Member and cooperating countries

The 33 member countries include the 28 European Union Member States together with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.

The six West Balkan countries are cooperating countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as Kosovo under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99. These cooperation activities are integrated into Eionet and are supported by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.

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

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Map of the territory covered by EEA, including the marine regions, as identified by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and as reported by Norway and Iceland: 

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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 1000 experts from over 350 national institutions and other bodies dealing with environmental information.

Apart from the NFPs and NRCs, Eionet currently covers six European Topic Centres (ETCs) in the areas of air and climate change, biological diversity, climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, water, land use and spatial information and analysis, and waste and materials in a green economy.

More information:

• Eionet website
• List of National Focal Points
• Brochure: Eionet Connects
• Eionet priority data flows

EPA Network

The network of the heads of Environmental Protection Agencies in Europe (EPA Network) is an informal grouping bringing together the heads of environment protection agencies and similar bodies across Europe. The network exchanges views and experiences on issues of common interest to organisations involved in the practical day-to-day implementation of environmental policy and communication of environmental issues.

Plenary meetings are held twice a year in one of the member countries. The plenary sets the strategic direction of the network and provides a platform for heads to meet and discuss current topics of interest.  The plenary also deals with organisational issues of the network.

The network arranges its work through various Interest Groups (IG). There are currently eight active Interest Groups:

• Better Regulation
• Citizen Science
• Climate Change and Adaptation
• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
• Green and Circular Economy
• Noise abatement
• Plastics
• West Balkan

The EEA actively participates in the network as well as in the organising Troika. The EPA Network secretariat is located in the EEA premises in Copenhagen.

• Wepage of the EPA Network