The European Crane Working Group (ECWG) coordinates the activities of crane conservationists in Europe. National working groups were founded in the 1990ies in Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain. Since 1991 the work of the ECWG is coordinated by Crane Conservation Germany.
Every three to four years the European Crane Working Group will meet at international crane conferences.
Conference places:
- 1985: Ungarn
- 1989: Estland
- 1993: Spanien
- 1996: Stralsund, Deutschland
- 2000: Verdun, Frankreich
- 2003: Flämslätt, Schweden
- 2006: Hortobágy, Ungarn
- 2010: Stralsund, Deutschland
- 2014: Gallocanta, Spanien
- 2018: Arjuzanx, Frankreich
- 2023: Tartu, Estland