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About GNESD |
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20 Centres of Excellence are currently members of GNESD and 9 developing country Centres are represented in the current "Energy Access, Policy implementation" Working Group. The structure for the Network emphasizes the role of existing institutions and the importance of a flat networking organisation that avoids unnecessary bureaucracy. An international Steering Committee representing the GNESD members provides strategic direction and oversight. The GNESD donor countries and organisations include Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom, UNF and the UNDP. UNEP is a non-voting member of the Steering Committee, which is jointly chaired by Thomas B. Johansson of IIIEE, Sweden and Ogunlade Davidson of the University of Sierra Leone. UNEP was instrumental in launching the GNESD as a so-called 'Type II' initiative at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg. The creation of GNESD came as a response to the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/56/2001, the recommendations of the ninth meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-9), and the Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries. The creation of GNESD is also in line with the G8 Renewable Energy Task Force Report (2001).
Read more on the underlying rationale of GNESD.
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