Within the framework of the ENI SEIS II East project funded by the European Union through the European neighbourhood instrument (ENI) and implemented by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the Eastern Partnership Region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine), the EEA and the Council of Europe have agreed to join their efforts for strengthening the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest under the Bern Convention as a contribution to the implementation of the principles and practices of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS).