Clare Coffey
IEEP Associate
Specialist Subjects:
Strengthening local civil society, good governance (information, participation, access to justice, human rights), public policy advocacy, programme and project development, expert and process training and facilitation.
Profile:
Clare was previously a Senior Fellow and Head of Governance Programme at IEEP. In September 2005, she moved to Cameroon as NGO advisor within a VSO governance and participation programme. From 2008 to 2011, she managed a regional civil society component of a major Germano-Cameroonian decentralisation programme, working for the GIZ - German Organisation for International Cooperation. She has a legal background, with a particular interest in supporting local NGOs to increase their participation in and influence on governance. Apart from being an accomplished policy analyst and advocate, she is also an experienced project developer and manager, as well as a skilled trainer and facilitator. At IEEP, she focused in particular on strategic EU affairs, notably environmental policy integration and sustainable development and the EU constitution.
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Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combatting Subsidies, Developing Precaution
This paper describes the interactions between EU fisheries policies and international conventions. Published in: Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance, Eds. Sebastian Oberthur and ...
01 Mar 2006 -
The EU Habitats Directive: Enhancing Synergy with Pan-European Nature Conservation and with the EU Structural Funds.
This book chapter desribes the interaction between the habitats Directive and wider European approaches to biodiversity protection as well as the role of the Structural Funds. Published in: Institutional ...
01 Mar 2006 -
Environmental Policy Integration in Europe: Administrative Culture and Practices
This paper presents an overview of administrative culture and practices for EPI in Europe, and investigates some of the main management styles used. It reviews institutional structures and ...
30 Jun 2005 -
IEEP Evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry: Pre Budget 2004, the road ahead
The evidence submitted concerns one of the areas of focus of the EAC Inquiry - impact assessment. It focuses on the relationships between the EU and UK approaches, and raises a number of issues regarding ...
09 Jun 2005 -
The Draft Constitution for Europe: Good News for the Environment?
The primary concern in drafting the European Union’s new, but not yet finalized, constitution has been to maintain the existing EU Treaty provisions in terms of the environment, ...
09 Jun 2005 -
Managing Europe's Inshore Fisheries: Harnessing the new European Fisheries Fund
The overall goal of this report is to enable decision-makers, fisheries managers and other practitioners to harness the potential of the EFF for inshore waters. The report begins by placing the unique ...
01 Jan 2005 -
Sustainable EU fisheries: Facing the Environmental Challenges: Conference report
IEEP and the Fisheries Secretariat (FISH) organised a high-level conference in November 2004, under the patronage of the Dutch Presidency of the EU Council. The aim was to re-examine the challenges facing ...
09 Nov 2004 -
Analysis of the Legal and Institutional Policies relating to the South West
The report commissioned by IEEP for Invest in Fish South West reviews fisheries management options within the current international, EU and UK legislation.Invest in Fish South West is a ...
09 Oct 2004 -
Sustainable Fisheries Management: Presentation at Green Week 2004
Presentation at the Green Week 2004 on sustainable fisheries management
12 Jun 2004 -
Ecologic/IEEP Briefing Paper on the Draft Constitution for Europe
In July 2003 the Convention on the Future of Europe presented the full draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, with a view to its adoption and eventual ratification by the EU ...
09 Oct 2003