Other - Useful Regional Energy Links
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and energy security.
Consortium for Labeling and Standards Programs (CLASP)
Consortium for Labeling and Standards Programs (CLASP) mission is to promote efficiency standards and labels in developing and transitional countries through partnerships with agencies, stakeholders and relevant institutions in those countries. With support from USAID, the UN Foundation, the Energy Foundation, and US Department of Energy, CLASP is developing globally applicable technical and policy support tools, conducting regional workshops, and providing technical support to partner countries.
Energyanddevelopment.com
Energyanddevelopment.com is a website dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of information on energy sector best practices worldwide. "Energy and development" promotes greater understanding of the importance of the energy sector in developing countries and emerging economies while addressing poverty alleviation and its associated socio-economic hardships.
Environmental Information Center
The Environmental Information Center has been set up as a project under the Trade in Environmental Services and Technologies (TEST) program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its main objective is to generate awareness about environmental challenges and to stimulate proactive initiatives for improving environmental quality.
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP)
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) is a voluntary Partnership that brings together developing and industrialized country governments, public and private organizations, multilateral institutions, consumers and others in an effort to ensure access to modern energy services by the poor. This site provides up-to-date material on the development of the Partnership as well as a means for Partner organizations to contribute and search for information relevant to GVEP, thereby expanding the knowledge base.
Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG)
The Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) in the Center for Business and Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government was founded in 1993 in response to ongoing changes in the US electricity industry.
Institute of International Education
Institute of International Education (IIE) Energy Group has been working in South Asia since 1994. In India, IIE has implemented four large training projects, including the India Private Power Initiative (IPPI), the India Energy Training Program (IETP) with focus on Regulatory Reforms and Training for Distribution Reforms and the Sustainable Energy Curriculum Development Project for Indian Administrative Services (IAS). In Bangladesh , IIE is implementing the Energy Training Program, which focuses on capacity building in power, oil and gas sector institutions in Bangladesh, with the objective of furthering the efficient development and reform of the energy sector. Similar projects are being carried out in Indonesia, Nigeria and Brazil.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC)
International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) has worked to bring the power of sustainable energy solutions to developing countries and economies in transition since 1984. These solutions include energy efficiency, renewable energy, and integrated transport planning.
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD)
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) sponsors research on the political, legal, and economic aspects of the world’s energy system. It plays a leading role in creating a network of researchers working on these issues at Stanford and at other institutions worldwide: notably in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa.
Winrock International
Winrock International (WI) is an independent, nonprofit organization that works in the US and around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. WI offers innovative approaches in clean energy, natural resource management, leadership development, and agriculture, and seeks to increase long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world. WI is currently implementing its mission in 65 countries with total annual revenues of over $40 million.
World Energy Council (WEC)
World Energy Council (WEC) is the foremost global multi-energy organization in the World. WEC has Member Committees in over 90 countries, including most of the largest energy producing and energy consuming countries.
