Multilateral Technology Initiatives (also known as Implementing Agreements)

Ensuring energy security and addressing climate change issues in a cost-effective way are the main challenges of energy policies and in the longer term will be solved only through technology cooperation. To encourage collaborative efforts to meet these energy challenges, the IEA created a legal contract – Implementing Agreement – and a system of standard rules and regulations. This allows interested member and non-member governments or other organisations to pool resources and to foster the research, development and deployment of particular technologies.

For more than 30 years, this international technology collaboration has been a fundamental building block in facilitating progress of new or improved energy technologies.

Background Information			Technology Initiatives		Related Information
	Energy Technology Initiatives How to Join an IEA Multilateral Technnology Initiative Frequently Asked Questions: English, French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese IEA Framework Mobilising Energy Technology		End-Use / Buildings Cross-Cutting Agreements End-Use / Electricity Fossil Fuels Fusion Power End-Use / Industry Renewable Energy End-Use / Transport		Technology topic Renewables topic Fusion topic Clean Fossil Fuels topic OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin
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Related Programmes			Committee + Working Parties		Contact Information
	IEA's G8 Gleneagles Programme Networks of Expertise in Energy Technology (NEET) The International CHP/DHC Collaborative		Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT) Working Party on End-Use Technologies (EUWP) Working Party on Fossil Fuels (WPFF) Fusion Power Coordinating Committee (FPCC) Working Party on Renewable Energy Technologies (REWP) Experts Group on Science for Energy (EGSE) Experts Group on R&D Priority Setting		Implementing Agreements G8 contact NEET contact OPEN Bulletin contact
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