The Committee 's Extended Bureau held a brainstorming meeting on 19 May 2009 to consider possibilities for preparing a pan-European state-of-the-environment assessment report ( http : //www.unece.org/env/cep/ExtBureau19May09.html ) . The meeting strongly supported the preparation of such a report by the European Environment Agency ( EEA ) in cooperation with relevant partners , in particular with the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment given the representation of Governments in the Working Group .