The editorial of our Newsletter from March 2020 was titled « The global spread of an unknown and deadly enemy ». It was and still is SARS-CoV-2 a type of coronavirus, which escaped from Chinese laboratory in late 2019 and is causing Covid-19 illness. I wrote in it that « All of a sudden we have become exposed to…
The global spread of an unknown and deadly enemy by Andrzej Jagusiewicz, president of EFCA Dear Members, Friends and Supporters, The 2020 has just started when everyone was observing the global spread of the unknown and deadly enemy « coronavirus » read more in the Newsletter
EFCA has been requested to be more active towards the Commission’s legislative proposals open for adoption. Our President have screened some proposals of the EC and think that we all as EFCA confederated members should contribute primarily to the European Green Deal-Just Transition Fund, which is open for adoption and being consulted from 15 January 2020 till 12 March…
UNECE hold the fortieth anniversary special session on 11th and 12th december 2019 to celebrate 40 years of succesful activities under the Air Convntion. The event was marked by excellent guest speakers and extended participation upon invitation, including the President of EFCA. To read more in the incoming EFCA newsletter
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Vladimira Vadjic, CAPPA’s delegate in EFCA recently stepped down. Shortly after EFCA’s founding Vladimira, then CAPPA’s president, inquired after membership for the Croatian association; CAPPA was soon accepted as EFCA’s 6th Member.
At its recent Annual meeting CAPPA’s Board had several changes. Gordana Pehnec, CAPPA’s president, will from now on represent CAPPA as International coordinator in EFCA; she attended already several EFCA meetings and is well known in the Board. She takes the place of Vladimira Vadjic who stepped down. CAPPA’s new president is now Ranka Godec.
At the first day of the Congress EFCA presented a side-event on Ultrafine Particles. EFCA vice-president John Murlis chaired the event.
With the upcoming transfer of IUAPPA’s secretariat to Korea a period of 43 years in the United Kingdom comes to its end. The move reflects that the region which suffers most seriously of bad air quality is presently in East Asia. Because Europe is among the regions which a long experience in fighting pollution IUAPPA’s departure from Europe it…
At the closing ceremony of the 18th World Clean Air Congress, Richard Mills’ intention to step down as Director General was followed by making public that Young Sunwoo will become his successor.