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ICLEI Energy Services (IES) is the technical service delivery arm of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). IES provides local governments with the expertise and experience to achieve their energy efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals. IES operates on a fee - for - service, cost - recovery basis. ICLEI is the international environmental agency for local governments. Its mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global environmental and sustainable development conditions through cumulative local actions. More than 430 cities around the world are members of ICLEI. In 1995, with funding from the Ontario provincial government, ICLEI created the Ontario Municipal Energy Collaborative and asked ten Ontario municipalities to identify the barriers to energy efficiency that existed in the municipal sector. Soon after, IES, a non- profit operating unit of ICLEI, was formed to address the barriers they identified. A cornerstone of ICLEI's activities is the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP). The CCP enlists and supports cities in the preparation and implementation of Local Action Plans that reduce energy consumption and the emission of greenhouse gases. The Campaign presently has over 600 participants worldwide. IES' energy efficiency and emission reduction work is targeted exclusively at local governments, complementing the CCP. IES also provides protocol and technical support to the members of the CCP working through the Milestone process. Located at ICLEI's World Secretariat in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, IES specializes in six core services: Greenhouse gas emission inventories and projections IES staff collect and compile energy consumption data in municipal operations or the community at large and quantify the resulting GHG emissions, as well as forecast fulto e energy use and emissions using the CCP protocol and software. Local Action Plan support As part of the development of a comprehensive plan to reduce nmmicipal and /or conrmnnity GHG emission, existing and potential futioe emission redaction measiu'es are identified and quantified. IES assists local governments in highlighting programs aid partners to deliver reductions, forming a com11771unications plan, determining financing opporhanities, and developing a system to monitor and verify results, GHG software technical assistance IES offers training and technical support to users of ICLEI's CCP greenhouse gas emissions software. We provide technical support over 110 CCP participants in Canada