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Phone: + 45 4677 5130
Fax: + 45 46 321 999
Email: GNESD@risoe.dk
http://www.gnesd.org

The Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) is a UNEP facilitated knowledge network of developing world Centres of Excellence and network partners, renowned for their work on energy, development, and environment issues. The main objective of GNESD is to work for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by: Strengthening the Members Centres’ ability to acquire, assimilate, and apply existing knowledge and experiences. Working for a better understanding of the links between sustainable energy and other development and environment priorities, and technology and policy options, leading to better articulation of practical policies that can be adopted so as to promote energy for sustainable energy. Working to change government policies and programmes, and private sector, investments, so that these favour energy for sustainable development approaches. Promoting a communication infrastructure that provides a means for Members to share experiences and draw on each other’s strengths, expertise, and skills, and Strengthened South-South and North-South exchange of knowledge and collaboration on energy issues of common interest. Member Centres coordinate joint activities within the fields shown above, exchange information, carry out analytical studies and supply policy support. GNESD thereby makes it easier for each Member Centre to provide environmentally sound energy policy advice supporting sustainable development. The work in GNESD is theme driven and carried out on the basis of ad-hoc Working Groups consisting of representatives from the participating 20 Centres of Excellence.

Following are the types of activities that can be undertaken by the GNESD Centres of Excellence (the Members) and Network Partners: Building knowledge and sharing lessons learned: assist in analysis of policies and business models for energy for sustainable development assist in evaluation of sustainable energy technologies promote activities that raise awareness and disseminate information create a global base of knowledge on policy experience and ways to adapt that experience to specific national circumstances, and build communities of practitioners on specific issue areas, such as power sector reform, policy and governance issues in energy, development, environment, interdisciplinary policies for energy for rural development, application of information technology for promotion of sustainable energy, and climate change mitigation, by means of ad-hoc working groups. Improving capabilities (capacity development on multiple levels): provide information and share knowledge and advice provide technical services to developing country decision-makers provide thematic support to governments and the private sector on sustainable energy policies, approaches, technologies, partners and programmes, and develop capacity among major stakeholders and share the lessons and knowledge acquired in formulating and implementing sustainable energy approaches. Facilitating development of new approaches and projects: help developing country governments strengthen their policy frameworks as a necessary foundation for sustainable energy projects, programmes and investments help design or structure national and sectoral energy planning studies assist energy authorities in outlining finance and investment strategies, including those involving partnerships with private sector investors, assist project developers and entrepreneurs in developing sound business models, and assess and provide advice on renewable energy/energy efficiency policies and projects. Generating New Knowledge (through structuring energy policy research projects): identify key research/study activities that would fill gaps in knowledge help apply knowledge where specific decisions are needed on sustainable energy issues, and structure and foster collaboration on applied policy research studies that conceptualise and operationalise approaches to sustainable energy policies, and analyse experiences.

1. Actor:

   International partnerships

2. Sector:

   Climate change impact mitigation, Energy, Energy efficiency (general), Renewable energy (general), Rural electrification, Transport

3. Activity:

   Worldwide