GENET GENET is an European network of nongovernmental nonprofit organisations engaged in the critical debate on genetic engineering. It was founded in 1995. GENET's main work is to provide information on genetic engineering for the member organisations and the interested public via email-lists and to coordinate activities and facilitate campaigns. At the moment, GENET has 38 member organisations in 15 European countries. Aims of GENET The purpose of GENET is to exchange information on genetic engineering and campaigns focussing on - plant and animal breeding - agriculture - food production and its implications on - human health - animal welfare - biological diversity - the environment - socioeconomic issues By informing interested organisations and individuals it facilitates citizen involvement in the decision-making processes which need to guide the development of this technology. GENET supports activities that aim to avoid the introduction of genetechnology products or processes which are not in the interests of consumers or farmers or harm the environment or health. Services of GENET GENET communicates via 3 moderated email lists: GENET-news, GENET-mailout, GENET-forum. GENET-news is open to all subscribers. GENET-news is aimed at subscribers who want to receive a broad range of current news covering the fields of interest to GENET. GENET-news sends journal articles, press releases, internet documents and member contributions as email text on a daily basis. Currently, the messages are sorted by the following subjects: 1-Hormones: production and use of recombinant hormones 2-Plants: breeding and use of transgenic plants, ecological and biodiversity risks 3-Food: production and use of food made from or produced by transgenic organisms, production and use of enzymes and other food ingredients synthezised by transgenic organisms 4-Patents: patenting of genes and transgenic organisms, biopiracy 5-Animals: breeding and use of transgenic animals in agriculture and "gene pharming", xenotransplantation 6-Regulation: national and international laws covering genetic engineering and other biotechnologies 7-Business: economic, company news 8-Misc: other news * Please contact genetnl@xs4all.be to subscribe GENET-mailout is open to all subscribers and summarizes important GENET-news on a 3-weekly basis. It is aimed at subscribers who want to receive a condensed overview about recent events. * Please contact genetnl@xs4all.be to subscribe GENET-forum is an internal list for strategy discussions and political analyses between GENET members. GENET-forum also facilitates fast communication between members. * Open to all member organisations GENET-archive contains all GENET-news messages and GENET-mailouts since February 13, 1999. This web page allows a fast full text research by key words. * Please connect to http://www.gene.ch/ Membership of GENET Membership can be given to European non-governmental organisations that share the goals of GENET. Such NGOs are welcome to apply for membership to the board in writing. Applications should be supported by a member organisation in the same country, or failing that, by another member organisation to which the applicant organisation is close. Members can subscribe to GENET-forum, which allows them to send messages directly via GENET-news and GENET-forum. GENET meets twice a year. Yearly membership fees: 55 Euro for organisations with an annual budget under 5.000 Euro 110 Euro for organisations with an annual budget between 5.000 - 10.000 Euro 275 Euro for organisations with an annual budget between 10.000 - 50.000 Euro 550 Euro for organisations with an annual budget over 50.000 Euro Board of GENET The board consists of elected members. Currently, the board members are: Florianne Koechlin Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe Gentechnologie Switzerland Marion Selig Menschen für Tierrechte Germany Robin Jenkins Genetics Forum United Kingdom/France Co-ordinator of GENET Hartmut Meyer phone: +49-531-5168746 Kleine Wiese 6 fax: +49-531-5168747 D-38116 Braunschweig email: genetnl@xs4all.be Germany Members of GENET (as of April 2000) 1) A SEED Europe (b) The Netherlands 2) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kritische Tiermedizin (d) Germany Working Group Critical Veterinary Medicine 3) Basler Appell gegen Gentechnologie (e) Switzerland Basler Appeall against Genetechnology 4) British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (d) United Kingdom 5) Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner Germany - Menschen für Tierrechte (d) Federal Association against Animal Experiments - People for Animal Rights 6) Comitato Scientifico Antivivisezionista (d) Italy Scientific Antivivisection Committee 7) Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Spain Agricultores y Ganaderos (c) Coordination of Familiy Farmers Organisations 8) Coordination Paysanne Européenne (c) Belgium European Farmers Coordination 9) Dierenbescherming (d) The Netherlands Animal Protection 10) Djurensratt (d) Sweden Animal Rights 11) Ecologistas en Acción (a) Spain Ecologists in Action 12) Ecoropa (a) Switzerland 13) Erklärung von Bern (b) Berne Declaration Switzerland 14) DIO (c) Greece Certification and Inspection Organisation of Organic Products 15) Friends of the Earth Europe (a) Belgium 16) GAIA Foundation (b) United Kingdom 17) Genesis (e) Norway 18) GenEthisches Netzwerk (e) Germany GenEthics Network 19) Genetic Resources Action International (a) Spain 20) Genetics Forum (e) United Kingdom 21) Global 2000 (a) Austria 22) Green Group of the European Parliament (e) Belgium 23) Greenpeace International (a) The Netherlands 24) International Federation Belgium of Organic Agriculture Movements (c) 25) Keine Patente auf Leben (e) Germany No Patents on Life 26) Mouvement Ecologique (a) Luxembourg Ecological Movement 27) Ökoinstitut Freiburg (a) Germany Institut for Applied Ecology Freiburg 28) Oxfam Solidarity (b) Belgium 29) Quercus (a) Portugal National Association for Nature Conservation 30) Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe Gentechnologie (e) Switzerland Swiss Working Group Genetechnology 31) Stichting Consument en Biotechnologie (f) The Netherlands Consumer and Biotechnology Foundation 32) Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen (a) Sweden Swedish Society for Nature Protection 33) SWISSAID (b) Switzerland 34) Tierschutzverein 4 Pfoten (d) Austria Association for Animal Protection 4 Paws 35) Viola (a) Russia 36) Werkgroep voor een Rechtvaardige en Belgium Verantwoorde Landbouw (c) Working Group for an Honest and Responsible Agriculture 37) World Wide Fund Schweiz (a) Switzerland 38) KIBOTOS (d) Animal Responsibility Cyprus Cyprus a: environmental NGO b: developmental NGO c: agricultural NGO d: animal protection/welfare NGO e: genetic engineering network f: consumer NGO