Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

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FEEM research programmes have achieved important results, including the development of methodologies for environmental and social company reporting, models of evaluation of climate change, databases for the analysis of privatisation processes, new theories in the field of environmental voluntary agreements, new systems of indicators for environmental monitoring, the development of a unified framework for analysing economic incentives for the diffusion and the creation of knowledge.

Empirical research has been devoted to evaluate environmental externalities in the production of energy, to analyse the environmental behaviour of European companies, to study the relationships between economic growth and the environment, to quantify the costs associated with policies of greenhouses emission reduction, to analyse methodologies of participation of people to the elaboration of Local Agenda 21 programmes for the elaboration of sustainable paths of economic growth, to examine the institutional features of world-wide privatisation programmes and the main characteristics and performace of research joint ventures in Europe.

FEEM also contributed to the development of the European Association of Environmental Resource Economists (EAERE). This Association promotes yearly meetings, with the scientific and organisational support of the Fondazione.

The global Network of environmental economists (gNee) was launched at the First World Congress of Environmental Economists organised by FEEM, AERE (the Association of Environmental Resource Economists, that includes mostly American environmentalists) and EAERE (the European Association of Environmental Resource Economists), Venice, June 1998. It is the first virtual network of environmental economists and it is managed by FEEM via the Internet. It provides information on congresses, books, internet sites, etc. to environmental economists all over the world.

The European Environmental Benchmark Network (EEBN) is a research network constituted by FEEM and financed with the European Commission support, aimed at developing benchmark techniques in environmental management assessment.

FEEM is also partner in the EEP "Enforcing Environmental Policy" Research Training Network, a European Research Training Network on the legal and economic instruments of environmental policy in the areas of climate change and air pollution policies. The EEP-Network associates six European research teams in environmental law and economics. It aims to enhance the scientific knowledge of the functioning and effectiveness of various instruments of local and international climate change and air pollution policies and to promote the development and implementation, at an appropriate level in Europe, of other instruments to complement or supplement legislation.

The European Network on Scientific Input to Public Policy (ENSIPP) brings together policy makers, advisers and researchers interested in the subject of the influence of science and technology on the development of public policy. The primary objective of the Network is to examine, inform and improve the process by which governments make policy decisions in areas where science and technology are significant. This Network was launched in 2001.

The Thematic Network Economic Growth and Innovation in Multicultural Environment (ENGIME), established in 2001, aims to provide to European researchers an interdisciplinary Forum that studies the complex relationships between economic growth and innovation and cultural diversity. Interdisciplinary workshops are the driving force of the thematic network. Workshops will be held on specialised themes covering relevant issues related to economic growth, innovation and cultural diversity.

The CATEP "Concerted Action for Tradable Emission Permits" intends to bridge the gap between Europe and the United States in integrating emissions trading into global climate change policy. The fundamental objective is to provide a link between the work of the research community and the needs of the practitioners. A series of five workshops are to be held over 30 months (2000-2003). Besides, there will be one Country Forum that will provide an opportunity for practitioners operating at national level to present their progress, and raise issues for discussion amongst peers, and the research community.

EFIEA is the acronym for "European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment". The aims of EFIEA were to improve the scientific quality of integrated environmental assessment and to strengthen the interaction between environmental science and policy making. Nine workshops covering various environmental problems and methodologies of analysis were organised within these network by the various members of the partnership.
Finally, in the last two years two users networks were developed providing the identification of a digital community (First Tuesday and BMM).