Third International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development

The 3rd International Forum: Energy for Sustainable Development was held at the Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan on 12-14 September 2012. The Forum was organized jointly by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Forum was the third in a series of International Energy Efficiency Forums following those held in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2010 and in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2011.

A resolution adopted at the conclusion of the 12-14 September International Forum "Energy for Sustainable Development", chaired by the Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Aibek Kaliev, underlined that sustainable use of energy, improved energy efficiency and wider access to cleaner energy are an important component of energy security and the participants of the Forum expressed confidence that widening a continued international dialogue in Central Asia and neighbouring regions would facilitate solution of common problems in energy sector and related areas.