History of organization

• 1994 y.
  March 24 – established Charitable foundation “Ecopravo – Lviv.”

  
• 1994 y.
  October 14 – created the “Center for Public Environmental Advocacy” with ABA / CEELI.
• 1994 y.
  1994

  – Еstablished the environmental legal library of the CF “Ecopravo-Lviv”

  – Оrganized the conference of the Association of Environmental Law of the EECCA countries

  – Оrganized the conference of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

• 1995 y.
  – June – founded Environmental Advocacy Journal

  – The CF “Ecopravo- Lviv” became the Headquarters of Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

• 1998 y.
  1998

  EPL participated in the negotiations of the Aarhus Convention under the auspices of the UNECE, in the process of signature, ratification and implementation in the European project “Doors to Democracy.”

• 2001 y.
  EPL became the headquarters of the Guta Association.
• 2002 y.
  2002

  – Established Ukraine’s first environmental law clinical program for training legal practitioners;
  – EPL’s President elected the Vice Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the Convention of access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters
  – Started implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Ukraine.

• 2003 y.
  2003

  – Symposium for Judges in Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

  – Organization of the meeting of the Steering Committee of the IUCN.Environmental Commission

  – EPL realized the project “Promotion of adaptation of environmental law of the EU in Ukraine”

• 2003 y.
  – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognized EPL as the center of legal excellency

  – Established cooperation with the Secretariat of the Espoo Convention, Ramsar, Danube and Bonn Conventions and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change with the aim to preserve biodiversity

• 2004 y.
  2004

  – The project “Development of the Center of Environmental Advocacy”

  – The project “Analysis of possibilities to realize the program of evaluation of environmental activity and release of information”

• 2004 y.
  2004

  – DOEN Foundation started support of the environmental public advocacy center

  – Launched the institutional support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

• 2005 y.
  2005

  – 25 November – renaming Charitable fund “Ecopravo – Lviv” to International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL).

  – The project “Enforcement of access to environmental information”

• 2006 y.
  2006

  EPL representative was awarded the most prestigious award in the sphere of environmental protection – Goldman Prize – for strategic case of the organization “The Danube-Black Sea”.

• 2007 y.
  2007

  – The Project “Sanitary protective zones, nuclear safety and climate change» funded by Sigrid Rausing Trust

  – The Project “Access to environmental information in Ukraine: the experience of NGOs and public authorities.”

• 2007 y.
  2007

  – The Project “Strengthening public participation in environmental matters through strategic litigation.”

  – The Project ““Improvement of access to justice in environmental matters through public monitoring of courts”

• 2008 y.
  2008

  – Establishment of the journal “Environment. People .Law. ” .

  – The Project ” Utilization of toxic pesticides in the territory of Lviv oblast in the basin of transboundary rivers Syan and Western Buh”

• 2009 y.
  2009

  – The Project “Public monitoring of the cases relating to environmental rights of people in Lviv and Ternopil regions.”

  – The Project “New legal tools for effective control of pollution emissions”

• 2009 y.
  2009

  – The Project “Stimulation of realization of the right to access to information owned by the state”

  – The Open Society Institute (Budapest) started institutional support of EPL.

• 2010 y.
  2010

  – The Project “Improvement of access to environmental information through stimulation of openness of relevant public authorities”

  – The Project “Stimulating the Ukrainian public to participation in the realization of the European strategy of the Danube region”

• 2010 y.
  2010

  – Winning the lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights

  – The Project “Legal protection of environmental rights of citizens.”

  – EPL became a member of the Working group “Envint”, a member of WG3 of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum

• 2011 y.
  2011

  – The Project “Information and activation of public participation in developing the National Action Plan for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region”

  – The Project “Improvement of legal preconditions and activation of the public for protection of environmental rights of citizens»

• 2011 y.
  2011

  – The Project “Developing preconditions for effective application of the Law of Ukraine “On Access to Public Information in the Sphere of Environmental Protection”

  – The Project Public participation and transparency in nuclear safety issues”

• 2011 y.
  2011

  – EPL became a member the Climate Action Network (CAN)

  – EPL became a member of ANPED.

  – EPL became a member of The Access Initiative (TAI).

• 2012 y.
  2012

  EPL coordinated the process of drafting Annual report “Public assessment of national environmental policy” in 2003-2012

• 2013 y.
  2013

  – EPL became a member of the Academy of Environmental Law of the International Union for Conservation of Nature

  – The Project ” Enforcing European standards of environmental impact assessment in Ukraine”

• 2013 y.
  2013

  – The Project “Improvement of regulation of environmental component in regional programs in Lviv region”

  – EPL signed an agreement with Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for realization of the project on building capacity of EPL and providing institutional support for the organization.

• 2013 y.
  2013

  – The Project to develop strategic litigation in Ukraine.

  – The establishment of Ecolitigation National Platform

  – The Project “Strengthening participatory democracy for effective protection of the environment.”

  – Creation of the network of pro bono legal aid in Ukraine.

• 2014 y.
  2014

  – The opening of the office in Kyiv.

  – International Symposium “Human Rights and the Environment in the new Ukraine, in honor of Professor Svitlana Kravchenko.”

  – Launching the clinical program for students-environmentalists.

• 2014 y.
  2014

  – Development of the first version of the electronic analytical system of environmental information.

  – EPL became a member of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

• 2015 y.
  2015

  – Start of the projects funded by FOSI, TTF, USAID.

  – Revival of the Guta Association of environmental lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

• 2015 y.
  2015

  – Development of the course for judges “Human rights and the environment”

  – Creation of on-line environmental law library.

  – Co-authorship of the draft law of Ukraine “On Environmental Impact Assessment”.

• 2016 y.
  Development of the on-line course on international environmental law.
• 2017 y.
  Creation of the Ukrainian Center of Environmental Policy and Action