassador and permanent representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe, signs the European Landscape Convention (ELC) today. Therefore the concvention is now signed by 40 countries while 37 of them have also ratified the ELC. | Learn more...

• 21.06.2012

  Rio+20:
  The Future we do not want

  CIVILSCAPE has signed a petition opened by the major NGOs at the Rio +20 Conference in Rio. The petition was formulated as a reaction on the actual debates by the represented governments, resulting in a watered down resolution "The Future we want". This resolution is the main document drafted by the conference and to be signed by the participating states - it therefore constitutes the result of the Rio +20 Conference. | Learn more...

• 20.06.2012

  Ministry for the Environment supports Gardarsholm

  Gardarsholm recently received a generous grant from the Ministry for the Environment of Iceland. This is extremely useful for the ongoing progress of the project and enables us to carry on with the exciting work currently underway. We send our heartfelt thanks to the Minister and the Ministry for the support! | Learn more...

• 02.06.2012

  European Landscape Convention is on the way

  CIVILSCAPE welcome the decision of the Swiss National Council on June 1st 2012. However it was very scarce (89:86) for the European Landscape Convention! But the ratification process of the European Landscape Convention takes one more round. Ratification by Switzerland is sorely needed, while already have 37 countries of Europe did so. | Learn more...

• 29.05.2012

  Iceland will sign the European Landscape Convention

  Iceland has decided to sign the European Landscape Convention end fo June 2012. Iceland will join by this the increasing number of counttries that have already signed the ELC. As a reflection of European identity and diversity, the landscape is our living natural and cultural heritage, be it ordinary or outstanding, urban or rural, on land or in water. | Learn more...

• 24.05.2012

  Working Group on Landscape

  CIVILSCAPE is organising the next meeting of the Working group on Landscape at the iNGO conference of the Council of Europe. As decided at the last working group meeting we will concentrate on the development of green energies and the impact of the new energy policies on the landscape. Quite some developments can be registered in the last half year. | Learn more...

• 23.05.2012

  SeaScapes - successful workshop im Gothenburg

  “Opportunities and risks for maritime and costal intangibles landscapes and environment” was discussed in the workshop promoted by CivilScape, European Maritime Heritage and University of Liverpool in the frame of the European Maritime Day 2012 (Gothenburg, Sweden 21-22 May 2012). Inge Gotzmann, CivilScape president, opened the workshop with a brief overview on CivilScape’s aim and activities then she left the ground to Maguelonne Dejeant-Pons, head of Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial planning Division for the Council of Europe, and to Stephen Jay, professor at the University of Liverpool. | Learn more...

• 21.04.2012

  First member from Cyprus joins CIVILSCAPE

  The Executive Board decided during an adhoc meeting to welcome the Laona Foundation as a new regular member from Cyprus. The Laona Foundation will become the first member from Cyprus. CIVILSCAPE has now 60 member organisations in 23 European countries. | Learn more...