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Directorate of Global Energy Dialogue (GED)
Energy markets are becoming increasingly global, with well over half of the growth in world energy demand and supply now occurring in transition and emerging economies, particularly in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Challenges such as high oil dependence, subsidised energy prices, untapped energy efficiency and fast increasing GHG emissions will accelerate with these countries' rapid but also welcome, economic development.
The IEA has been studying energy-related developments and drawing policy lessons from the global experience for over 30 years. The Agency shares these lessons with its members as well as key transition and emerging economies. The IEA’s Office of Global Energy Dialogue (OGD) was established in 1993 to better understand the energy situation of countries outside IEA membership, and to develop policy dialogue and collaborative programmes with them. The IEA is working increasingly with these countries and this "outreach" forms an important part of the IEA focus on promoting global energy security, environmental protection, and economic development.
At this time, the OGD has bilateral and regional programmes with Russia, Ukraine, Central/Eastern Europe, Caspian/Central Asia, the Middle East, China, India, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil.
Bilateral and Regional
Dialogue and Programmes
The IEA develops co-operation and programmes with key non-Member
countries through:
- bilateral and regional meetings/workshops, and international conferences
- sector reviews
- international collaboration on energy research and development
- statistics training
- analysis and information exchange
- oil supply security and emergency preparedness
- oil markets
- policy reviews and surveys
- scenario analysis
- climate change and environmental instruments
- market reform
- electricity and gas regulatory and cross-border trade/transit issues
- efficiency and labelling
- indicators, data and modelling
- R&D and new technology
Details of the bilateral dialogue and programmes with specific countries and regions can be viewed under the country and region pages.
International Dialogue
The IEA hosts regular international policy and technical conferences of energy experts from non-member countries. An example is the IEA "Oil Producer-Consumer Dialogue" of experts from oil producing and consuming countries. The IEA has fostered this Dialogue for more than a decade and it has lead to closer understanding and co-operation between oil producing and consuming nations. This Energy Experts' Dialogue is positioned between the biennial Ministerial summits of the International Energy Forum.
Relationships for the Long Term
The IEA views its dialogue and programmes with key non-Member countries as a two-way street and the basis for long-term working relationships. To this end, the IEA has entered into memoranda of understanding to underpin co-operation with Russia, China, India, and Southeast Asia.
The IEA enjoys a place at the policy table
of many of these key economies. Thirty years of IEA experience
and its reputation for objectivity attract high-level officials
and industry to
debate
energy issues. IEA work has had an identifiable impact
on policy decisions across the globe.
The results of this work are reported to IEA Member countries through
the The Standing
Group for Global Energy Dialogue (SGD).
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