On 22-23 November 2005, 24 major regional and international organisations, either collecting or using energy statistics, convened in Paris at the 1st International Energy Statistics (InterEnerStat) meeting. The objectives of the meeting were twofold: to share experience and explore avenues of further cooperation.
Participants agreed to further harmonise methodologies, terminologies and definitions; strengthen the exchange of information and expertise; and emphasize capacity building and training.
In line with these objectives, it was decided to build a joint website where users could find a wealth of information regarding the work and coverage of energy statistics by each organisation, the definitions and methodologies used by the organizations as well as other useful information to know when working with energy statistics.
The InterEnerStat website should, therefore, be seen as a product of the cooperation between all the participating organisations. It is an evolving product which is updated as often as possible with inputs from the organisations.
On 19-20 November 2007, the 2nd InterEnerStat meeting gave the opportunity to all the organisations to improve the content, the presentation and the usefulness of the site.
At a time when organisations face more challenges to improve transparency and timeliness, it is our sincere hope that the InterEnerStat site will help users to better understand energy statistics and pave the way for more cooperation and harmonisation between organisations. In order to increase the usefulness of the site, comments and suggestions are more than welcome. |
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