{"id":68,"date":"2018-06-19T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T02:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nctheme.aspire.co.nz\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:09:23","slug":"welcome-to-the-world-of-cigre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/welcome-to-the-world-of-cigre\/","title":{"rendered":"CIGRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"download\">\n<div class=\"download-inner\">\n\n<\/div>\n<h2>Standing for power system expertise since 1921<\/h2>\n<p>Established in 1921 in Paris, France, CIGRE is a global community committed to the collaborative development and sharing of power system expertise. Watch the video below for an overview or read on for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGcm6_AxyVI?si=RsM2ysEZHtla5YS2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<div class=\"download\">\n<div class=\"download-inner\">\n<div class=\"download\">\n<h2>A global community<\/h2>\n<p>The CIGRE community features thousands of professionals from over 90 countries and 1250 member organisations, including some of the world\u2019s leading experts. At its heart are CIGRE\u2019s 59 in country National Committees offering diverse technical perspectives\u00a0and expertise from every corner of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>CIGRE operates the world\u2019s foremost knowledge programme, spanning 16 domains of work encompassing all the core areas of the power system. Across these domains 250+ Working Groups draw and build on practical expertise to solve existing and\u00a0future challenges facing the power system.<\/p>\n<p>CIGRE\u2019s knowledge programme includes an extensive range of local and international events, culminating every two years at the Paris Session in France \u2013 a unique thought leadership congress and the number one global power system event.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 100 years the work of CIGRE has contributed to many of the key technical cornerstones of the modern power system. CIGRE\u2019s renowned publications, developed through the collaborative sharing of \u2018real world experiences\u2019, are in many cases the authoritative source of reference information.<\/p>\n<p>All this means that when electricity industry professionals look for the unbiased, fact-based\u00a0answers they need, they turn to CIGRE, the world\u2019s preeminent source for power system expertise.<\/p>\n<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>To foster engagement and knowledge sharing among power system professionals globally to enable the sustainable provision of electricity for all.<\/p>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>To contribute to the betterment of the power system by enhancing the expertise of the people within it.<\/p>\n<h2>Vision<\/h2>\n<p>To be universally recognised as the leading global community for expertise in all aspects of electric power systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"download\">\n<h1>Download a global profile of CIGRE.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"download-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cigre.org\/userfiles\/files\/About\/Introducing%20CIGRE\/8_1_CIGRE_global_profile_Ed1Aug18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/global-profile.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cigre.org\/userfiles\/files\/About\/Introducing%20CIGRE\/8_1_CIGRE_global_profile_Ed1Aug18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Full version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigre.org\/userfiles\/files\/About\/Introducing%20CIGRE\/4_11_CIGRE_globalprofile_abg_Ed1Aug18(1).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/global-profile-sm.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigre.org\/userfiles\/files\/About\/Introducing%20CIGRE\/4_11_CIGRE_globalprofile_abg_Ed1Aug18(1).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Abridged version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4003,"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/4003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cigre.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}