International Energy Agency (IEA)

Established: By the Agreement on an International Energy Program, which was signed by the Council of Ministers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) November 15, 1974, in Paris, France.

Purpose: To coordinate the responses of participating states to the world energy crisis and to develop an oil-sharing mechanism for use in times of supply difficulties; to coordinate national energy policies, share relevant information on energy supplies and markets, and establish closer relations between petroleum-producing countries and consumer states.

Headquarters: Paris, France.

[Page 1700]Principal Organs: Governing Board, Standing Groups, Committee on Energy Research and Technology, Committee on Non-Member Countries, Executive Director.

Web site: www.iea.org

Executive Director: Maria van der Hoeven (The Netherlands).

Membership (28, with year of entry): Australia (1979), Austria (1974), Belgium (1974), Canada (1974), Czech ...