1990 marked ten full years of joint work in the Cooperative Programme on Energy and Development(COPED), a network of seven research and training centres in countries from the south and from two European centres, an example of the possibilities and benefits of South-South and North-South cooperation. This event coincided with the annual working meeting held in the IEPE headquarters in Grenoble, France, where the Programme waas officially created in 1981.

1990 marked ten full years of joint work in the Cooperative Programme on Energy and Development(COPED), a network of seven research and training centres in countries from the south and from two European centres, an example of the possibilities and benefits of South-South and North-South cooperation. This event coincided with the annual working meeting held in the IEPE headquarters in Grenoble, France, where the Programme waas officially created in 1981.