Title: Education and energy sustainability: ten-year contribution of UNESCO Chair TU Sofia and REgional Network Engineering for Development (RENED)

Authors: Serge Monchaud

Addresses: National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes (INSAR – France), Sofia Technical University, 8, Blvd, 'Kliment Ohridsky', Block 12, Room 12619, BG – 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract: The United Nations Organization (UNO) implemented and supported all the recommendations and conclusions of the World Summit on the Earth State and more recently on Sustainable Development. Since 1952, UNESCO has received the tasks to develop studies and training on Education and Energy Sustainability. The UNESCO Chair |Engineering for Development| established at the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1994 contributed from the beginning to these tasks. This paper will summarise the activities developed and the results reached as well some proposals of improvements in the near future. After some historical data about the Tempus-Tacis project and how Uchinsa has been involved as partner institution, the paper describes the actions promoted by Uchinsa and the first results achieved. Some first conclusions and recommendations and the next steps to be made by Uchinsa and the Ukrainian partners institutions to continue the cooperation even after the end of this project, are proposed.

Keywords: energy; sustainable development; energy sources; education; sustainablility; renewable energy; energy efficiency; energy conservation; Regional Network Engineering for Development; RENED; UNESCO Chair Engineering for Development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNGEE.2006.008700

International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, 2006 Vol.1 No.1, pp.1 - 10

Published online: 17 Jan 2006 *

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