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INFORSE-Europe
organized a one-week European NGO Seminar at the Nordic Folkecenter
for Renewable Energy in Denmark on August 21-24, 2017.
The Seminar focused on transition to sustainable energy, community power
and development of ideas for how we can push the transition forward with
new initiatives and projects.
After the Seminar, INFORSE-Europe had General Meeting on August 25, 2017. |
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Download:
Program (pdf) and Intro
Leaflet (pdf file)
The
Proceedings:
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Monday
August 21, 2017
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Nordic
Folkecenter for Renewable Energy |
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Presentation
of The Center and the Ideas Behind (pdf
file 3,6 MB)
by Jane Kruse and Leire Gorroño, Nordic
Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark.
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Transition
to Sustainable Energy: How Can We Change
Country To Renewable Energy?
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Fast Transition of Denmark to Renewable Energy, NGO Vision Versus National
Plans
(pdf
file 2 MB)
by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe, SustainableEnergy, Denmark.
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Transition
of Western European Countries to Renewable Energy - How To Make
It Happen? |

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Examples
from the United Kingdom (pdf
file 3,9 MB)
by Paul Allen, Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), UK.
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Examples
from France (pdf
file 812 kB)
by Marc Jedliczka, HESPUL/CLER/negaWATT, France. |
Transition
of Eastern European Countries to Renewable Energy |
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Transition
of Ukraine (pdf
file 1 MB)
by Olexandra Tryboi, Renewable Energy Agency, Ukraine. |
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Transition
of Belarus (pdf
file 318 kB)
by Dzimitry Buronkin, Centre for Environmental Solution
(CES), Belarus. |
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Transition
of Macedonia (pdf
file 411 kB)
by Jasmina Said, EKO-svest, Macedonia.
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Transition
of Armenia (pdf
file 1 MB)
by Artashes Sargsyan, Ecoteam, Armenia. |
Local
Transition to Renewable Energy |
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Transition
of Islands - Samsø,
Denmark (pdf
file 2,2MB)
by Søren
Hermansen, Samsø Energy
Academy, Denmark. |
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Transition
of Subotica in Serbia to Renewable Energy (pdf
file 2,6 MB)
by Nikola Perusic, CEKOR, Serbia. |
Guided
Tour at the Folkecenter |
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by
Jane Kruse, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark.
Learn more
about the Folkecenter here.
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Tuesday
August 22, 2017 |
Introducing
the NGO Networking for Sustainable Energy and INFORSE-Europe |
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25 Years of Networking and the Roles of Civil Society in the Future (pdf
file 1,1 MB)
by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe, SustainableEnergy, Denmark.
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Introducing
Community Power |
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The
Concept, Results and Succeses - Danish examples (pdf
file 1,3 MB)
by Henning Bo Madsen, SustainableEnergy, Denmark. |
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Examples
from Europe (pdf
file 1 MB) REScoop
in EU (pdf
file 408 kB)
by Josh Roberts (via Skype) REScoop, Buxelles. |
Prosumers
Overtaking Energy Supply |
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How Can Consumers Produce their Own Power and Ultimately Meet Close to
Half of EU's Electricity Demand?
(pdf
file 721 kB)
by Henning Bo Madsen, SustainableEnergy, Denmark.
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Workshop: Developing
Ideas for Community Power in Own Country/Community. |
Fundraising |
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How
to Get Funding for Joint Activities?
by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe, SustainableEnergy, Denmark.
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Presentation
of participants' own activities |

Adam Harmat
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Paul
Allen (CAT, UK), Daria Mytareva (Friends of Baltics, Russia),
Adam Harmat, Tamas Soha, Gabor Horvath (EPEN, Hungary), Csaba
Csontos, Maria Persa
and
Bence Nagy (E-ambassadors, Hungary), Dariusz Smiechowski (GAP
Poland), Jacob
Sorensen (NOAH, Denmark),
Anna Smumeiko-Ackermann (NECU, Ukraine) and more.
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Wednesday
August 23, 2017 |
EU
Transition to Sustainable Energy |
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How
EU Legislation and Support is Supporting and Limiting the Transition
to Renewables and the Development of Energy Communities
by Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe, SustainableEnergy,
Denmark. (pdf
file 1,3 MB), |
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Josh
Roberts, REScoop, Bruxelles. (pdf
file 645 kB), |
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Toni
Vidan, Zelena Akcija, Croatia. (pdf
file 2,4 MB) |
Thursday
August 24, 2017 |
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Workshops: Developing
Project/Activity Proposals in Groups. |
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25-year
Networking Anniversary Fest
We celebrated that INFORSE was established 25 years ago in
Rio at the Earth Summit in 1992.
INFORSE members
are networking on national, regional, EU and UN levels. INFORSE also
has consultative status at UN ECOSOC and UNFCCC, and as such has been
participating on the UN Climate conferences. |
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Friday
August 25, 2017 |
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General
Meeting of the Members of INFORSE-Europe. |
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