Since 2002, DFIU and CITEPA (France) form the Technical Secretariat of the former Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) and now Task Force on Techno-Economic Issues (TFTEI). The work is primarily funded by the French environmental agency ADEME under the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). Between 2002 and 2008 several sector specific background documents with techno-economic information about air emission abatement techniques have been developed and revised. This information is considered in the Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) RAINS and GAINS, developed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. Both models have been applied for the derivation of emission abatement strategies on UNECE and EU level.

After EGTEI focused on technical background documents and threshold options for the revision of the Gothenburg Protocol and investment and cost calculation for emission abatement in large combustion plants in recent years, the work has been honored in December 2014 by promoting the former Expert Group into a Task Force that is a constant part of the Working Group on Strategies and Review (WGSR). The results shall be of use for the convention and its members as well as for emerging countries, particularly from the EECCA-region, who are currently developing emission abatement strategies.

Further information regarding TFTEI

Further information regarding WGSR