European Small

Islands Federation

European Small Islands Federation.

The European Small Islands Federation (ESIN) started as a network in 2000 and was formalised into a federation in 2005. It now represents 11 island federations in Åland, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Sweden. ESIN is reaching out to 450,000 islanders on 1,500 small islands throughout Europe.

SIF held the ESIN chair for 3 years until 2019 and remains active within its Energy and Policy Working Groups.  Through ESIN, SIF is also involved in:

Clean Energy for EU Islands:

CPRM Island Commission: the island Commission of the Confederation of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR) is a powerful EU lobbying group representing island regions, bringing in the smaller islands dimension. The Island Commission is very active on Cohesion and state aid, maritime affairs, accessibility and connectivity, as well as energy and climate.

FEDARENE Island College: serves as a platform not only to its members but to all stakeholders striving for the energy transition: public authorities, non-governmental organisations, citizens, small and medium-sized enterprises and financial institutions amongst others.