"2011 was a year of challenges for UNESCO and for the whole world" - said the Director-General of UNESCO, Mrs. Irina Bokova in her messages at the end of the year.
Arabian spring showed the transformative power of desire for dignity and democracy. UNESCO quickly mobilized its resources in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and is intensifying its efforts in 2012 to support education reforms, to promote a culture and support mass-media organizations as a framework for new societies.
An official meeting between Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Vladimir Kalamanov, Director General of ISEDC, was held in Paris. During the meeting the parties discussed the issues of current activity and the prospects of further development including the establishment of the Work group under UNESCO Director-General on energy and climate change and including the cooperation within preparation for 2012 which had been proclaimed by the General Assembly as The International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
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An official meeting between Hans d’Orville, Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning of UNESCO, and Vladimir Kalamanov, Director General of ISEDC, was held in Paris. During this meeting the issues of the current ISEDC activity and the prospects of further cooperation were discussed.
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Yury Posysaev, Executive Director of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre (ISEDC), presented at the 22nd session of the Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Programme in Geneva the Strategy of renewable energy development in CIS and the main results of research on increasing energy efficiency for secure energy supplies in CIS region.
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Yury Posysaev, Executive Director of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre (ISEDC), presented the Centre’s report on the project “Financing Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation” (FEEI) in Geneva at the 17th Meeting of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency Investments.
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Mr. Yury Posysaev was appointed Executive Director of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC).
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The International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC) issued the 10th edition of “Energy Bulletin” “Bio-ethanol: new feedstocks for the rapidly growing use in transport”.
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From March 1, 2011 Vladimir Berdin – Director of the Department on Strategic Planning and Partnership – executes the duties of the Executive Director of the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC) in connection with the changes in personnel.
At the present time the meeting of the ISEDC Governing Board is being held and the issue on appointing new Executive Director is under consideration.
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