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Founded more than 30 years ago as a forum to facilitate dialogue between producing and consuming countries from OPEC and IEA, the IEF membership now also encompasses large non-aligned countries including China, India, and Russia as well as a large proportion of the Global South.

IEF: The Global Home of Energy Dialogue

The International Energy Forum (IEF) is the global home of energy dialogue. With a broad mandate to examine all energy issues the IEF has a particular focus on Energy Security, Data Transparency and Energy Transition.

Neutral, inclusive and focussed on building trust for a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future, the IEF is an intergovernmental organization that brings all voices to the table. With a membership that spans all six continents IEF Ministers represent producing, consuming, and transit nations throughout established and emerging global energy supply chains.

Founded more than 30 years ago as a forum to facilitate dialogue between producing and consuming countries from OPEC and IEA, the IEF membership now also encompasses large non-aligned countries including China, India, and Russia as well as a large proportion of the Global South.

The IEF's inclusive and neutral platform brings together a wide range of stakeholders for practical, informed dialogue that strengthens collective understanding. By engaging diverse perspectives that may be absent in more exclusive settings, the IEF helps guard against groupthink, and supports grounded, forward-looking outcomes complementing the valuable efforts of other multilateral institutions and our member governments.

IEF Members recognize the importance of mutual respect for the broad spectrum of views, capacities, and perspectives across the political, economic and geographic dimensions of the IEF's global membership. This open-mindedness is a key element in fostering greater mutual understanding that in turn helps to build trust and narrow differences in views that may otherwise stand in the way of progress on key energy security and sustainability pathways.

As the energy market's focus shifts, the IEF is uniquely positioned to facilitate energy dialogue among countries and between regions. The IEF's position will advance the goal of obtaining a better understanding of global energy dynamics and, in turn, help promote energy security, and orderly energy sector transformations.

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