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        Association countries Membership

        A new era of international energy co-operation The activation of Association in 2015 marked an important milestone in the IEA’s engagement worldwide, reflecting several years of concerted efforts on the part of IEA member countries, partner countries and the Secretariat, and opening doors to a new era of international energy co-operation.According to the Joint Declaration, Association is "a progressive relationship that will have an evolving nature and that will serve as a basis for higher level...

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        Training

        Building long-term partnerships with participating countries IEA training and capacity building The IEA has carried out training activities since its creation more than 50 years ago, starting with the Emergency Response Exercises (ERE) for its member countries to prepare them for oil supply disruptions. Over the decades, the scope for training has broadened to include energy statistics, modelling, technology, energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and subjects of similar interest. With ...

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        Japan 2019 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 Hydrogen At the request of the government of Japan under its G20 presidency, the IEA has produced a landmark report to analyse the current state of play for hydrogen and to offer guidance on its future development.The Future of Hydrogen finds that clean hydrogen is currently enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum, with the number of policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. It concludes that now is the time to scale up technologies and...

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        Indonesia 2022 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 The government of Indonesia, which holds this year’s Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), invited the International Energy Agency to help shape G20 discussions on accelerating energy transitions by providing analysis and recommendations on net zero pathways, clean energy technologies, and investment and global energy markets and security.In this role as a strategic partner to the government of Indonesia, the IEA also supported the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resour...

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        G20 International collaborations

        A global forum of major economies The G20 is a global forum of major economies (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America) and the European Union. It was started as a meeting of Finance Ministers in 1999 but was later elevated to a Leader’s meeting at the Washington Summit in 2008. The G20 discusses and responds to cri...

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        OPEC International collaborations

        Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries The Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organisation created in 1960 with the objective of co-ordinating and unifying petroleum policies among OPEC Member Countries, to guarantee market stability.Each year, the IEA, the International Energy Forum (IEF) and OPEC organize a Symposium on Energy Outlooks as part of a joint work programme. The symposium gathers senior analysts and delegates from oil companies and...

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        Energy Business Council Structure

        Dialogue among the IEA, the business community and policymakers The IEA Energy Business Council (EBC) brings together some of the world’s largest companies involved in energy exploration, production and consumption, ranging from oil, natural gas and coal companies to automobile and appliance manufacturers, wind and solar producers and financial institutions. The aim of EBC is to promote dialogue among the IEA, business community and policymakers across a broad range of cross-cutting issues with ...

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        Coal Industry Advisory Board Structure

        The Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB) is a group of high level executives from coal-related industrial enterprises, established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 1979 to provide advice to the IEA on a wide range of issues relating to coal.Currently, CIAB Members are drawn from 11 countries accounting for just under 80% of world coal production and coal consumption. Members are drawn from major coal producers, electricity producers, other coal consuming industries and ...

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        G7 International collaborations

        An intergovernmental political forum of major industrialised economies IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol meets with world leaders at the 2022 G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal group of democratic advanced economies -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- that have met regularly since the 1970s energy crises to coordinate policies on global issues such as trade, security, energy and climate change.The rotating presid...

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        Energy Efficiency Hub International collaborations

        A platform for global collaboration on energy efficiency The Energy Efficiency Hub is a new platform for global collaboration on energy efficiency. Its Secretariat is hosted at the IEA to take advantage of natural synergies with the work of the Agency. The Hub aims to facilitate government-to-government exchanges on efficiency policy, regulation and implementation, focusing on buildings, industry, appliances, and transport. The Hub takes on issues important to its Members through thematic Task G...

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