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The EEA now has 32 member countries and six cooperating countries. The European environment information and observation network (Eionet) is a partnership network of the EEA and the countries. The EEA is responsible for developing the network and coordinating its activities. To do so, the EEA works closely together with national focal points, typically national environment agencies or environment ministries. They are responsible for coordinating national networks involving many institutions (about 300 in all).

Member and cooperating countries

The 32 member countries include the 27 European Union Member States together with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.

The six West Balkan countries are cooperating countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. These cooperation activities are integrated into Eionet and support the Commission’s activities for the Stabilisation and Association Process of the West Balkan countries.

The EEA also engages in extensive international cooperation beyond its own member countries.

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European environment information and observation network (Eionet)

The European environment information and observation network (Eionet) is a partnership network of the EEA and its member and cooperating countries. The EEA is responsible for developing the network and coordinating its activities. To do this, the EEA works closely together with the National Focal Points (NFPs), typically national environment agencies or environment ministries in the member countries.

The NFPs are responsible for coordinating networks of the National Reference Centres (NRCs), bringing altogether around 900 experts from over 300 national institutions and other bodies dealing with environmental information.

Apart from the NFPs and NRCs, Eionet currently covers five European Topic Centres (ETCs) in the areas of water, air and climate change, biological diversity, resource and waste management, water and land use, and spatial information.

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