INFORSE Europa – Link INFORSE.ORG/EUROPE
INFORSE Europe is one of the 7 regions of the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE), which is a worldwide NGO network formed at the Global Forum at the Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
INFORSE has more than 145 member organizations worldwide and works for implementation of sustainable energy solutions by exchange of information, awareness creation, formulation and implementation of strategies, and lobbying of international forums.
INFORSE Europe has 85 members from 35 countries, which are detailed in our online membership list. Since 2002, INFORSE-Europe has been operating as a separate economic entity. The Bylaws were adopted in 1994 and revised in 2005.
INFORSE works for the implementation of sustainable energy solutions through the exchange of information, raising awareness, formulating and implementing strategies and lobbying in international forums. The network is a meeting place for NGOs working at grassroots level, as well as at national, regional and international levels. All member organizations are united in a common strategy for long-term sustainable development that phases out the use of nuclear and fossil energy. INFORSE pushes to promote sustainable energy solutions (renewable energy and energy efficiency) that use decentralized approaches. All activities seek to protect the environment and achieve development by reducing poverty.
INFORSE Europe Structure:
INFORSE Europe members elect the organization’s Coordinator(s) and Board at the General Meetings. All activities are conducted according to the INFORSE-Europe Bylaws and the INFORSE Charter. The Bylaws were adopted at the General Meeting in 1994 and modified in 2005.
Regional coordinators: INFORSE International Network for Sustainable Energy OVE, att. Gunnar Boye Olesen, Denmark
Lobby EU-policy: INFORSE Europe is registered in the EU transparency register system and reviews EU energy and climate policies, publishes and joins policy briefs based on inputs from the members, e.g. eco-design, energy labelling, renewable energy and energy-efficiency directives.
DIERET: INFORSE established the Distance Internet Education, which offers renewable energy self-training courses in English, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
INFORSE-Europe Activities:
INFORSE Europe has been Campaign Associate to the EU Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign Initiative. INFORSE’s participated on the First Conference of the Campaign in 2005 (review), on the Sustainable Energy Week in 2007, and exhibited at EUSEW 2008, Brussels, January 28-February 1, 2008. INFORSE Europe organized an event for the Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW’09) in February 2009, and at EUSEW 2011.
INFORSE Synergies Across Continents Global NGO Network Cooperation Project in East & West Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Local Solutions Proposed for Climate Action & Development and Policies to Promote & Scale-up Local Sustainable Energy Solutions in 2022-2023. See more here.
INFORSE Europe Exhibited and/or organized side events alone or together with other NGOs in the last years including: EUSEW 2023, EUSEW 2022, EUSEW 2020; EUSEW 2019 & EDD 2019; EUSEW 2018, Brussels (Event program EUSEW’18, pdf); EUSEW 2013, Brussels (EUSEW’13); EU Green Week May 2011, Brussels (GW’11); EU Green Week 2009, Brussels (GW’09); EUSEW 2008, Brussels, (EUSEW’08); Environmental Ministers’ Meeting, Exhibition in cooperation with NN/SPARE, Belgrade, 2007 (Belgrade’07); RENEXPO, 2006, Augsburg, Germany. (RENEXPO’06); EU Green Week, May 29-June 3, 2005, Brussels, Belgium. (GW’05); World Sustainable Energy Days, Wels, Austria, 2005 (Wels’05); Bonn Renewables 2004 Conference, Exhibition together with CURES (Bonn’04).
INFORSE has Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC (since 1998) and UNFCCC (since 2002). Comments, workshops, statements, exhibitions are prepared for several United Nations or Ministerial events and their parallel NGO Forums including:
- Climate Conferences:
- COP28
- SB 58 June 2023, Bonn, Germany
- COP27 2022 Egypt
- SB56, June 2022, Bonn, Germany
- COP26 2021 Glasgow, UK
- UNFCCC Climate Dialogue 2020 (Virtual)
- COP 25 2019 Madrid
- COP24 2018 Katowice
- SB48 2018, Bonn, Germany
- COP23 2017 Fiji/Bonn
- COP22 2016
- SB44 Bonn 2016
- COP21 Paris 2015
- SBI42 Bonn 2015
- COP20 Lima 2014
- COP19 Warsaw 2013
- COP18 Doha, Qatar 2012
- COP17 South Africa 2011
- COP16 Cancun 2010
- COP15 Copenhagen 2009
- COP14 Poznan 2008
- COP13 Bali 2007
- UN HLPF July 2020 (Virtual)
- Rio+20, June 2012
- UN-ECE Working Groups on Environment and on Sustainable Energy in Geneva.
- Follow up of the Rio Conferences, UN CSD Process. (CSD15 New York 2007, and CSD14 New York in 2006, CSD9 New York, WSSD & Civil Society Forum, Johannesburg, 2002)
- Follow up of the Johannesburg Conference (Bonn 2004, Beijing 2005)
- European Environmental Ministers’ Meeting Aarhus ´98 (NGO local Organisers), (Belgrade 2005)
- 5th International Conference on Adult Education 97, (Budapest 2006)
- UNESCO World Solar Summit 1996
- World Summit for Social Development 1995
Find more information on the INFORSE-Europe website and our member database here and our contact database here.
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