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Supporters:

EU Commission DG Environment - Civil Society
for the activities of INFORSE-Europe, 2002/-04/-05/-06/-07/-08.
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Europe Aid, and FoE Norway
for Kazak Biogas project, 2004-06.
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FoE Norway for INFORSE-Europe educational activities, 2006-07.
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The Danish Outdoor Council's Small Grant Fund in 2001-2004 for:
- translation of DIERET material to Russian and Albanian.
- Danish-CEE cooperation projects in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Belarus.
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The Swedish Acid Rain Secretariat for:
- postage costs of Sustainable Energy News to Eastern European NGOs, 2003.
- costs of one Russian participant for the NGO study tour to Denmark.
-"Women and Energy" theme in Sustainable Energy News, 2004-05, 2008.
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The Danish Forum for Energy & Development (FEU), and the Danish Antinuclear Movement (OOA) for INFORSE-Europe when they closed their secretariats in 2002.
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The Danish Environmental Protection Agency for projects in Belarus in 1999-2001.
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News:

Energy21-CAT-INFORSE Seminar August 2008INFORSEAugust 16-18, 2008
Seminar, Energy21-INFORSE, CAT, Wales, UK. More

CLER-INFORSE Seminar September 2008INFORSEOctober 13-15, 2008
Seminar, INFORSE-CLER, Paris, France. More

Sustainable Energy News
New Issue: July 2008 - Issue 61
Issue 60 - Theme
: Women - Energy - Climate
Issue 58 - Theme: INFORSE 15-Year: 2002 Rio - 2007 Samsø
Dowload pdf version as well as Contents

12.05.2008 -
INFORSE-Europe's Position on Reduced VAT Rates

Statement (pdf 80kB) --- Background

DIERET Online Education STARTS AGAIN in 2008

5th EU Sustainable Energy Policy Annual Seminar.
April 8, 2008, Brussels.
See Proceedings: here (April 15, 2008)

New round of EU Funding, Intelligent Energy for Europe (March 14, 2008)

INFORSE in Brussels, January 28- February 2008
Many visited us at the exhibition! See more: Events


INFORSE-Europe Press Release on EU Climate and Energy Package (Jan. 23, 2008).
See it at Positions on Renewable Energy and Emissions Trading.

Register your school to SPARE - School Competition 2007-08.
Deadline: February and 15 March, 2008. Russian & English (new!)
Read on SPARE

INFORSE-Europe Positions on Structural Funds (update Dec. 2007)

INFORSE-Europe Positions on EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan, Energy Service Directive, Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (Dec. 2007)

INFORSE-Europe Positions on EU Support for Renewable Energy and EU Emissions Trading Scheme (Dec. 20, 2007)

Help to evaluate the EU Intelligent Energy for Europe program: link


INFORSE-Europe National Seminar on EU policy, and Sustainable Energy Visions:
- December 15-16, Istambul, Turkey (program)
- December 14, Katowice, Poland (program)
- November 29, Skopje, Macedonia (program)
- November 28, Bratislava, Slovakia (program)
- November 27, Braila, Romania (program)
- November 23, Bucharest, Romania (program)

See overiew of the Seminars and Projects in November-December 2007: here


INFORSE-Europe Proposal for EU 3rd Electricity Market Package,
November 12, 2007:
Press Release (pdf file 50 kB)
-- Statement (pdf 96 kB) - Background

• INFORSE-Europe call for Moratorium on Support and Import of Agrofuels (liquid biofuels from large-scale monocultures), October 24, 2007:
Press Release (pdf file 172kB) -- Statement and Background

SEMINAR & TOUR: Samsø Island, Denmark, October 1-5, 2007.
See Program & Proceedings
Organised by INFORSE & Samsø Energy Academy

• INFORSE at the EfE October, 2007, Belgrade, Serbia:
Read more on INFORSE & Ecoforum Participation

• INFORSE at the UN CSD 15 April 30-May 11, 2007:
Read: NGOs' critical comments & INFORSE Side Event

Press Release - March 12, 2007: INFORSE-Europe Welcome the
EU Decision and Propose Implementation - Download PDF 129 kB - (12.03.2007)

Evaluation and Recommendations for EU Structural Funds for RE (Dec. 2006)

Updated Guideline for Assessment of Renewable Energy (Dec. 2006)

New Sustainable Energy Visions (2006-07)

Subsidies and Other Public Support for Energy (Dec. 2006)

Sustainable Energy Study Tours also for Northern Germany (Dec.2006)

EU Energy Efficiency Action Plan Press Release Oct. 20, 2006 (Download PDF 138 kB)

Seminars - Conferences INFORSE participation

Press Releases & Positions • • EU Policy Updates

Energy & Climate in Schools Project

Anti Nuclear Petition 2005-06

Publication 2006: Study of the Introduction of Renewable Energy in the EU Compiled by INFORSE-Europe for the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.

Check your organisation's contact information

Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign INFORSE-Europe is Campaign Associate to the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign Initiative
Read on INFORSE's participation on the First Conference of the Campaign in 2005 here, on the Sustainable Energy Week in 2007, and on other new events on the Campaign's web site.

EU policy
INFORSE-Europe
follows the European Union's energy policies. Find general information and updates on policy developments here.

Planning 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.

Distant Edu DIERET The Distant Internet Education on Renewable Energy programme and other materials for sustainable energy education are available on our education website.

news You can find information about INFORSE-Europe in Sustainable Energy News as well as news about NGO-activities and international processes for sustainable energy.

Success INFORSE-Europe & ECO-Forum collect sustainable energy success stories, mainly in Central & Eastern Europe.

Nuclear
INFORSE-Europe is critical of plans for new nuclear power plants in Finland and Ukraine, Russian Waste Import.

ECO Forum INFORSE-Europe is coordinator of the ECO-Forum Energy & Climate Group that follows Pan-European Negotiations on Energy Efficiency and Environment.

Seminar
INFORSE-Europe Seminars:
Calls & Proceedings for INFORSE-Europe seminars and other events where INFORSE participated or will participate. (years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2003, 2001.)

Cooperation Projects in CEE and EU

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Created: January 2000. Last updated: July 2008.

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