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Inter-agency coordinating mechanism for energy issues.

Introducing UN-Energy. Inter-agency coordinating mechanism for energy issues. Combines some 20 United Nations agencies (including The World Bank ) with active energy portfolios.

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Inter-agency coordinating mechanism for energy issues.

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  1. Introducing UN-Energy • Inter-agency coordinating mechanism for energy issues. • Combines some 20 United Nations agencies (including The World Bank) with active energy portfolios. • Established to ensure coherence in the UN system’s multi-disciplinary response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and to effectively engage none UN stakeholders. • Work organised in 3 clusters with 2 lead agencies each: IAEA, UNIDO FAO, UNEP UNDP, UN-DESA • Chaired by Kandeh Yumkella (UNIDO), Vice chair is Olav Kjorven (UNDP). • Provides a common UN voice on energy issues and serves as an entry point into the UN system’s work on energy.

  2. The Need for a UN-Energy Knowledge Network • External component: • To help UN‑Energy to become a key entry point (“one-stop-shop”) into the UN System’s work on energy. • Internal component: • To enable members to engage in internal discussions and knowledge sharing activities at all working levels. • To enhance UN-Energy’s operational and delivery capacity by expanding its knowledge base. • To introduce a smooth transition to a closer, more unified UN-Energy, with strong collaboration among more professionals, both inside and outside the UN System. • To increase the visibility of UN-Energy as an inter-agency mechanism for cooperation, advancement and delivery on energy issues. • Designed as a “delivery as one” tool to help overcome the UN system’s fragmentation in support of UN-Energy’s mission and its possible future expansion.

  3. External Component Internal Component • Combine all elements targeted at external audience • Website featuring • Combine all elements targeted at UN-Energy members • Contains Web 2.0 features enabling users to • Featured stories • Background on all UN-Energy members • Over 130 relevant publications • More than 40 featured initiatives • Contact to individual members • News and event feeds • Search function • create profiles • connect with peers • share and co-author documents • form groups and participate in discussions • Integrated into UNDP‘s teamworks platform ensuring consistency within UN System • Future initatives may include online training (webinars), presentations and rich media content • UN-E Members have editorial access to upload new content • Quarterly online newsletter and e-mail announcements

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