The day-to-day management of the Intergroup is the responsibility of a Bureau, consisting of one President-Coordinator, one First Co-President and an unspecified number of Co-Presidents. Participating in the Intergroup activities is open to all MEPs willing to promote in the European Parliament conservation, sustainable use, hunting, fishing, the countryside and its traditions, without any distinction between their Group affiliation, Committee membership or nationality. The Intergroup wants to be as representative as possible for the political spectrum and/or for the different Member States.

MEPs associated with the Intergroup...

=> promote the sustainable management and use of wildlife and ecosystems;

=> defend the interests of 7 million European hunters and of many more other countryside people, contributing so to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the Parliament;

=> be able to initiate a helpful discussion in the European Parliament on national / regional issues relating to biodiversity, the countryside, etc.;

=> stress the importance of hunting as an activity with significant socio-economic impact in the EU (a total turn-over of 5 billion € per year and 120,000 full-time jobs!);

=> have access to a reliable database on wildlife management and conservation and to permanent advice and assistance from hunting representatives on wildlife related EU texts and initiatives.

The draft programme for the coming Intergroup meetings for the current year is as follows (to be determined):

The book "Sustainable hunting" by Intergroup President M. EBNER is now also available in English. It gives an interesting and readable overview (230 pages, many illustrations) of 20 years of activities of the "Sustainable Hunting" Intergroup in the European Parliament, of the main EU "wildlife" legislation and of hunting in Europe. Copies may be ordered from the FACE Secretariat (info@face.eu) at a price of 15 €.