Bioenergy 2003 - 2005

The BASREC Ministers approved the programme while the Nordic Council of Ministers was the main financier on regional level. The Final report summarizes the results of four selected actions: Capacity Building &gt, A manual for decision-makers in municipalities, heating companies etc. will be made available in English, Russian and Estonian. Development of Standards for Market Harmonisation &gt, Contributions to ongoing activities on solid biofuel standards, and further investigations on the needs and possibilities for common test methods and rules regarding biofuels, biofuel machinery and systems. Point Implementation &gt, The work has been implemented in co-operation with the BASREC Climate Group in the work on developing a sector specific baseline for climate projects based on bioenergy. Research &amp, Development &gt, Listed and described 27 international bioenergy networks and programmes, and developed a database with 250 entries covering regional players in bioenergy. The final report is available in two versions - Main and Short (16pp) - with references to all action reports and newsletters in both versions.