Where possible Capacity Global works with like-minded organisations, developing partnerships that have increased our capacity to engage with environmental justice issues in a meaningful way. Capacity Global networks and international coalitions, listed below are proving to be instrumental in providing advocacy services on key environmental justice issues.

Below are details of our networks and partnerships.

Diversity and Environment Equality Network - DEEN
With seed funding from the Sustainable Development Unit at The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Capacity Global established the Diversity and Environmental Equality Network (DEEN).  Following on from public consultations that identified the need for a network that promotes diversity and social equality in the environmental sector, DEEN provides a forum for organisations to share research, policy and good practice on diversity and equality issues.
 
Members to date are the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BCTV), Black Environment Network (BEN), the Environment Agency, the Countryside Agency, DEFRA, Friends of the Earth, English Heritage, London 21, London Sustainability Exchange, Natural England, Food Link and the Women's Environment Network (WEN).  DEEN is currently working on a consultation paper on employment and diversity in the environmental sector. The paper is expected to go out to wider consultation in May 2007.

If you would like information on the DEEN Network, including details on how to join, contact: policyadvocacy@capacity.org.uk

PP10 & TAI
Both PP10 and TAI have their roots in the 1992 ground breaking Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, where 178 governments, in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, agreed that 'environmental issues are best handled with participation of concerned citizens, at the relevant level'. A decade later at the World Summit of Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg this principle was reaffirmed and translated into a practical initiative that is the Partnership for Principle 10 and TAI.

Capacity Global is the UK NGO coordinator for the Partnership for Principle 10 (PP10) and The Access Initiative (TAI). Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Capacity Global worked with the FCO to co-host the 2005 annual PP10 meeting attended by more than 80 delegates from all over the world.

The UK Environmental Justice Network (UKEJ Network)
Capacity is a co-founder of the UK Environmental Justice Network that works with members, community groups, NGOs and the private and public sector to lobby and campaign for environmental justice in the UK.  If you would like information on the UKEJ Network, including details on how to join contact: policyadvocacy@capacity.org.uk