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2012
- 2013
The "Southern
Voices" on Climate Change
Capacity Building Programme
continues with Phase 2.
The capacity building of INFORSE-South
Asia is coordinated
by VedvarendeEnergi
- a Danish Member of
the Program's Consortium and the
INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator
(INSEDA) and INFORSE members in
the region. |
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INFORSE-Asia will participated at UNFCCC
COP 18 in Doha, Qatar 2012.
INFORSE has Consultative status at the UNFCCC
and ECOSOC.
Read on INFORSE's participation on previous UN
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22 June, 2012,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio+20,
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read: INFORSE at Rio+20
(UNCSD) |
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21 May, 2012, Bonn
Germany
New report
by the Southern Voices programme, involving
INFORSE, Climate Action Network, CLACC and other networks:
Report
Reveals Key Role for Civil Society in Policymaking
in a Changing Climate
Download the Report from the Project's web site: ClimateCapacity.org.
Press Release: pdf file (21 kB)
Read more: INFORSE
at the Southern Voices Project.
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January
17 & 18, 2012
INFORSE - South Asia Regional Meeting
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November
28 - December 9, 2011
INFORSE participated
as NGO observer at UNFCCC COP17, Durban, South Africa. INFORSE
participation included: Exhibition and a Side Event on Friday, December
2, 2011. Several INFORSE-Asia members participated (e.g. INSEDA,
WAFD, and AIWC from India).
See more at INFORSE
at COP17 |
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November
1-2, 2011 -
INFORSE South Asia Regional
Workshop
See
article on the workshop in Sustainable Energy News No. 72 "A
Vehicle for Cooperation: INFORSE Regional Workshop", November
1-2, 2011, New Delhi, India, page 7.
1-page
article (pdf file, 0.8 MB) |
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November-December
2011 - Posters on climate change and mitigation by implementation
of
energy
renewable
technologies.
The posters were prepared, keeping member NGOs in view, and
it was presented at the Regional Workshop and they were exhibited
at the UNFCCC COP17 Conference. (pdf
file, 1.0 MB) |
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News
from INFORSE South Asia:
October
10, 2011 - INFORSE India
National Workshop
September
29, 2011 -
INFORSE India National Workshop August
3, 2011, INFORSE
Coordination Meeting in Nepal |
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Jan
2011 - June 2012
INFORSE
Participates in the "Southern
Voices" on Climate
Change capacity building
programme with
focus on South Asian and
African INFORSE regions
and NGOs |
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29
November - 10 December, 2010
INFORSE
participated as NGO observer at the UNFCCC COP16, Cancún,
México.
Among the
INFORSE members, the delegates were:
- Emil Bedi, INFORSE-Europe Coordinator /FAE, Slovakia
- Raymond Myles, INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator /INSEDA, India
- Secou Sarr, ENDA, INFORSE-Africa Coordinator
- Pierre Dembele, Mali Folkecenter / HELIO International
- GERES, France
Read more at INFORSE-Europe's
website. |
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December,
2010:
Launch
of a new NGO project “Southern Voices Capacity Building Programme”
The 2011-2012 Southern Voices programme is coordinated by CARE Denmark and is
funded by DANIDA. INFORSE-Asia is participating. Among the involved INFORSE organisations
are:
From Asia: INSEDA, India; From Europe: The Danish Organisation for Sustainable
Energy (VE); From Africa: ENDA and Mali Folkecenter.
Read
more about the new Project at the Project's
website.
PICTURE:
Top from left: William
Chadza, CEPA, Civil Society Network on Climate Change, Malawi; Boubakar
Fall, CLACC fellow, ENDA, Senegal; Emmanuel Seck, CAN West Africa,
ENDA, Senegal; Hannah Reid, IIED; Ange David Baime, JVE, Ivory Coast,
member of WANET CSD; Sherpard Zvigadza, CLACC fellow, ZERO, Zimbabwe;
Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE Denmark; Pierre Dembele, WANET CSD, Mali
Folkecenter, Mali; Maiga Mahamadou Farga, CLACC Fellow, Amade Pelcode,
Mali; Mónica Lópes Baltodano, Suswatch, Nicaragua.
Bottom from left: Moussa Na Abou Mamouda, AfricaAdapt, ENDA,
Senegal (previous CLACC Fellow); Sanjay Vashist, CAN South Asia; Charles
Meschack, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, member of Accra Caucus
on REDD and Forests; Achala Chandani, CLACC Fellow Bangladesh, Caritas
Bangladesh; Taukei Kitara, TuCAN, Tuvalu; Vivian Lanuza, Suswatch,
Guatemala, Fundacion Solar; Raymond Myles, INFORSE South Asia, Inseda,
India; Marstella Jack, CAN Micronesia; Maria Isabel Olazabal, Ibis
Central America; Peter With, Coordinator, Southern Voices Capacity
Building Programme; Mahima Njaidi, Mjumita Forest Network, Tanzania;
Raja Jarrah, Care Tanzania, Accra Caucus; Betty, Mjumita Forest Network,
Tanzania; Oumar Tankari, Care Niger; Maïmouna Konaré, FEMNET
Mali, AWLAE; Elvin Nyakura, CLACC Fellow Kenya, ACTS. |
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December
7-18, 2009
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at
UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. INFORSE also had an exhibition
stall and a side event 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 on the INFORSE-Asia participation at COP15:
- INFORSE
at COP15
- December
14, 2009, COP15 Side Event at the Bella Center
Proceedings and Pictures
- December
9, 2009, COP15 side Event at the Klimaforum09
Pictures and Proceedings
- INFORSE exhibitions at Klimaforum09 and
at the Bella
Center . |
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December
15, 2008
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at
UNFCCC COP14, December 1-12, 2008. INFORSE also had an exhibition
stall and a side event.
From the INFORSE Asia Coordinators and National Focal points participated: INSEDA,
AIWC (India), CRT (Nepal), ISEP (Japan).
Read more on the INFORSE participation at the conference at COP14 |
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January
2008
INFORSE-South Asia CD Published
Sustainable Energy Solutions for
Poverty Reduction
Result of an INFORSE project 2005-08.
The CD includes the Manual in 5 languages: English, Hindi, Nepalese, Bangladeshi,
Singhalese.
Order
a copy at: INFORSE
order page or at INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator (INSEDA
in India), or at the project partners e.g. IDEA from Sri
Lanka, CRT from Nepal, Grameen Shakti from Bangladesh,
OVE in Denmark. Find contacts under "Search Members & Contacts" on
the left side of this page. |
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July,
2008
INFORSE news from Sustainable
Energy News 61 page 8:
- IDEA from Sri Lanka is inviting international volunteers.
Read more on IDEA at successes
under Sri Lanka and the Project
on Poverty Reduction Manual, or at the Current
Situation under Sri lanka.
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Road 2020 Haribon Rainforestation Campaign in the
Philippines
- Ashden Award to Grameen Shakti and TIDE
- Solar Energy Leads in Indian Climate Action Plan |
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January
23-24, 2008
Workshop in Bangladesh
Contact: Grameen
Shakti, Email: g_shakti@grameen.net
or Raymond Myles, INSEDA,
INFORSE South Asia Coordinator |
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May
24-26, 2007
Workshop: INFORSE-Capacity Building Project National Workshop of NGOs in RETs
for Poverty Reduction in India
Venue: Om
Shanti Retreat Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, India
Program: (37kB
word file)
Proceedings: (pdf
file 470kB) or (word
file 1.7MB) |
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April-May
2007
UN
CSD Conference: INFORSE South-Asia organisations participated
on the UNCSD 15, 2007. Please read on this here. |
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March
2005 - January 2008
INFORSE
organisations were focusing
on a project on renewable energy
and poverty reduction in Sri
Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and
India. The
organisations collected successful
examples of sustainable energy
for poverty reduction and have
developed guidelines
for choosing the best solutions
in given local circumstances. Follow
the project's achievements:
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You
can find information about INFORSE-Asia in Sustainable
Energy News as well
as news about NGO-activities and international processes
for sustainable energy.
Gender
Theme in Sustainable Energy News
Link to the articles
on Gender. Inputs are welcome to Judit Szoleczky Email: ove@inforse.org
Link
to the full article on Improved kitchen in Sri Lanka, December
2007, here. (under
the title: Sri Lanka)
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INFORSE
Vision 2005 & Planning for a Sustainable Energy Future
Ideas, resources for local & national
plans: potential, barriers, computer models. Your guide to
make proposals for sustainable energy development that follows implementation
of the Kyoto Protocol. |
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Please send comments to
the web master at: ove@inforse.org
or to the INFORSE-South Asia coordinator
at: inseda@inforse.org.
Created: March 2005. Last updated:
2012.
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