On all four days of the conference, a large number of side events will take place which are related to conference themes and are organised by conference participants on their own responsibility. A number of side events focussing on the same special themes have been combined into one-day side events. The organisers and their side events will be added to the list below as soon as details become available.

The application process for all side events ended in mid-March, after which a committee headed by the conference conveners completed the selection. The names of the organisation, institution or association and the themes of their side events will appear below as soon as they reconfirm their participation.

renewables 2004 will also be accompanied by a number of related events organised by governments, national and international organisations and organisations of civil society on their own responsibility.

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African Energy Policy Research Network & Heinrich Boell Foundation - East & Horn of Africa Office:
How can Renewables Benefit Africa ?


Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables (ANER), Tunisia:
Partners in Large Scale Wind Development for Tunisia


American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE):
Renewable Energy in America


Argentinean Wind Energy Association, Ministry of Infrastructure of Buenos Aires Province, Provincial Secretary of Energy, National Technological University / CAPSA - Capex S.A. - Interenergy:
The Mart�n Garc�a Island Proposal: An Example of Clean Energy Systems for Islands and Other Isolated Locations & Large Scale Wind Hydrogen Production in the Argentine Patagonia


Brno Exhibition Company (bvv):
Creating Opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises: e5's Sustainable Energy Accelerator


Capacity Building International (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH - InWEnt) in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), KfW Bankengruppe, World Bank Group:
Enhancing Productivity in Rural Areas - the Role of Renewable Energies


CEE Bankwatch Network:
Fossil Fuels or Renewables - What should be the Priority for the Multilateral Development Banks?


Central Energy Fund CEF (Pty) Ltd:
The Energy Development Corporation of CEF (Pty) Ltd - a Newly Established Division for Furthering a Renewable Energy Agenda in Africa


Citizens United for Renewable Energies and Sustainability (CURES):
Renewable Energies and Poverty Reduction - The Role of Multilateral Development Cooperation


Clean Energy Group:
U.S. State Renewable Energy Funds: Leading the Way on Renewable Energy Investment in the United States


Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ) and Deutsches Institut f�r Entwicklungspolitik (DIE):
The Renewable Energy Reality Check: Chances, Limits and Impacts on Poverty Alleviation and Climate Protection


e5, European Business Council for Sustainable Energy:
Investment Security for Renewable Energies


e7 network:
Renewable Energy Technology Diffusion: The e7 Perspective


Eurelectric, European Renewable Energy Federation, Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electric:
The Integration of Renewable Energy Systems into the Grid


European Environment Agency (EEA):
Energy Subsidies in the European Union


European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund (WWF):
Renewables, Energy Policy and Climate Targets


European Union Energy Initiative (EUEI):
Sustainable Management and Use of Local Energy Resources


Friends of the Earth / Bund f�r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND):
War on Oil or Peace through Renewables?


GE Energy:
Offshore Wind Energy - Technology, International Experiences and Outlook


German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltver�nderungen, WBGU):
Milestones for the Transformation of the World Energy System


Global Environment Facility (GEF):
Powering Sustainable Development: The Renewable Energy Partnerships with Developing Countries of GEF


Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD):
GNESD Outcomes and the Role of Renewable Energy Technologies in Poverty Alleviation


Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP):
Global Village Energy Partnership


Heinrich Boell Foundation Germany and North America:
Approaches to Create Sustainable Energy Markets and to Increase the Share of Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development


Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Japan:
Dialogues between Germany, Japan and Korea: Market and Policies for RES - What makes Differences?


Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Asian Development Bank (ADB), African Development Bank (AFDB) in collaboration with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat:
Sustainable Renewable Energy Development and Regional Development Banks: Experiences and Opportunities


International Centre for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Local Governments for Sustainability:
Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Campaign


International Energy Agency (IEA):
Technology, Market and Policy Trends for Renewables


International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and LIFE e.V. (ENERGIA), Focal Point Gender Justice and Sustainability:
Renewable Energy � Gender Perspectives in North and South


Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory:
Mediterranean Renewable Energy Initiative (MEDREP)


KfW Bankengruppe/World Bank Group:
Financing Renewable Energies in International Financial Cooperation - Innovative Concepts for Ensuring Sustainability and Broadening Access


Malian National Delegation:
Mali - New Perspectives for Renewable Energy


Minist�re de l'Energie et des Mines, Senegal:
Strategic approach and action plan 2004 - 2014 for the revival of the development of renewable energies in Senegal


Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda:
Energy Policy Supporting Renewables


Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Royal Government of Cambodia:
Cambodia's Renewable Energy Commitments


Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sport; Ministry of Transport, Energy and Spatial Planning North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany:
Solar and Energy Saving Construction and the Kyoto-Instruments


Ministry of Water and Power, Afghanistan:
How to Pave the Way to Renewable Energy in Afghanistan


National Development and Reform Commission, China:
'China Day' - People's Republic of China: New Era of Renewable Energy in China - past accomplishments and future perspective


Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4SD):
Renewables - Challenges and Success Stories at the Regional Level


New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan:
Challenges to Achieving Breakthroughs in New/Renewable Energy Technology Development


Renewable Energies Development Center, Morocco:
Partnership Practices for Renewable Energies Market Development: Experiences and Prospects


Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP):
Increasing the Global Uptake of Renewable and Energy-Efficient Technologies


Renewable Energy and International Law Project (REILP), World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Aldelphi Research:
International Law and the Promotion of Renewable Energy


Renewable Energy Certificate System (RECS International):
A Successful Cost Efficient and Reliable Green Certificate Market for Renewable Energy


Swedish Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications:
The Swedish Green Certificate System - Background, Experiences and Future Developments


The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme / Secretaria de Estado de Industria y Comersio (SEIC), Departamento Energ�a no Convencional Comisi�n Nacional de Energ�a (Cerencia de Energ�as Alternas CNE):
Issues and Opportunities for Renewable Energy in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands / Dominican Republic - Investment Opportunities in the heart of the Carribean


The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (TREN) / Environment (ENV) / Research, Technological Development and Demonstration on Space and on Observing Systems (RTD):
European Commission and EU Activities in the Field of renewable Energies


Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC):
Potential of Economical Reasonable Renewable Energy Sources and their Implementation in the Trans-Mediterranean Region


United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD):
Parliamentary Forum on Linkages between Desertification and Renewable Energies


United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
Book Launch: Financing Mechanisms & Delivery Methods for Solar PV Initiatives: Experiences and Lessons from Africa


United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Dams and Development Project:
Is the World Commission on Dams (WCD) Report a Suitable Tool for Assessing the Sustainability of Hydropower?


United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO):
Strategies for Sustainable Energy Service Supply


World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) and German Image Campaign 'Natural Gas Vehicles':
Transport in Developing Countries: Renewable Energy or Energy Reduction?


World Resources Institute, Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (CRBM), Friends of the Earth-US, GLOBE International, Les Amis de la Terre, Institute for Policy Studies and Urgewald:
Facilitating Investment in Renewable Energy: What Role for Export Credit Agencies?


World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and World Ressources Institute (WRI):
The Business Case For Renewable Energy


World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM):
Changing Paradigms for a Sustainable Future: New Development Perspectives for Rural Areas through Renewable Energies and Organic Agriculture


Worldwatch Institute (USA), Germanwatch (Germany), TERI (India) and Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (Japan):
Lessons from the Frontline: Who's Succeeding with Renewable Energy and Why


Wuppertal Institute, Germany, and Centre for Environment and Energy Research and Studies (CEERS), Iran:
Towards a Sustainable Energy System: Integrating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is the Key