The Center for Trade and Environment
(CTE, http://www.C-T-E.org/)

is a virtual coordination mechanism for its four affiliated units which are listed below. The establishment of the CTE in March, 2008, allows to distinguish between EcoLomics International's specific role as an NGO and its broader role as a Web site conducive to interorganizational cooperation. The CTE's purpose is to provide a common profile for the Journal, the Occasional Papers Series, and the two sister NGOs. The difference between the two NGOs is that Global EcoLomics has been formally established according to the Swiss Civil Code, whereas EcoLomics International is an informal but specialized network organization. For more information on this Web site see the Presentation,  People and Scope sections; an elaboration of the EcoLomics concept is provided in a essay on its emergence and dimensions. The CTE's administration and contact details are identical with those of EcoLomics International. 

The Trade, Environment and Poverty Alleviation (TEPA) framework is a natural component of ecolomic thinking. For relevant comparable models we might look at the UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI) "Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management to Achieve the MDGs," or at the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction Strategy  (PRS) which contains as a key component  "a system for monitoring the implementation of the strategy and tracking progress in poverty reduction." In a similar sense, policy and legal analyses based on an ecolomic approach and a TEPA framework will necessarily have to take into consideration the developing countries’ specific needs which are caused by the poverty of the large majority of their population. This approach is based on the realization that poverty has numerous causes and explanations which are outside the realm of the ecology-economics interaction, but at the aggregate level the enormous national per capita income discrepancies must be factored into international negotiations on trade and environment issues, into the implementation of international agreements, and into dispute settlement. This Web site's TEPA framework is characterized by a disciplined approach to its policy and law agenda. A first attempt in using this TEPA framework for the analysis of the environmental aspects of  the Doha Round as they had evolved by early 2006 has been presented at the 2006 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association.
 

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