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Table R13. Networks Furthering Energy Access: Selected Examples (continued)
NAME
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Energy for All Partnership (E4ALL)
Global Network on Energy for
Sustainable Development (GNESD)
Global Renewable Energy Islands
Network (GREIN)
HEDON Household Energy Network
International Network for
Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
A regional platform for co-operation, knowledge, technical exchange and key project
development. It brings together key stakeholders from the private sector, financial
institutions, governments, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental development
partners. The Partnership – led by ADB – aims to provide access to safe, clean and
affordable modern energy to 100 million people in the Asia-Pacific region by 2015.
A South-South network comprising 10 member centres of excellence in Africa, Asia
and Latin America. It produces policy-relevant knowledge products on clean energy
for sustainable development targeted at decision makers and energy practitioners.
It also conducts outreach activities and policy dialogue panels with senior members
of governments, academia and NGOs.
A network created to help islands accelerate their renewable energy uptake. It will serve
as a platform for pooling knowledge, sharing best practices and seeking innovative
solutions for the accelerated update of clean and cost-effective renewable energy
technologies in island states and territories.
A network aimed at empowering practitioners to unlock barriers to household energy
access by addressing knowledge gaps, facilitating partnerships and fostering information
sharing.
A network of 140 NGOs operating in 60 countries that was established as part of the Rio
Convention. It is dedicated to promoting sustainable energy and social development and
is funded by a mix of national governments, multilateral institutions and CSOs. INFORSE
focuses on four areas: raising awareness about sustainable energy use; promoting
institutional reform among national governments; building local and national capacity on
energy-related issues; and supporting R&D.
La Via Campesina (LVC) Informally known as the “international peasants’ movement”, LVC is a group of about 150
organisational members that co-ordinate migrant workers, farmers, rural women and
indigenous communities on rural development issues. The “sustainable agriculture”, “water”
and “women and human rights” programmes deal with various aspects of rural energy use,
especially the connections between food security and biofuels.
RedBioLAC
A multinational network of institutions involved in research and dissemination of anaerobic
bio-digestion and the treatment and management of organic waste in Latin America and
the Caribbean.
Small-Scale Sustainable
Infrastructure Development Fund
(S3IDF)
Wind Empowerment
A fund that promotes a Social Merchant Bank approach to help local entrepreneurs create
micro-enterprises that provide infrastructure services to the poor. As of early 2015, it had
a portfolio of almost 200 small investments and associated enterprises in India, and an
additional 100 projects in the pipeline.
A global association for the development of locally built small-scale wind turbines for
sustainable rural electrification.
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