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Decision Makers & Associations / Finance, Funds & Banks / Information Networks
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| AEIDL - European Association for Information on Local Development | |
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The AEIDL website includes details of projects and activities relating to Regional Development. It also includes several forums designed to facilitate exchanges of views from rural development actors. AEIDL is a non-profit making association specialising in the coordination of European networks and the provision of information and methodological tools to local development actors. |
| Associations of Local and Regional Energy Management Agencies | |
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A list of European Energy Agency Associations can be found on this managEnergy website. |
| CEN - European Committee for Standardization |
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CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, was founded in 1961 by the national standards bodies in the European Economic Community and EFTA countries. |
| Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy Commission de l'industrie, du commerce extérieur, de la recherche et de l'énergie |
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The ITRE Website includes links to:
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| BASREC - Baltic Sea Region Energy Co-operation | |
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Energy ministers of the Baltic Sea region countries and the European Commission decided in their conference in Helsinki in October 1999 to set up the inter-governmental Baltic Sea Region Energy Co-operation (BASREC). |
| CoR - Committee of the Regions | |
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The Committee of the Regions is the youngest of the European Union's institutions. It was created by the Maastricht Treaty of 1991, as a representative assembly with the job of giving local and regional authorities a voice at the heart of the European Union. The CoR Website includes information on:
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| CEMR - Council of European Municipalities and Regions | |
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CEMR is a voluntary organisation which has, since its creation in 1951, lead by a group of European mayors, worked in favour of promoting local freedom and the contribution from local and regional authorities towards European Construction. In 2003, CEMR united 44 large national Associations of local and regional authorities in 31 European countries. The CEMR Website includes information on its:
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| enerCEE - Energy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) | |
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The enerCEE Website includes links to country profiles for a number of CEE countries and Cross-country Information including a comprehensive overview about energy-related topics and the EU enlargement and energy-related Links for Central & Eastern Europe, including:
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| Energie-Cités | |
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Energie-Cités is an association of European local authorities, mainly municipalities. One of the aims of the association is to provide its members with information on the promotion of sustainable local energy policies. The network extends over 20 European countries and includes about 100 municipalities, the majority having between 100,000 and 300,000 inhabitants. |
| EnR - European Energy Network | |
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EnR is a voluntary association of European organisations having a responsibility for the planning, management or review of national research, development, demonstration or dissemination programmes in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy. |
| EURADA - European Association of Development Agencies | |
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EURADA, the association of regional development agencies is a non profit-making organisation aiming to promote regional economic development through dialogue with the European Commission services, interchange of good practice among members, transnational co-operation among members, regional development agencies as a concept. EURADA gathers around 150 development agencies from 25 countries of both the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe. The events section of the website includes details of upcoming events, as well as presentations from past events. |
| FEDARENE - European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agencies | |
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FEDARENE is the a European network of regional and local organisations that implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies. Regional and local agencies, ministries and departments working in these fields, are represented in FEDARENE. |
| FEDRE - European Foundation for the Development of the Regions | |
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The FEDRE website includes the database "Directories of the Regions" available giving political and economic information on more than 750 regions and links to regional authorities and commercial bodies of the regions. Additional sections include Programmes, Events, News, Articles and Publications, Agenda and Partners. |
| ISLEnet | |
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The ISLENET network was created as an initiative of the Islands Commission of the CPMR in the early 1990s with support from the European Commission. The Islands Commission promotes the pooling of knowledge and exchange of ideas between islands with different levels of development. ISLENET actively promotes the development of energy and environmental management through its activities. |
| MEPs - Members of the European Parliament |
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An alphabetical list of all MEPs can be found at: |
| REVES - European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy | |
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REVES is a unique European network that brings together Local Authorities and Social Economy Actors in order to create stable partnerships, common policies for a socially sustainable local development and to fight for social inclusion. |
| Finance, Funds & Banks |
| EIB - European Investment Bank | |
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The task of the European Investment Bank, the European Union's financing institution, is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the Member Countries. |
| EIF - European Investment Fund | |
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The European Investment Fund’s activity is centred upon two areas, venture capital and guarantees:
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| European Energy Service Companies |
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The Energy Service Companies website offers some information about ESCO operating in the European market and their projects. In recent years there has been an increased interest in the provision of energy services to achieve energy and environmental goals. In particular some new companies providing energy services to final energy users, including the supply and installations of energy efficient equipment, and/or the building refurbishment, have started to operate on the European market. What characterises these companies, defined as Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) from the traditional energy consultants or equipment suppliers is the fact that they can also finance or arrange financing for the operation and their remuneration is directly tied to the energy savings achieved. |
| Info-Regio Structural Funds Managing Authorities |
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The detailed management of programmes which receive support from the Structural Funds is the responsibility of the Member States. For every programme, they designate a managing authority (at national, regional or another level) which will inform potential beneficiaries, select the projects and generally monitor implementation. A list of these Managing Authorities in each country can be found at: ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/manage/authority/authority_en.cfm |
| Leader+ Programme - Structural Funds Managing Authorities |
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Leader+ is one of four initiatives financed by EU structural funds and is designed to help rural actors consider the long-term potential of their local region. Encouraging the implementation of integrated, high-quality and original strategies for sustainable development, it has a strong focus on partnership and networks of exchange of experience. A list of Managing Authorities in each country can be found at: ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/author_en.htm |
| Information Networks |
| BICs - Business & Innovation Centres | |
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EBN is the European network gathering 150 Business and Innovation Centres (BICs) which are the Full Members of the Association, and over 50 partners such as incubators, innovation and entrepreneurship centres which are the Associate Members. |
| EICs - Euro Info Centres | |
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A full list of EICs in 42 countries can be found on the EIC section of the Europa website at: ec.europa.eu/enterprise/networks/eic/eic.html The site also includes information on:
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| FP6 NCPs - Sixth Framework Programme National Contact points | |
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The NCP network is the main provider of advice and individual assistance in all Member States and Associated States. By using this service you can easily find the contact details of the designated National Contact Points for your country. |
| FP6 & IEE - Netherlands National Contact Point (NCP) |
The Netherlands Sixth Framework Programme (KP6) website can be found at: The Netherlands Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) website can be found at: www.senter.nl/eie |
| FP6UK - UK Central information point on the Sixth Framework Programme | |
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This website is the UK's central information point on the Sixth Framework Programme. |
| IRCs - Innovation Relay Centres | |
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The IRC Network is organised into 68 IRCs and 220 regional offices which are supported by business services.
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