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• Organise national activities in selected countries.
  There were national meetings in Sri Lanka organised by IDEA, in Bangladesh organised by Grameen Shakti, in Nepal organised by CRT, and in India organised by INSEDA, WAFD and AIWC.
  
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In Bangladesh, there was a video made to hear the "southern voices" of happy solar home users (PV) providing electricity to lamps, television and poultry shed.
The video includes 2 interviews made with solar home system users.
The video was made Grameen Shakti in the framework of the project.
There is English subtitle.

• Collect cases with good practices in promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency for increased energy access, both cases on policy initiatives and cases on actual better access to energy. The cases will be used for inspiration of NGOs as well as for advocating better conditions for the increased use sustainable energy to increase access to energy. See the publication Energy Access and Climate Protection Cases (December 2014 Update), and Energy Access Cases (2012).
  
  - December, 2014
  Update of Publication: "Combining Energy Access and Climate Protection"
  
  - 4 June 2014, Bonn, Germany
  Launch of Publication at Bonn, UN Climate COP Pre-Conference
  - How energy can be provided with sustainable energy, reducing emissions and increasing well being", Cases in Asia and Africa. Compiled by the INFORSE members.
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  -18 November 2013
  Launch of Draft Publication at the UNFCCC COP19
  
  

  Read: Brochure with Contents and Contacts (pdf, 4-page)

  Download from: Publication (The full text as pdf is available).

30 October, 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
Seminar: Learning from Southern Voices: How to make advocacy on climate change more effective.

Launch Publication: Climate Change Advocacy Tool
Toolkit 1: Start Here! Introducing Advocacy and the Climate Change Advocacy Toolkits
Toolkit 2: Planning Advocacy
Toolkit 3: Framing the Debate: Messages and Communication
Toolkit 4: Strengthening Advocacy Networks
Toolkit 5: Influencing Decision Makers
Toolkit 6: Engaging the Public
Toolkit 7: Engaging the Media
Toolkit 8: Supporting Local Voices
Toolkit 9: Policy Implementation & Finance

Read more:
- Program: Seminar, October 30, 2014
- Download Publication from: Climate Change Advocacy Toolkit

Activities since 2014:
The Southern Voices project in 2011-14, included networks working on both adaptation and mitigation activities. The NGO advocacy cooperation activities continued. In 2014, 2 new NGO Advocacy Cooperation projects started, one on adaptation and one on mitigation, and in 2015 another mitigation project started in South Asia. These are:

Adaptation:
"Southern Voices on Adaptation" Project in 2014-2016.
The Project is coordinated by CARE Denmark:
W: www.southernvoices.net/en/about.html

Mitigation:
"Promoting Pro-Poor Low-Carbon Development Strategies" Project in 2014-2016.
The Project supports 13 national and 4 regional climate networks.
The Project is coordinated by the INFORSE member organisation SustainableEnergy (VedvarendeEnergi), Denmark.

"Evidence Based, Low Carbon, Pro-Poor Advocacy on Sustainable Eco-Village Development" Project in 2015-2017.
in South Asia. It is a cooperation with 6 INFORSE members in South Asia and CANSA.
The project is coordinated by DIB in Denmark, which is also INFORSE member.