INFORSE-Europe
INFORSE-Europe
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| Founder(s) |
European NGOs |
| Type |
Network of European NGOs, grassroot organisations |
| Founded |
1994, (Bylaws) 2002 (Registration) |
| Location |
Denmark |
| Key people |
Gunnar Boye Olesen, Emil Bedi (coordinators) |
| Area served |
Europe |
| Focus |
sustainable energy environmentalism |
| Method |
newsletter, education, research, lobbying |
| Members |
70 NGOs from 30 European countries |
| Website |
http://www.inforse.org/europe |
INFORSE- Europe is an international, non-profit organisation (NGO) network of European environmental organizations promoting sustainable energy development within Europe; and worldwide in cooperation with other INFORSE regions.[1]
INFORSE-Europe consists of 70 NGO members in 30 European countries.[2]
Activities
- Develops scenarios for a transition to a 100% renewable energy supply by 2050. A global, EU-27 and national models are developed for Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, and Romania. The model's name is INFORSE Vision 2050.,[3]
- Maintains the European section of the INFORSE's worldwide database of contacts,[4][5] Web-based resources on EU policy,[6] school materials on energy and climate,[7] successes [8]
- Online course (DIERET)[9]
- Cooperation with SPARE, a sustainable energy education project in 16 countries.[10]
- Quarterly newsletter: Sustainable Energy News (SEN)[11]
- Participation on UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)[12] and UNFCCC as an INFORSE observer and side event organiser, as INFORSE has consultative NGO status to ECOSOC.
- Participation on EU Consultations, Press Releases.[13]
- Organising European NGO Policy Seminars.[14]
- Since 2007, INFORSE-Europe is making EU Ecodesign Standardisation Positions together with ECOS, the European Environmental Bureau, Climate Action Network-Europe, Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature.[15]
- Exhibition at EU Green Week'05 [16] and '09,[17] and EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2008, and 2009.[18]
History
- In 1992, INFORSE was established at the Earth Summit (Global Forum), which was a parallel forum to the UNCED Conference. INFORSE has consultative status to United Nations' ECOSOC.
- In 1994, INFORSE-Europe made its Bylaws.[19]
- In 2002, INFORSE-Europe became officially registered in Denmark.
- In 2005, INFORSE-Europe became Campaign Associates to the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign Initiative.[20][21] and as such participated on the EU Sustainable Energy weeks,[22][23]
- Annual European NGO Policy Seminars organised since 1992, as well as EU NGO Policy seminars organised in Brussels since 2002.[24][25]
Members
Among the 70 members from 30 European countries are:
References
External links
INFORSE-Europe' communication language is English, but the description is available in several languages: