Michel Clerc

1967-1976        Electrician with Electricité de France
1976-1985        General Secretary of the CGT Energie Savoie Trade Union
1982-1999        Member of the Executive Board - CGT National Federation of Mines and Energy
1992-1998       Communications Manager of the CGT National Federation of Mines and Energy
1998-2003       Advisor to Denis Cohen, General Secretary of the CGT National Federation of Mines and Energy
2000                  President of the newly-created association “Droit à l’énergie”

Main activities of the association:
Dec. 2000             1st World Right to Energy Forum in Nice
Oct. 2001               Forum on the Right to Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean held in Buenos Aires in parallel to the World Energy Congress.
Aug/Sept. 2002    World Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg
July 2003               Forum on the Right to Energy in Latin America in Rio de Janeiro
Dec. 2003             Right to Energy in Central and West Africa Forum in Libreville
Jan. 2004              Conference on “The Right to Energy for all, the Right to Energy to live” in Mumbai, in the context of the 4th World Social Forum
June 2004             1st World Right to Energy Forum in Marrakech
July 2004               United Nations approval (ECOSOC)
Sept. 2004            19th World Energy Congress in Sydney and participation in the session “Ensuring                              access to energy”
March 2005           Participation in and contribution to the ECOSOC United Nations NGO Forum
March 2005           Participation in and contribution to the World Bank Energy Week session on “Energy and Development Objectives for the Millennium”