Founding of the Association
Interreg projects create a trinational energy network
TRION-climate is the result of two Interreg projects conducted within the framework of the Franco-German-Swiss Upper Rhine Conference.
From 2010 to 2013, the project "Creating a Trinational Energy Network in the Upper Rhine" was implemented under the administrative governance of the Regierungspräsidium Freiburg and the strategic oversight of the URC Climate-Energy Commission.
Drawing on this project, which focused primarily on energy performance in buildings, the Interreg project "Working together to accelerate the energy transition in the Upper Rhine" was carried out from 2013 to 2015, with a broader focus on renewable energies.
Through these projects, a skills database was developed, forming an informal network of energy and climate actors in the Upper Rhine region. In November 2014, the Franco-German-Swiss Upper Rhine Conference resolved to establish the TRION network as a legal entity, resulting in the creation of the TRION-climate association.
Inaugural assembly of the TRION-climate association
On 13 March 2015, during the meeting of the steering committee of the Franco-German-Swiss Upper Rhine Conference, political representatives of local authorities formally established TRION-climate as a German registered association.
The inaugural meeting, held in Baden-Baden, was chaired by Nicolette Kressl, Regierungspräsidentin (Regional President of) Karlsruhe.
Representatives of various local authorities signed the statutes of the TRION-climate association:
- Urs Wüthrich, State Councillor, Canton of Basel-Landschaft
- Guy Morin, President of the Government, Canton of Basel-Stadt
- Louis Becker, Vice-President, Bas-Rhin General Council
- Philippe Richert, President, Alsace Region
- Bärbel Schäfer, Regierungspräsidentin, State of Baden-Württemberg
- Uwe Hüser, State Secretary, State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Philippe Receveur, Minister, Canton of Jura
- Dr. Manuel Friesecke, Director General, Regio Basiliensis
