Alongside the higher education institutions which make up the core of the LE:NOTRE Network, a series of partner organisations representing a wide range of landscape architecture practice at the European level, together with the European Landscape Architecture Students Association, have also agreed to take part in the project.
The role of the external organisations will be to provide the necessary feedback from all types of landscape architecture practice in order to highlight important new teaching needs, to identify current issues for research and to define necessary areas for continuing education of practising professionals.
The following organisations have agreed to support the LE:NOTRE Project and provide an input to the working groups based on their experience of landscape architectural practice.

CLRAE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe
In 1994, the Council of Europe established the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) as a consultative body to replace the former Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities.
The Congress helps new member states with practical aspects of their progress towards establishing effective local and regional self-government.
The Congress:
- is the voice of Europe’s regions and municipalities;
- provides a forum where local and regional elected representatives can discuss problems, pool their experience and express their views to governments;
- advises the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on all aspects of local and regional policy;
- co-operates closely with national and international organisations representing local and regional government;
- organises hearings and conferences to reach a wider public whose involvement is essential to a working democracy;
- prepares regular country-by-country reports on the state of local and regional democracy in all the Council’s member and applicant states and monitors, in particular, how the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government are implemented. [read more]
www.coe.int/cplre

EFLA
European Foundation for Landscape Architecture
The European Foundation for Landscape Architecture consists of national associations of landscape architects from the European Union, The European Economic Area, and Switzerland and also the EU applicant countries of Central and Southern Europe. EFLA focuses on the European Union, but also deals with pan European matters such as the Council of Europe Landscape Convention and the Bologna Agreement. Founded in 1989 it consists of 15 member national assocations. The General Assembly meets once annually in the autumn and its current (2003) concerns are the European Landscape Convention, the EU's current proposals for a unified professions directive including a "Common Education Platform", the Bologna Declaration system, promoting the profession in southern and central Europe (current concerns are Italy and Spain) , and the EU 6th Environment Programme. EFLA lists details of landscape schools on its web site and maintains a recognition system.It organises a an annual Workshop in the autumn usually in Brussels and works closely with ECLAS and ELASA.
www.efla.org

ELCA
European Landscape Contractors Association

The European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA) was founded in 1963.
The aims of the ELCA are among others:

• to promote cooperation and the representation of professionals interests in the European Union,
• to promote the exchange of information and experience concerning European landscape and sports ground construction and
• to support the young people and the mutual exchange of young qualified landscape contracting specialists.

Twelve national associations of independent landscape contractors from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic belong to the ELCA. Israel has been an associate member for many years. These associations together have about 26.000 independent landscape contracting companies as members, who together employ approx. 300.000 people. The majority of these landscape contracting companies are small or medium-sized.
Today the tasks of the landscape contractors are varied. Besides traditional landscape work like laying out and maintenance of gardens, private and public parks these companies also construct outdoor leisure centres and sports fields, roof and facade gardens, indoor planting and traffic calming measures. Landscape work along highways, restoration and revitalisation work as well as landscape improvements within the frame of urban redevelopment become more and more important fields of work.
www.elca.info

ELASA
European Landscape Architecture Students Association
www.elasa.org

GARLAND
The Garden and Landscape Heritage Working Group

IFPRA
International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration – Europe

IFLA
International Federation of Landscape Architects – Central Region

ICOMOS-IFLA Committee
UNESCO International Council on Monuments and Sites- ILFA Committee
on Historic Gardens and Cultural landscapes

Verein “Landschaft Europa e.V.”
Organisation for lifelong learning in Landscape Architecture