English: development of guidelines for improving energy conservation and efficiency, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (C, EE21); regional networking between national participating institutions and international partners through enhanced internet communications for value added information transfers on financing energy efficiency projects and training (EE21, GE.EE); development and harmonization of regional policies and standards to both introduce economic, institutional and regulatory reforms and remove the barriers needed to support energy efficiency investments to reduce GHG emissions (C, EE21, GE.EE, GE.CE); promotion of municipal level projects to enable local and concrete energy efficiency development, as well as strengthening the reforms, skills and capacities needed for investment projects that meet international environmental treaty obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and UNECE (EE21, GE.EE); assistance in securing financing for energy efficiency projects, including through the provision of support for the creation of a dedicated investment fund for selected East European, Central Asian and South-East European countries, as well as providing support for cooperation with existing financial mechanisms operating in countries participating in the EE21 Project (EE21, GE.EE); assistance with the preparation of investment project proposals for submission to the SwissRe/Conning and Company European Clean Energy Investment Fund (EE21, GE.EE); promotion of sustainable development of municipalities and regions through rational use of energy and water resources in cooperation with the Regional Network for Efficient Use of Energy and Water Resources for Southeastern Europe (RENEUER) (EE21); support for biomass energy projects and the capacity of customers to finance and implement them, thereby addressing reduction of GHG emissions and diversification of energy sources (EE21, GE.EE); increase the use of energy labels in the procurement process in public authorities (EE21); ensure the continued development of trade and international cooperation in the promotion of energy efficiency, including in sustainable energy technologies and renewable energy, in other regional commissions and within the UN-Energy context (C, EE21, GE.EE); implement the three projects supported by the Russian Federation as sub-regional projects of EE21, namely: (i) Increasing Energy Efficiency for Secure Energy Supplies; (ii) Development of Renewable Energy Sector in the Russian Federation and CIS: Prospects for Interregional Cooperation, and (iii) Global Energy Efficiency 21: Cooperation between United Nations regional commissions on Energy Efficiency for Climate Change Mitigation (C, EE21, GE.EE); development and study of coal mine methane (CMM) and coal bed methane (CBM) projects and raising the awareness of the benefits that CMM and CBM have in economic, social and environmental terms, including investigation on technical options for using of low-quality coal mine methane (GE.CMM, EE21, GE.G); assessment of trends and development of market for vehicles using alternative (gaseous) fuels (WP.G); and study of new and emerging methods for detection of gas leakages during gas industry operations (GE.G).
French: f) Mise en œuvre, dans le cadre du programme de travail, du dialogue sur la sécurité énergétique en menant les activités suivantes: i) organisation au cours de la dix-huitième session du Comité d'une réunion de travail commune sur la coopération internationale pour l'atténuation des risques pour la sécurité énergétique; ii) préparation de l'étude Delphi sur l'évaluation des perceptions des risques pour la sécurité énergétique, avec la participation d'experts désignés par les participants au Comité de l'énergie durable représentant les gouvernements, le secteur de l'énergie, le secteur financier et les organisations internationales; iii) analyse des moyens par lesquels les politiques énergétiques durables peuvent renforcer la sécurité énergétique, avec des contributions des participants au Comité de l'énergie durable représentant les gouvernements, le secteur de l'énergie, le secteur financier et les organisations internationales; iv) élaboration d'indicateurs de la vulnérabilité énergétique des États membres de la CEE, en coopération avec le Conseil mondial de l'énergie, pour présentation lors du dialogue annuel du Comité sur la sécurité énergétique; v) élaboration d'une étude sur les économies de gaz en vue de réduire la demande de gaz naturel et de renforcer la sécurité énergétique, et réalisation d'un projet sur le renforcement de l'efficacité énergétique pour assurer l'approvisionnement en gaz, avec une aide pour la mise en œuvre de ces projets (C, EE21, GE.CE, GE.EE);