International Network for Sustainable Energy

Organization's name: International Network for Sustainable Energy
Organization's acronym: INFORSE
Headquarters address  
Address: Klosterport 4F 1 floor, 8000 Aarhus C


Denmark
Phone: +45 86 22 7000
Fax: +45 86 22 7096
Email: ove@inforse.org
Web site: www.inforse.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Sustainable Development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Research
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the environment
  • Women in power and decision-making

Public Administration:
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

Social Development:
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Technical cooperation

Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Energy
  • Gender equality
  • Indicators
  • Poverty
  • Technology

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
Geographic scope: Regional
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Africa
Country of activity:
  • Japan
  • Belgium
  • Malaysia
  • Czechia
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Kenya
  • Slovakia
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Malta
  • North Macedonia
  • Bulgaria
  • Nigeria
  • Germany
  • Georgia
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • South Africa
  • Burkina Faso
  • Sierra Leone
  • Denmark
  • Ukraine
  • Republic of Korea
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Estonia
  • Norway
  • Viet Nam
  • Finland
  • Gambia
  • Mali
  • Bangladesh
  • Uruguay
  • France
  • Pakistan
  • Belarus
  • Indonesia
  • United States of America
  • Spain
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Croatia
  • Hungary
  • Chile
  • Albania
  • Senegal
  • Namibia
  • Canada
  • Sri Lanka
  • Türkiye
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Netherlands
  • Uganda
  • India
  • Russian Federation
  • Kazakhstan
  • Slovenia
  • Lithuania
  • Portugal
  • Switzerland
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Brazil
  • Greece
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
  • Ghana
  • Latvia
  • Burundi
  • Mauritania
  • Nepal
  • Belize
  • Serbia
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1992
Year of registration (YYYY): 1998
Organizational structure: Secretariat is in Denmark. It is hosted by INFORSE-Europe since 2002. Regional Coordinators.
Number and type of members: 155 members world wide.
Funding structure:
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Non-governmental organization
Affiliation with other organizations: CSO Consultative status to UNFCCC. Cliamte Action Network.
Publications: * WHITE PAPER: CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION WITH ECO-VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT (EVD) SOLUTIONS. 45 pp. 2018. English. http://www.inforse.org/doc/Pub_EVD_White_Paper_Climate_Mitigation_Adaptation_2018.pdf * ECO-VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AS CLIMATE SOLUTION, Proposals from South Asia. 60 pp. 2017. Available in English, Hindi, Bangla, Nepali, Sinhala. http://www.inforse.org/asia/Pub_EcoVillageDev_SouthAsia.htm * SUSTAINABLE ENERGY NEWS Newsletter of INFORSE. English. Published since 1992. http://www.inforse.org/s_e_news.php3 * 100% RENEWABLES BY 2050. Sustainable Energy Vision 2050. http://inforse.org/europe/Vision2050.htm
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development: 		* INFORSE's OPIMION ON RIO+20 NGO CONSULTATION http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20 * Input to Women Major Group and NGO Major Group at Rio+20. http://www.inforse.org/europe/Conf12_rio20.htm . * THE FUTURE WE WANT / THE FUTURE WE DON'T WANT / THE FUTURE WE DREAD at Rio+20.

Social Development

Affiliation with other organizations: CSO Consultative status to UNFCCC since 2002. Membership of Climate Action Network.
Publications: * SOCIO-TECHNICAL MANUAL for Training of Trainers (ToT) Manual on Eco-Village Development in South Asia, 130 pp. 2018. Available in English, Hindi, Bangla, Nepali, Sinhala. * SUSTAINABLE ENERGY to REDUCE POVERTY MANUAL. 2008. In several South Asian languages. www.inforse.org/asia
Purpose of the organization: * VISION: A world where energy services that are necessary for a just and human centered development, are provided in a sustainable way using renewable energy. * MISSION: INFORSE is a global network of independent non-governmental organisations working for sustainable energy solutions to reduce poverty and protect the environment.
Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: INFORSE is a network of 155 organisations worldwide. INFORSE Secretariat is hosted by INFORSE-Europe. There are Regional Coordinators.

Advancement of Women

Affiliation with other organizations: INFORSE representative participated in the work of the Women Major Group at Rio+20, and Women Gender Constituancy at UNFCCC Conferences.
Publications: Women, Climate and Energy Themes in Sustainable Energy News. 2001-2012. Reader of the Articles, 78 pages, 2013. Download from: http://inforse.org/europe/sen_gender_reader.htm http://www.inforse.org/europe/sen_gender.htm
Statements or documents submitted
to the Commission on the Status of Women: 		Input to Women's Major Group's Statements at Rio+20. http://www.wecf.eu/english/articles/2012/06/interventionsRio-womenmajorgroup.php

Forests

Major group affiliation: Non-governmental Orgnizations

Informal regional network of NGOs

UN-NGO-IRENE Newsletter: Yes