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December, 2023. UNFCCC
COP28 Side Event, Dubai |
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December
18, 2023, 13.30 IST Final SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WEBINAR: Eco-Village Development - Our results in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. See: Program and Proceedings |
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Wednesday: October
4, 2023 SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WEBINAR: Local Solutions for Climate Adaption Evidences for Policy Making The webinar was being jointly organized by the Eco Village Development project partners: CANSA, INFORSE South Asia, Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh, Center for Rural Technology in Nepal, IDEA in Sri Lanka, and INSEDA in India. The project is coordinated by DIB, Denmark, and is funded by CISU, Denmark Read more at: CANSA's web site: cansouthasia.net/local-solutions-for-climate-adaption-evidences-for-policy-making Read more: INFORSE Asia's website: inforse.org/asia/EVD.htm |
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Thursday,
8 June 2023, at 16:45-18:00 UNFCCC SB58 Side Event, Bonn, Germany + LIVE online on UN Climate Channel Room: & UN Climate Channel Title: 100% Renewables, Local Climate Solutions in East Africa, South Asia. INFORSE-South Asia members present the Online catalogue on sustainable solutions in South Asia. See Program and Proceedings at INFORSE's side event page |
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March
28, 2023, at 2.00 PM to 3.30 PM (IST) REGIONAL WEBINAR: Social Enterprise Model of Local Solutions Road to Sustainability Social enterprise is increasingly seen as a route to deliver products and services with social and environmental benefits to vulnerable populations. There are several success stories across South Asia of social enterprises as models. Organised by the Partners of the Eco-Village Development Project. See Event Program with Speakers |
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December
22, 2022 REGIONAL WEBINAR: Reflections after COP27 from South Asia: Eco-Village Development, Climate Mitigation and Development Get the story directly from the people who were there More: Program and Proceedings |
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November
6 - 18, 2022
UNFCCC COP 27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP27 with several delegates in Egypt. Read more at: INFORSE at COP27 Date:
November 12, 2021 - Time: 15:00-16:30 |
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October
17, 2022 REGIONAL WEBINAR: DIALOGUE on Eco-Village Development Achievements in South Asia More: Program and Proceedings |
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August
31, 2022 REGIONAL WEBINAR: Launch of Online Database of local climate Solutions for Eco-Village Development in South Asia ENTER THE DATABASE: www.inforse.org/evd More: Invitation and Program (pdf) |
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June
11, 2022 UNFCCC SB 56 SIDE EVENT: INFORSE - SusWatch - NFRE - SE Venue: Berlin Room, Bonn, Germany Title: Local Climate, Sustainable Energy Solutions in GST, 100% RE, Sufficiency: East Africa, South Asia, Europe From INFORSE-South Asia, the Eco-Village Development Project was presented by INFORSE South Asia Coordinator, INSEDA, Download the South Asia presentation: Local climate and energy solutions in Eco-village development in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Nepal Sri Lanka). and online Database and Policy Brief by Sanjiv Nathan, INSEDA, INFORSE-South Asia, India (virtual) (pdf, 2.5 MB) Read: Proceedings and Program at INFORSE at UNFCCC SB56 Download: South Asia Policy Brief (2 pages) |
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SIDE
EVENT: INFORSE - INSEDA - SusWatch - SE |
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November, 2020 INFORSE at UNFCCC CD2020 Virtual Title: Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions in East Africa Catalogue, South Asia Eco-Village Development ToT, 100% Renewables Download presentations from: INFORSE Side Event at UNCD2020. |
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July
15, 2020 UN HLPF 2020 INFORSE Side Event & Exhibition Title: Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions, South Asia, East Africa, Eco-Village Development, 100% Renewables Download presentations: INFORSE at HLPF2020 and at the EVD Project. |
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• December
2-13, 2019 UNFCCC COP25, Madrid, Spain (Venue moved from Chile) INFORSE-South Asia participates with side event (Dec. 13) and exhibition (Dec. 9-10). Read on INFORSE's participation at INFORSE at UNFCCC COP25. |
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• June
18-19, 2019 - EDD, Brussels European Development Days Event where INFORSE is participating: • June 19, 2019 at 14:45 to 16:00 Rise Of The Eco Village - How community-based design and supportive technologies are creating new models for equality and sustainability Place: B1, Brainstorming lab Organised by and with inputs from: CTCN, UNIDO, UNEP, UNFCCC, and REDES, Grobund, and INFORSE. INFORSE will present the Eco-Village Development in South Asia See Program at EDD2019. |
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INFORSE
- ENDA - INSEDA at UNFCCC COP24 Katowice, Poland Side Event: December 7, 2018, 15.00-16.30 Exhibition: December 3-14, 2018 More: Side
Event and Exhibition |
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• August
30, 2018 Kandy, Sri Lanka INFORSE-South Asia Coordination Meeting By INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator and Focal Points: INSEDA (India), IDEA (Sri Lanka), CRT (Nepal), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh). • August 27-31, 2018 Final Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project Meeting and Field Tour |
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April to 10 May 2018 UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - SBI 48, Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Bonn, Germany Read more at INFORSE at SB 48 |
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• 28-30
March,
2018 5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD): Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies, in Bankok, Thailand. Organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Regional preparatory event for the high-level political forum on sustainable development that will be held under the auspices of the UN ECOSOC in New York in July 2018. The event was focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 6, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17 On the Parallel Session on SDG7 (energy), there was a presentation of the Eco-Village Development Concept and Project by Sohel Ahmed, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh. Read more on the EVD Project |
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• March
9, 2018 India: Dialogue Meeting on Eco Village Development on Block Level, Chamba, Uttarakhand. Read more on the EVD Project, and at INSEDA on EVD. |
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• March
7, 2018 Nepal: Interaction workshop with Micro Finance Institutions for upscaling Eco Village Development (EVD) Concept at Dhulikhel. Read more on the EVD Project and CRT Nepal on EVD |
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• February 12-13, 2018 Regional Event: "Next Steps Towards Scaling Up of Eco-Village Development Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh • February 14-16, 2018 Upscaling EVD Project Meeting and Field Visit, Dhaka, Bangladesh Read more on the EVD Project |
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• December
8-12, 2017 Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on Sustainable Village Development planning for development officers in Matale, Sri Lanka. Organised by IDEA, Sri Lanka lLinking Eco Village Development activities with Gramashakthi People's movement together with Matale District Secretariat. Read more on the EVD Project and at IDEA's EVD2 and EVD1 Project website. |
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• 6-17
November, 2017 INFORSE South Asia at UNFCCC COP23 Read more on the EVD Project, and Proceedings |
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• June,
2017 Final and Kick Off Project Meetings of the Eco Village Development (EVD) Projects in South Asia, Nepal Read more on the EVD Project |
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• June-September,
2017 National Dialogue meetings in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh Read more on the EVD Project |
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• 7-17
November, 2016 EXHIBITION:
November 7-18, 2016 |
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• 17-19
October, 2016 The 5th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum Colombo, Sri Lanka • 18, October, 2016 The Eco-Village Development Concept presented by Project Partners at the 5th APAN Conference's Parallel Session: “Coordinating Policy Initiatives for Adaptation' in South Asia” Read more on the EVD Project |
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June, 2016 - India Dialogue Meeting on eco-village development (EVD) concept in India More information at the organisers: INSEDA, WAFD and CANSA and at the Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project. |
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• 20
May, 2016 |
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May, 2016 - Nepal Seminar and Nepalese National Dialogue Meeting on Eco-Village Development (EVD). Read more on the Project and download the Proceedings (1.44 MB, 16 pages, pdf file), which includes introduction, summaries of the speakers, list of participants, and pictures. More information: CRT-Nepal and Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project. |
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March, 2016 - Sri Lanka |
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• December
3, 2015 |
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• July-November 2015 -
India Workshops on "Low Carbon Development Strategies with focus on women and poverty reduction in India" Workshops organised by AIWC in cooperation with CANSA and INFORSE-South Asia: • Kolkata July 14, 2015 • Dehradun: July 16, 2015 • Rajkot: August 2, 2015 • Visakhapatnam: September 15, 2015 • Pondicherry: November 3, 2015 Read more: - Report at AIWC website (  pdf
file)- Low Carbon Development (LCD) Project |
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June 2015 INFORSE - UNFCCC Side Event in Bonn - SBI 42, Pre Conference to COP21 Time: 18:30 - 20:00, Place: Room: Bonn I Title: Rural Development with Low Carbon, Eco-Village Solutions in South Asia. The Side Event was organised by NGO Partners in South Asia in the framework of the new EVD Project in 2015-2017. The NGO partners include the INFORSE members: CRT (Nepal), IDEA (Sri Lanka), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh), INSEDA, AIWC, WAFD (India), DIB (Denmark), and CAN-South Asia. Review and Proceedings: - Side Event on Eco-Village Development (EVD) on June 10, 2015 Read more on: - Project: Advocacy on the Eco-Village Development - INFORSE's Side Events at SBI 42 in Bonn |
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• August
30, 2015 - Aarhus,
Denmark Presentations and Debate during the Danish "Mirror of the World" Festival. The Project presented by Kavita Myles from INSEDA, India, on low-energy solutions and eco-villages in South Asia and by Sanjay Vashist from CANSA lobbying for climate action and development on the global political arena. The event was co-organized by the Danish INFORSE member organization, DIB, which is coordinator of the Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project. |
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• July
15, 2015 - Matale,
Sri Lanka Eco-Village Development (EVD) Advocacy Event Read: Proceedings, (pdf file 2.5 MB) |
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• May
- July, 2014 " Southern Voices on Climate Change" regional NGO Meetings and INFORSE-South Asia Meetings in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Contact: INFORSE-South Asia c/o INSEDA (India), and National focal points: AIWC (India), CRT (Nepal), IDEA (Sri Lanka). See events below and read more at the "Southern Voices" Project |
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2, 2014: __National and Networking Meeting in Nepal organised by CRT Nepal |
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__• April
- July 2014 __National Networking Meetings and Workshops in India __July 27-28, 2014: organised by INSEDA __May 20, 2014: organised by AIWC __April 15, 2014: organised by WAFD |
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14 and July 12, 2014 __National Networking Meetings in Bangladesh organised by Grameen Shakti. |
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Date: 11
- 22 November, 2013 Event: UNFCCC COP19, United Nations Climate Change Conference Place: Warsaw, Poland INFORSE participated as NGO observer organisation. INFORSE organised Exhibition and a Side Event. Among the INFORSE-Asia members, the following organisations plann to participate: INSEDA, WAFD, and AIWC from India. See more: INFORSE at UNFCCC COP19 |
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Date: July
18-19, 2013 "Southern Voices on Climate Change" Regional Networking Meeting in Sri Lanka |
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Date: 26 November - 7 December,
2012 |
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Date:
28 November - 9 December, 2011 |
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Date: 29 November - 10 December, 2010 Event: UNFCCC COP16 Place: Cancún, Mexico INFORSE participated as NGO observer. Among the INFORSE-Asia delegates were: Raymond Myles, INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator /INSEDA, India. See more: INFORSE at COP16. INFORSE-Asia at the Southern Voices on Climate Change Project |
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Date: December 7-18, 2009 Event: UNFCCC COP15 Place: Copenhagen, Denmark INFORSE organised Exhibition and Side Events both at the Bella Center and at the Klimaforum at the DGI-Center. From the INFORSE-Asia Coordinators and National Focal points participated: INSEDA (India), WACF (India), CRT (Nepal), and ISEP (Japan). Read more: INFORSE at COP15. |
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Date: December 15, 2008 |
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23-24, 2008 Event: Workshop Place: Bangladesh Contact: Grameen Shakti, Email: g_shakti@grameen.net or Raymond Myles, INSEDA, INFORSE South Asia Coordinator |
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| Date: May
24-26, 2007 Workshop: INFORSE-Capacity Building Project National Workshop of NGOs in RETs for Poverty Reduction in India Place: Om Shanti Retreat Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, India Program: (37kB word file) Proceedings: (pdf file 470kB) or (word file 1.7MB) | |
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2007 Place: New York, USA Event: UN CSD Conference: INFORSE South-Asia organisations participated on the UNCSD 15, 2007. Please read on this here. |
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Date: November 2006 |
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Date:
September 28-October 1, 2006 Place: Augsburg, Germany Event: RENEXPO, International Trade Fair and Conference for Renewable Energy The Manual of Sustainable Energy to Reduce Poverty was part of the INFORSE exhibition Read more: here |
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Date:
March 2005 Picture
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