CIGRE Regions

According to CIGRE Statutes (Article 17), National Committees may come together to form a Region, which is designed to enhance technical cooperation between countries and to promote and develop CIGRE.

 

Geographical proximity is the primary motive for forming a Region, but other situations can be accommodated when they align with the basic objectives, i.e.:

• Contribute to the activities of the Study Committees, addressing and developing local issues;
• Organise Regional Meetings or other local meetings (Colloquia…);
• Coordinate with industry organisations;
• Coordinate contributions to CIGRE main events (Session, Symposia);
• Encourage and provide an incentive to increase CIGRE membership and create new National Committees, by incorporating countries without a National Committee in the working structure.

 

The existence of Regions has no impact on the governance structure of CIGRE - National Committees, Administrative Council, and Steering Committee - nor does it introduce any hierarchical notion in relations with National Committees or Study Committees.

 

There are currently four CIGRE Regions, as in the table below:

 

Name of the Region	Members National Committees	Year of establishment	Links
AORC (Asia-Oceania Regional Council of CIGRE)	Australia China Gulf Cooperation Council India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Korea Malaysia New Zealand Thailand	2001	http://aorc-cigre.org https://cigre-bali2019.com/
RIAC (Ibero-American Region of CIGRE)	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Mexico Paraguay Peru Portugal Spain	2004	http://www.xviiieriac.com.br/
NRCC (Nordic Regional Council of CIGRE)	Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Estonia	2001	https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/cigre/nordic-regional-council-of-cigre-nrcc-txt/
SEERC (South East European Regional Council)	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic & Slovakia Georgia Greece Hungary Israel Italy Kosovo Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey Ukraine	2013	https://cigre-seerc.org/