Geneva Environment Network

The Geneva Environment Network (GEN) is a cooperative partnership of over 75 environment and sustainable development organizations based in the International Environment House and elsewhere in the Geneva area, including United Nations offices and programmes, non-governmental organizations, local authorities and academic institutions. Set up in 1999, with the support of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, the GEN secretariat, led by the United Nations Environment Programme, actively promotes increased cooperation and networking between its members. The GEN provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and for the development of synergies between projects. Another prime concern is to raise public awareness of global environmental problems and highlight measures that can be taken by individuals to protect the environment.