INFORSE-Europe

INFORSE-Europe

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = INFORSE-Europe
Non-profit_
Non-profit_type = Network of European NGOs, grassroot organisations
founded_date = 1994, (Bylaws) 2002 (Registration)
founder = European NGOs
location = Denmark
origins =
key_people = Gunnar Boye Olesen, Emil Bedi (coordinators)
area_served = Europe
product =
focus = sustainable energy environmentalism
method = newsletter, education, research, lobbying
revenue =
endowment =
num_volunteers =
num_employees =
num_members = 70 NGOs from 30 European countries
subsib =
owner =
Non-profit_slogan =
homepage = http://www.inforse.org/europe
dissolved =
footnotes =

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. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/membship.htm Bylaws of INFORSE-Europe can be downloaded from here] ]

INFORSE-Europe 70 NGO members in 30 European countries. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/memblist.php3 INFORSE-Europe's membership list can be generated from here] ]

Activities

* Develops scenarios for a transition to a 100 % renewables energy supply by 2050. A global, EU-27 and national models are developed for Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, and Romania. The models name is INFORSE Vision 2050. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/Vision2050.htm INFORSE's Vision 2050 - 100% Renewables] ] ,
* Maintains the European section of the INFORSE's worldwide database of contacts [ [http://www.inforse.org/regions.php3 INFORSE's World Contact Database] ] , [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/memblist.php3 INFORSE's European Contact Database] ] web based resources on EU policy [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/eupolicy.htm EU Policy Overview] ] , school materials on energy and climate [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/schools.htm INFORSE's School Resources] ] , successes [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/success/SU_About.htm INFORSE's European Successes Database] .]
* Online course (DIERET) [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/dieret/ DIERET Online Education] ]
* Cooperation with SPARE, a sustainable energy education project in 16 countries [ [http://www.spareworld.org SPARE school program in 16 countries] ] .
* Quarterly newsletter: Sustainable Energy News (SEN) [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/news.htm Sustainable Energy News] ]
* Participation on UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/conf06_UN_CSD.htm INFORSE at CSD] ] and UNFCCC as an INFORSE observer and side event organiser, as INFORSE has consultative NGO status to ECOSOC.
* Participation on EU Consultations, Press Releases [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/eu_policy_press.htm INFORSE Press Releases] ] .
* Organising European NGO Policy Seminars. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/seminar.htm INFORSE-Europe Seminars] ]
* In 2007-08, INFORSE-Europe is making EU Ecodesign Standardisation Positions together with ECOS, the European Environmental Bureau, Climate Action Network-Europe, Greenpeace and WWF. [ [http://www.ecostandard.org/ ECO Standard website, See under Position papers] ]

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 Nation's ECOSOC.
* In 1994, INFORSE-Europe made its Bylaws. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/membship.htm INFORSE-Europe Bylaws] ]
* In 2002, INFORSE-Europe became officially registered in Denmark.
* In 2005-2008, INFORSE-Europe became Campaign Associates to the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign 2005-08 Initiative. [ [http://www.sustenergy.org/tpl/page.cfm?pageName=social_stakeholders INFORSE as EU SE Campaign Social Stakholders] ] [ [http://www.sustenergy.org EU SE Campaign] ] and as such participted on the EU Sustainable Energy weeks [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/exhib_EUSEW08.htm INFORSE-Europe at EUSEW 2008] ] , [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/conf_EUSEcampaign05.htm INFORSE at EU SE Campaign in 2005] ]
* Annual European NGO Policy Seminars organised since 1992, as well as EU NGO Policy seminars organised in Brussels since 2002. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/descript.htm INFORSE Europe activities] ] , [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/seminar.htm INFORSE-Europe seminars] ]

Members

Among the 70 members from 30 European countries are:
* Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE)
* Centre for Alternative Technology
* Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature
* GERES, CLER, Helio in France
* Polish Ecological Club (PKE-OG)in Poland.

References

External Links

* [http://www.inforse.org INFORSE's website]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe INFORSE-Europe's website]

INFORSE-Europe' communication language is English, but the description is available in several languages:
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/spanish.htm INFORSE-Europe in Spanish]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/INFORSE-Europe_russian.htm INFORSE-Europe in Russian]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/french.htm INFORSE-Europe in French]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/hungarian.htm INFORSE-Europe in Hungarian]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/portuguese.htm INFORSE-Europe in Portuguese]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/slovak.htm INFORSE-Europe in Slovak]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/turkish.htm INFORSE-Europe in Turkish]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe/macedonian.htm INFORSE-Europe in Macedonian]


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