Cooperation between the participating countries is governed by an Implementing Agreement. Decisions on the work programme and budget are taken by the Executive Committee which has representatives from all participating countries. For the meetings of the Executive Committee international organisations in the field of District Heating and Cooling from Europe (Unichal) and North America (IDEA) are invited to attend on an observatory basis.Projects are defined in Annexes to the Agreement. The Operating Agent acts in the interest of all countries and coordinates the activities, negotiates contracts etc. within the budget and programme limits decided upon.
For each of the projects an experts group has been created, in which experienced representatives of the participating countries have contributed to the project-definitions and to the progress of the activities.
The results of all these projects are published in separate reports and are summarised in the following chapters of this report, 1993-PIO. The project review, report 1992 P6, is part of the information exchange activities between the participating countries.
In order to reach a large audience in the district heating and cooling field, an agreement was made with the editor of 'Fernwärme International' (FWI) to use this magazine for publishing periodical information about the ongoing activities, results of studies and other publications.
In the 'DHC News', the official newsletter of the International District Energy Association (IDEA) also attention is given to the IEA activities. At international conferences and symposia on District Heating presentations have been set up, providing information on the activities and their results. All country-representatives extended the promotional activities in their home-countries. Mutual information exchange between IEA and Unichal, for the European region, and the IDEA for North America will be firmly supported to reach a wide range of interestested people.
Most of the Annex III reports have been printed in 500 copies. Of these, 400 were to be distributed in the participating countries by the national representatives. The remaining copies have been produced for distribution by the operating Agent on request to those who are interested.
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