Järjestyksessä toinen kokous pidettiin EIP:ssä syyskuussa 1996. ###>Hence the Bank is actively involved in: periodic meetings on operational matters with other international financial institutions; exchanges of views with the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment; technical contacts with the European Environment Agency; exchanges of information with NGOs, particularly in the framework of annual meetings, the sec­ond of which was held at the Bank in September 1 996.