Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania

Background

Consumers in the Baltic countries and in North West Russia are steadily getting more environmentally-conscious and they become interested in ecolabelled products. Environmentally friendly consumer habits and issues of sustainable development are high on the political agendas in the Baltic countries, as well as in Russia. At the same time the public and business community is still lacking information about ecolabelling. The Nordic Ecolabel (Swan) is one of the best known Nordic brands, and at the same time one of the best-known ecolabels in Europe, so experience of the Nordic Ecolabelling offices would be of immense value for the Baltic countries and North West Russia. During the project activities the target groups will be presented with information about ecolabelling, the Nordic Ecolabel, as well as further steps for application of the Nordic Ecolabel in this region will be discussed.

Objectives of the project

- To increase environmental awareness among the public and businesses in the Baltic countries and North West Russia by introducing the Nordic Ecolabel as a successful example;
- To stimulate the interest for import of Swan-labelled Nordic products to the Baltic countries and North West Russia, and by this to contribute to better environment in the Baltic Sea Region;
- To increase the interest for businesses in the Baltic countries and North West Russia to label their products with Nordic Ecolabel and by this to increase their competitiveness in the Nordic market;
- To increase contacts between public servants in the Nordic, Baltic countries and North West Russia on ecolabeling;
- To investigate and evaluate the possibilities of representation of Nordic Ecolabel labeling services in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.

Target group

The main target groups of the project are officials, businesses and NGOs involved in ecolabelling, and consumption in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.

Activities

1. Survey on business awareness about ecolabelling in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
2. Meetings of project group for representation of Nordic Ecolabel in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
3. Presentation of Nordic Ecolabel at Business &Trade fairs & local conferences in the Baltic countries and North West Russia.
4. Seminars (workshops) about the ecolabelling in the Baltic countries and North West Russia
5. Final conference of the project.

Duration

March-December 2010

Partners

Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania (Coordinating partner)
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Estonia
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Latvia
Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office in St. Petersburg
Environmental Protection Agency under the Ministry of Environment in Lithuania
Estonian Environment Information Centre under the Ministry of Environment in Estonia
Latvian Vides Projekti State Ltd
St.Petersburg Ecological Union (NGO)
Ecolabelling Sweden
Nordic Ecolabelling Board

More info about the Nordic Ecolabel:

www.norden-ecolabel.org

Denmark

Ecolabelling

Denmark

Fonden Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Denmark
Telephone +45 72300450
Fax. +45 72300451
E-mail: info@ecolabel.dk
www.ecolabel.dk

Finland

SFS Ecolabelling
Box 130
FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone +358 91499331
Fax. +358 914993320
E-mail: joutsen@sfs.fi
www.ecolabel.fi

Iceland
Ecolabelling Iceland
Umhverfisstofnun
Suðurlandsbraut 24
IS-108 Reykjavik, Iceland
Telephone +354 5912000
Fax. +354 5912020
E-mail: svanurinn@ust.is
www.svanurinn.is

Norway

Ecolabelling

Norway

Tordenskiolds gate 6 B
NO-0160 Oslo, Norway
Telephone +47 24144600
Fax. +47 24144601
E-mail: info@ecolabel.no
www.ecolabel.no

Sweden
Ecolabelling Sweden
SE-118 80 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone +46 8 55552400
Fax. +46 8 55552401
E-mail: svanen@ecolabel.se
www.ecolabel.se

Lithuania
Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
Didzioji 5
LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone +370 5 2122211
Fax. +370 5 212 24 23
E-mail:
www.norden.lt

Environmental Protection Agency
Juozapavičiaus st. 9
LT-09311, Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 266 2800
Fax. +370 5 266 2800
E-mail: aaa@aaa.am.lt
http://aaa.am.lt