Ellen Townsend

Coordination and supervision of the Policy department. Ensuring synergy between ETSC's different activities vis-à-vis EU institutions, national governments and ETSC members. Communications including drafting press releases, writing newsletters and position papers. Management of one project on work related road safety.

o-ordination and representation of the views of the BirdLife Partnership to the EU Institutions and supporting the BirdLife Partners to achieve their policy work. Influencing the Birds and Habitats Directives and biodiversity issues and other areas of policy that influence birds such renewable energy developments including wind energy, transport and climate change.

Coordination and supervision of a new Policy department. Ensuring synergy between ETSC's four different activities vis-à-vis EU institutions, national governments and ETSC members.

Policy Officer working with WWF Sweden on the 'integration of environment' into all policy areas ahead of the Gothenburg Summit under the Swedish Presidency of the EU. Researcher for WWF on other specific projects including assessing the implementation of the EU's Directive on Renewables, investigating the impact of the EU's fishing interests in one of WWF's global eco-regions; the Bering Sea.; Researched and prepared a policy paper on European Commission funding opportunities for Agriculture NGOs.

European StudiesEcological Modernisation and Poland, Bath University Examination of the ecological modernisation

Participated in a dynamic discussion-based course which focused on European policies, structures and procedures. Focused on environmental policy and movements within the EU and the US.

European Studies and Modern Languages (German and Russian)