Varda turns 10!

It's hard to believe, but this month marks the 10-year anniversary of the Varda Group. We had no idea when we started whether we could make it work, but thanks to our work with so many of you, it did!  We've put together an online scrapbook with photos from the last 10 years. Please take a look - and send us your photos, or share a story.

Here's to another 10 years!

The Varda Group team

Welcome to the Varda Group

The Varda Group is made up of people who have dedicated their lives to protecting the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. After many years of working for international organizations, we established Varda in 2003. We do everything from coordinating campaigns to providing strategic advice and expertise across a wide range of environmental and social issues. Consultancy services are provided by Varda BV (The Netherlands), Varda Desarrollo Sostenible SL (Spain), and Varda Ltd (UK).

The Varda Foundation (Stichting Varda) is a not-for-profit organisation which carries out charitable projects in keeping with our mission and values.

Our mission is to create maximum change for the benefit of people and the planet through:

• Developing and/or implementing projects which lead toward the improvement of the environment, public health, and social welfare;

• Capacity building and sharing of expertise with non-governmental organisations;

• Providing strategic input, analysis and advice to non-governmental organisations, governments, business and/or intergovernmental organisations for the purposes of accelerating positive change.

Current projects

November 2013

• Presented awards at the Momentum for Change ceremony at the Warsaw climate conference, sharing the podium with UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Ghanian rock star Rocky Dawouni

• Speaker at the Connect4Climate "Be The Movement" event at Warsaw University, presenting the GCCA's new climate mobilization strategy

• Moderated a panel discussion on “Partnerships for Climate Action” at the UN Global Compact conference in Warsaw

• Coordination and drafting of 10 Policy Options Papers for the Global Ocean Commission

• Participation in the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the Global Ocean Commission

October 2013

• Presented at the International Conference on Climate Change Communication 2013 in Beijing

• Preparation and facilitation of Greenpeace’s international Executive and Program Directors’ meeting

• Workshop and round-table coordination, and strategic advice at the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (Marseille) and the Ajaccio Ministerial Conference (Corsica)

• Strategic advice and representation on behalf of the Pew Global Ocean Legacy Programme

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