The Freestate of Bavaria

The Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection

State Minister

Thorsten Glauber, Bavarian State Minister

Currently, the Bavarian Minister of the Environment is Secretary General of the network.

Environmental Challenges

The Free State of Bavaria - Land in the heart of Europe. Cosmopolitan. Fit for the future. One of a kind. Bavaria is changing, but the special white-blue attitude to life remains. This includes: live and let live. A 100-second declaration of love to the beauty and uniqueness of Bavaria.
What we do - For humans and the environment - The many challenges we want and we need to meet for the future in Bavaria are outlined here.

Bavarian ENCORE Engagement

• Since 2002, Bavaria has been a member of the ENCORE network and of the ENCORE Steering Group.
• From 2012 to 2014 Bavaria held the presidency and hosted the ENCORE conference in Schloss Hohenkammer in 2014.
• In 2014 YouthCORE was held for the first time in the run-up to the Ministerial Conference at the Burg Schwaneck Youth Education Centre.
• In 2017 Bavaria hosted a Steering Group Meeting at Tegernsee, and in 2022 at Schloss Fürstenried in Munich as part of IFAT (financed by the EU TAIEX Peer-to-Peer program).
• Currently, the Bavarian Minister of the Environment is Secretary General of the network, Bavaria runs the ENCORE Secretariat and is a member of the Steering Group.

Projects

Bavarian Actions for climate action

Bavarian Climate Law and the Climate Package with 100 measures in ten fields of action and with investments of 700 million euros and Innovation programs such as our high-tech agenda, the hydrogen strategy and a climate pact with Bavarian companies:
Since climate research is essential for all of these discussions, Bavaria is also shaping the ongo-ing international exchange. The “Virtual Alpine Observatory“ is a cross-border and inter-disciplinary network of European High Altitude Research Stations and addresses scientific problems relating to the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere systems.

Bavarian Actions for Transitioning to a Circular Society

Our flagship project in the field of the "Transition to a Circular Society" is the Resource Efficiency Centre Bavaria [REZ]. The Centre connects stakeholders across Bavaria on the topic of resource efficiency and supports innovations by transferring knowledge into the practice of Bavarian companies.

Bavarian Actions for Biodiversity

The referendum "Save the Bees" with participation of over 1.7 million people in 2019 made it very clear: society's expectation is to stop the loss of species and to protect the remaining biodiversity. The aim of the project “Blühpakt Bayern” (Flowering Pact of Bavaria) is to provide a continuous food supply with flowers for wild bees, butterflies, & Co. and to restore lost habitats. Taking into account the causing factors for insect decline, the “Blühpakt” addresses the four most important target groups: the economy, citizens, agriculture and municipalities. With the "Starter Kit - 100 Flowering Communities", the Bavarian Ministry for the Environment is investing half a million euros in the new creation and further development of municipal flowering areas and supporting the communities with special Flowering Pact advisors.

ENCORE-Team in Bavaria

Ms Sabine Islebe, Head of Division European Union, Cross-Border-Networks

Ms Ulrike Schaefer, Division European Union, Cross-Border-Networks

Ms Irene Kulau, Division European Union, Cross-Border-Networks

Contact via ENCORE-Sekretariat