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The
Society's Profile
The civil non-profit society Nomos+Physis specializes in
the fields of law, institutions and policy for environmental protection and
sustainable development. Its
mission is to contribute to the development of environmental law (in Greece, as
well as in its neighbouring countries) and to raise public awareness regarding
the legal and institutional aspects of environmental protection and sustainable
development.
Within
this framework:
- It
undertakes national and E. Community projects in various sectors of
environmental law and sustainable development, often in collaboration with
governmental and academic institutions, and environmental non - governmental
organizations;
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It works in the field of development cooperation, especially as regards transfer
of institutional know-how and, in this context, it is officially enrolled in the
Non-Governmental Organizations Register of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign
Affairs;
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It undertakes the elaboration of draft Presidential Decrees and Ministerial
Decisions necessary for the harmonization to the Community environmental law; it
also undertakes the preparation of draft legal acts concerning the management
bodies and plans of protected areas;
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It undertakes to assess the application of national and Community environmental
legislation, as well as the compliance of Greece with international
environmental conventions;
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It elaborates policy papers on environmental practices and on the use economic
instruments both in the public and the private sector;
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It organizes conferences and seminars on environmental law issues with the aim
to sensitize the scientific community and the civil society involved in
environmental matters;
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Ιt
organizes training seminars for the justice and the administration on the
interpretation and implementation of national, E. Community and international
environmental law;
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It publishes the Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Law
Quarterly “Nomos+Physis” as well as the “Environmental Law Series”, a collection
of studies on current environmental protection and sustainable development
issues.
"Nomos+Physis"
is partner of the ECNC Network (European Center for Nature Conservation).
Who
we are
Scientific
board
George
Papadimitriou,
Professor of Constitutional Law
at
the University of Athens
Constantin
Menoudakos,
Vice-President
of
the Hellenic Council of State
Members
Matina
Assimakopoulou,
Attorney-at-Law
Maria
Florou,
Attorney-at-Law
Dr.
George Karipsiades,
EU Law
Dr.
Petros Patronos,
International Lawyer
Ioannis
Michalakopoulos,
Rapporteur, Council of State
Nikos
Hlepas,
Assistant Professor at the University of Athens
Dr.
Apostolos Papakonstantinou, Attorney-at-Law
Dr.
Vivi Roumeliotou,
International Lawyer
Konstantin
Gogos,
Lecturer at the University of Thessaloniki
Kostas Katsibardis, LLM, PhD Panteion University of Athens
Legal
Representative
Maria Florou,
Attorney-at-Law
Managing
Board
Maria Florou
George Karipsiades
Petros Patronos
Scientific Associate
Stella-Irini
Vetsika
Fields
of Activity
Environmental
Forum
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Sustainable water management, Athens 2005
· Genetically
modified organisms and sustainable development, Athens
2004
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Waste Management, Athens 2003
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Economic instruments for sustainable development, Athens
2003
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Access to Environmental Information and Public Participation in Decision-making,
Athens 2002
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International law for combating climate change.
10 years after the Rio
Conference, Athens 2002
Workshops
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Strategic Environmental Assessment, Athens 2004
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The Revised Article 24 of the Hellenic Constitution, Athens
2002
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Transfer of development rights, Athens 1995
Congresses
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Protection of national forests, Monodendri 2000
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Protection of national marine parks, Alonnissos 1999
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Protection of wetlands in Greece, Alexandroupolis 1998
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Integration of European Community environmental law
in the Hellenic legal
system, Delphi 1993
Other Events
·
Presentation of the e-review “Nomos+Physis”, Thessaloniki Bar Association,
September 2004
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Presentation of the e-review “Nomos+Physis”, Legal Council of State, Athens, May
2004
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Official launching of the e-review “Nomos+Physis”, Old University, Plaka,
Athens, June 2003
Projects
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Management and sustainable development of protected transitional waters
[Cooperation between Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania],
2004-onwards
·
Hellenic-Turkish cooperation on the strengthening of protection and management
of wetland-resources (International conventions and the EC Directive 2000/60),
2003-onwards
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Hellenic-Serbian cooperation on environmental institution building,
2003-2005
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Developing the capacity of environmental NGOs through transfer of best practice
from NGOs in the EU15, 2003-2004
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Combating infectious diseases: legal, institutional and administrative aspects,
2003-2004
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Hellenic-Romanian cooperation on environmental impact assessment in a
sub-regional context, 2002-2003
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Hellenic-Bulgarian Cooperation for integrated protection and use of
transboundary watercourses. The EC Directive 2000/60,
2002-2003
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Hellenic-Bulgarian cooperation on environmental impact assessment in a
transboundary context, 2001
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Cooperation of Four Southeastern European countries on environmental information
and transboundary collaboration, 2001
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Hellenic-Bulgarian Seminar on environmental law, 2000
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Network of European Environmental Law Reviews, 2000
Editions
· Protection from infectious diseases: international, European and
national provisions, 2004
· Digital Publication of Nomos+Physis 'Hellenic-Bulgarian
Cooperation on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses. The EC
Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60', II 2004
· Digital Publication of Nomos+Physis 'Hellenic-Romanian
Cooperation on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context', I
2004
· Nomos + Physis Website, 2003- onwards
· Environmental Law Series, 1996-2004
· The Implementation of the Espoo Convention. A Hellenic Approach,
2002
· Law and Nature, Environmental Protection and Sustainable
Development Law Quarterly, 1994-2001
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