The first research call was a pilot call, set up under the SKEP ERA-Net. It had a total budget of €550K and was launched between 21 June 2007 - 14 September 2007. The theme was sustainable consumption and production, with two specific topic areas:

• a review of environmental accounting approaches associated with the consumption of imported goods and services
• an assessment of the interplay between environmental regulation and market forces with respect to the building and construction industry

Further information about the call can be found in the call leaflet.

Funded projects:

• EIPOT - Development of a methodology for the assessment of global environmental impacts of traded goods and services
• IMEA - Imports in  Environmental Accounting
• EMPIRE - Environmental regulation and Market-forces Providing Incentives for Resource Efficiency

These projects have now finished and their reports can be found under our publications section.

Call Steering Committee / funding members:

• EA - Environment Agency (UK)
• SwEPA - Naturvardsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)
• FiMoE - Ymparistooministerio (The Finnish Ministry of the Environment)
• ADEME - Agence de L'Environnement et de la Maitrise de L'Energie (The French Agency of the Environment and Energy Control)
• BMLFUW - Bundesministerium f?d- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management)
• FG-ENED - Vlaamse Overheid, departement Leefmilieu, Natuur-en Eonlinefranergie (The Flemish Government, Environment, Nature and Energy Department)
• IMELS - Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (The Italian Ministry for the Environment and Land and Sea)
• VROM - Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer, Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning & Environment (VROM )