This is a negotiation process made up of a series of political conferences and connected follow-up activities that involve 40 European States. The aim is to jointly deal with the risks and opportunities arising from forestry management.  In collaboration with the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies APAT supplies technical support for negotiation related tasks and supports the implementation of policies at a national level.

The “Environment for Europe” process is made up of a series of Pan-European conferences which were kicked off by the Dobris Conference (Czechoslovakia 1991). Thirty four European countries, the United States, Brazil, Japan, the European Commission and various United Nations Organisations and non governmental organisations have so far taken part. Each Conference is set up and organised by a Working Group of Senior Officials nominated by UNECE's Commission for Environmental Policies as per the guidelines issued by the previous Ministerial Conference.

The Third report on the Pan-European State of the Environment, care of AEA, and known as the Kiev Report, was presented during the Kiev Conference in May 2003.

As partner of the European Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows APAT took part in the working group that helped write the "Waste Production and Management" chapter.

APAT has also provided the data requested by AEA on the various topics discussed in the publication via the National Reference Centres of the EIONET (European Environment Information and Observation Network), coordinated by the National Focal Point.