Sixth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development

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1 REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA U N I T E D N A T I O N S Economic Commission for Europe Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Economic Commission for Africa Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Sixth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development Place and date: Yerevan, Armenia, 29 September 2 October 2015 Armenia Marriott Hotel Co-organizers: Government of Armenia, United Nations Regional Commissions (UN RCs), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Armenia, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), and Habitat for Humanity International 8:00 8:45 Registration of participants Meeting languages: English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation PROVISIONAL AGENDA Day 1 29 September 2015 Plenary Sessions 9:00 9:30 Opening Session: Welcoming statements and introduction to the High-Level Panel Mr. Yervand Zakharyan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia Mr. Bradley Busetto, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia (TBC) Ms. Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC (video-message) Ms. Marina Ploutakhina, Chief, Industrial Energy Efficiency Unit, UNIDO Mr. Jukka Uosukainen, Director, CTCN Mr. Tim Farrell, Senior Advisor, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) Ms. Susana Rojas Williams, Director of International Shelter Initiatives-Global Programs, Habitat for Humanity International

2 9:30 10:00 Coffee break, Press conference 10:00 12:30 High-Level Policy Dialogue: Follow-up to the Hammamet Declaration: Implementing a Common Agenda Chair: Mr. Yervand Zakharyan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia Questions for discussion: What are the commonalities and differences of the approaches? Different objectives, different circumstances: finding a common ground? How can the Regional Commissions collaborate? Towards a Statement of Common Action Moderator: Mr. Manlio Coviello, Chief, Natural Resources and Energy Unit, ECLAC Panelists: 12:30 13:30 Lunch Mrs. Ruzan Alaverdyan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Urban Development, Armenia (TBC) Mr. Aybek Kaliev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Industry, Kyrgyzstan Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Mahina, Undersecretary of State for Authorities Follow up, Ministry of Electricity, Egypt Mr. Mohammed Abdel Fattah Mofleh Al Dabbas, Secretary General Assistant for Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan Mr. Milos Banjac, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Serbia (TBC) Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE Mr. Hongpeng Liu, Chief, Energy Security and Water Resources Section, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP Mr. Mongi Bida, Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Section, Sustainable Development Policies Division, ESCWA Mr. Soteri Gatera, Chief, Industrialization and Infrastructure Section, Regional Integration and Trade Division, ECA

3 13:30 15:30 Plenary Session 1: Redefining the Energy System for Tomorrow: Paving the Path Beyond Paris Questions for discussion: Which elements are part of a future energy system? What are the major drivers shaping the future? Which disruptive factors will have the biggest impact? In what way? Moderator: Mr. Scott Foster, UNECE Panelists: Mr. Vivien Foster, Global Lead for Energy Economics, Markets & Institutions, World Bank (TBC) Mr. Mark Davis, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Mr. Patrick Willems, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Mr. Aleksandar Dukovski, Director, Energy Agency of the Republic of Macedonia Dr. Sicheng Wang, Deputy Director of Solar PV Committee, Chinese Renewable Energy Society Mr. Ahmed Badr, Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) Dr. Rafik Missaoui, Director General, ALCOR, Tunisia Regional Forum for CTCN National Designated Entities (CTCN lead agency) High level opening with CTCN Director, Host Country Representative, CTCN Advisory Board members, UNIDO/UNEP Representatives Round of introductions CTCN Introduction and Updates CTCN history, mission and structure Roles of National Designated Entity (NDE) CTCN Services (technical assistance, knowledge management, capacity building, networking) 15:30 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 18:00 Plenary Session 2: Accelerating Energy Efficiency Action and Investment Moderator: Mr. Thibaud Voita, SE4All SE4All's Global Tracking Framework: Ms. Vivien Foster, World Bank The RISE of International Action on Energy Efficiency: Mr. Tim Farrell, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator: Ms. Rana Ghoneim, UNIDO Experience of Portugal in Promoting Energy Efficiency: Ms. Gabriela Prata Dias, Adene Energy Agency, Portugal Energy Efficiency as a Driver of Green Growth: Dr. Prasoon Agarwal, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Presentation and Launch of Best Policy Practices for Promoting Energy Efficiency: Mr. Robert Tromop, Expert 18:30 21:00 Reception hosted by the Government of Armenia Regional Forum for CTCN National Designated Entities (Cont.) CTCN Introduction and Updates (Cont.) Linking CTCN to TNA and other mechanisms under the Convention On the Road to Paris Q&A Individual exercise

4 Day 2 30 September 2015 Parallel Workshops 9:00 13:00 10:45 11:15 Coffee break Workshop on Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Cities (lead agencies UNDP Office in Armenia and UNECE Housing and Land Management Unit) Opening remarks: Mr. Bradley Busetto, UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Session 1: Energy Efficiency in Buildings - best practices - Moderator: Mr. Armen Martirosyan, UNDP Environmental Governance Portfolio Analyst (TBC) Ms. Domenica Carriero, Project Manager, Housing and Land Management Unit, UNECE, Switzerland Mr. Vahram Jalalyan, Project Manager, UNDP Armenia Ms. Elena Rodina, Project Manager, UNDP Kyrgyzstan (TBC) Mr. Kakhramon Usmanov, Project Manager, Energy Efficient Public Buildings project, UNDP, Uzbekistan Training Course on Business Planning for Renewable Energy Investments Projects (lead agencies ESCWA and UNECE) Opening Panel: Mr. Mongi Bida, ESCWA Mr. Oleg Dzioubinski, UNECE Session 1: Mr. Viktor Badaker, UNECE: Business Planning in the context of the Promoting renewable energy investments for climate change mitigation and sustainable development project Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator, Renaissance Finance International Programme introduction Presentation of participants Introduction to the process of developing a Business Plan Session 2: Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator Introduction to the process of developing a Business Plan (continued) Introduction to Financial Aspects of the Business Plan (Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), payback analysis etc.)) Regional Forum for CTCN National Designated Entities (Cont.) NDE experience sharing 1. The crucial role of National Designated Entities CTCN Presentation on National Designated Entities Exchange of experience on NDE set-up and activities Q&A 2. CTCN Technical Assistance CTCN Presentation on Technical Assistance process Exchange of experience on requests Ms. Irina Atamyradova, Programme Component Manager on Low-emission Development, UNDP, Turkmenistan (TBC) Mr. Vitaliy Bekker, Project Manager, UNDP Russia (TBC) Mr. Aleksandr Grebenkov, Project Manager, UNDP Belarus (TBC) Session 2. Energy efficiency in buildings

5 13:00 14:00 Lunch approaches of international partners Moderator (TBD) Ms. Ksenia Petrichenko, Copenhagen Center for Energy Efficiency, Denmark Ms. Amina Lang, International Communications, International Passive House Association (ipha), Germany Ms. Gabriela Prata Dias, Adene Energy Agency, Portugal USAID (TBC) Mr. Gyorgy Sumeghy, Advocacy Manager, Habitat for Humanity International, Europe, Middle East and Africa MoENR (TBC) R2E2 (TBC) 14:00 18:00 15:45 16:15 Coffee break Workshop on Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Cities (Cont.) Session 3. Energy efficiency in cities: approaches to promote smarter and more sustainable urban development implementation approaches Moderator: Ms. Ruzan Alaverdyan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Urban Development, Armenia (TBC) Mr. Manfred Spiesberger, Project manager, Centre for Social Innovation, Austria. ener2i an EU funded project on linking energy research and energy innovation Training Course on Business Planning for Renewable Energy Investments Projects (Cont.) Session 3: Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator How to describe your project in a Business Plan Calculating Environmental Benefits Session 4: Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator Developing a Financing Plan Session 5: Improving data and information for investment promotion: The 2015 UNECE Status Report on Renewable Energy Mr. Gianluca Sambucini, UNECE The UNECE work on the investment conditions for renewable energy projects through the Regional Forum for CTCN National Designated Entities (Cont.) 2. CTCN Technical Assistance (Cont.) Success factors for technical assistance Building on TNAs 3. CTI-PFAN and its services to NDEs CTCN Requests and private sector financial opportunities

6 Mr. Georgi Abulashvili, Energy Efficiency Center, Georgia. Financing Options for Municipal EE Projects and Covenant of Mayors as a driver for Municipal EE in Georgia Ms. Nune Harutunyan, Director, REC- Caucasus Armenian Office, Armenia (TBC) Mr. Aleksandr Beliy, Project Manager, UNDP Kazakhstan (TBC) Session 4. Energy efficiency in cities: approaches to promote smarter and more sustainable urban development cities good practices Moderator (TBD) Yerevan Municipality (TBC) Green Urban Lighting, UNDP Armenia 18:00-19:00 Presentation of publications Green Architecture Group of Experts on Renewable Energy (GERE) Mr. Martin Hullin, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) Key findings from the UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report Dr. Kenell J. Touryan, American University in Armenia (AUA) Snapshot of the Solar PV Market 2015 and Beyond Mr. Andreas Dreisiebner, Solarspar, Switzerland Innovative Photovoltaic plants for private consumption. Experiences and research results in Switzerland, opportunities for Armenia, best practice example in Spitak Session 6: Experience with Renewable Energy Financing Instruments Mr. Patrick Willems, IFC Mr. Mark Davis, EBRD (TBC) Ms. Mary Worzala, Deloitte Renewable energy finance and market development (example of Jordan) Mr. Hayk Tumanyan, Inecobank, Armenia (TBC) Reference book on acting organizations and rendered services in the lighting sector of Armenia LED Road Lighting Design Manual Day 3 1 October 2015 Parallel Workshops 9:00 13:00 Presentation of the Asia Pacific Training Course on Business Regional Forum for CTCN Workshop on Status and Best

7 10:45 11:15 Coffee break Energy Portal ( (ESCAP - lead agency) Planning for Renewable Energy Investments Projects (Cont.) Session 7: Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator Financial schemes and sources Criteria and requirements of financial institutions Session 8: Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Training Facilitator Homework introduction completion of technical parts of the proposal by trainee teams and advisory services by training facilitator National Designated Entities (Cont.) Linking CTCN requests with financial mechanisms and institutions 1. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: EBRD s Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change (FINTECC) and follow-up actions to CTCN technical assistance 2. The Islamic Development Bank s work on Climate Technologies and perspectives on linkages to CTCN assistance 3. The European Investment Bank: Supporting low-carbon and climate resilient projects and programmes Practices on Energy Efficiency (C2E2 Lead Agency) What is the current status of energy efficiency in different regions with a focus on countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia? What are the existing best practices in energy efficiency? How can energy efficiency be accelerated in your country? Mr. Tim Farrell and Ms. Ksenia Petrichenko, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency Mr. Robert Tromop, Expert Ms. Tatiana Vedeneva, President, Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development (CREEED), Kyrgyzstan 13:00 14:00 Lunch 14:00 18:00 15:45 16:15 Coffee break Workshop on Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (UNIDO lead agency, in cooperation with SE4All Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator partners) Moderator: Ms. Marina Ploutakhina (UNIDO) Session 1: Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator Presentation by the Accelerator Workshop on Access to Energy in Remote Areas (UNECE lead agency) Moderator: Mr. Viktor Badaker, UNECE Sustainable Energy Division Session 1: Application of clean, renewable and/or alternative energy technologies for rural areas in Central Asian countries Regional Forum for CTCN National Designated Entities (Cont.) Linking CTCN requests with financial mechanisms and institutions (Cont.) 4. The Green Climate Fund and its National Designated Authorities. Roles and linkages with NDEs at the national level 5. Panel discussion on Best Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Multi-unit Residential Buildings: Challenges and Solutions in Residential Energy Efficiency in Eastern Europe (Habitat for Humanity International Europe Middle East and Africa (HFH EMEA) lead agency) Opening remarks: Mr. Gyorgy Sumeghy, HFH EMEA Advocacy Manager Session 1: Experience from

8 partners: Ms. Marina Ploutakhina, UNIDO Mr. Thibaud Voita, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Mr. Jigar Shah, Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP) Mr. Girish Sethi, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Session2: Industrial Energy Efficiency Systems and Standards Ms. Rana Ghoneim, UNIDO US DOE / GSEP (TBC) Mr. Joe Almaguer, DOW Chemical Carbon Trust (TBC) Session3:Indsutrial Energy Efficiency Policy and Tools Mr. Jigar Shah, IIP Mr. Girish Sethi, TERI Mr. Stefan Buettner, IPA Frauenhoffer Session4: Expanding international cooperation on industrial energy efficiency: role of partnerships and access to financing Kommunalkredit Public Consulting (TBC) EBRD (TBC) Introduction by Mr. Viktor Badaker, UNECE Presentations by national experts: Kazakhstan: Mr. German Trofimov Kyrgyzstan: Mr. Shamil Dikambaev Tajikistan: Mr. Kosimbek Olimbekov Uzbekistan: Mr. Romen Zakhidov UNDP Uzbekistan initiatives on access to energy in remote areas Mr. Kakhramon Usmanov Production and effective consumption of biogas for agricultural farm near Kant town (Kyrgyzstan): Mr. Alaibek Obozov Session 2: Access to Energy in Remote Areas in other regions Modern energy access in off-grid rural regions: financing appropriate RET through enhanced productivity in the rural business sectors: Mr. Imad Sleiman, ESCWA Energy access in remote areas in ESCAP region: Mr. Hongpeng Liu, ESCAP Accelerating Clean Energy Business Model for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development in ASEAN countries: Dato Seri Suhaimi bin Abdul Practices for Private Sector Engagement 6. Climate Technology Network session Armenia based on research and projects/working with the Home owners Moderator: Ms. Luiza Vardanyan, HFH Armenia Executive Director Panel participants: HFH Armenia Partners from Armenia Session 2: The eco-system of stakeholders in residential energy efficiency Moderator: Mr. Besim Nebiu, HFH EMEA REELIH Project Manager Panel participants: HFHI MRI-Metropolitan Research Institute Hungary HFH Armenia Session 3: Policy discussion lessons learned and key recommendations Moderator: Mr. Gyorgy Sumeghy, HFH EMEA Advocacy Manager Panel participants: UNECE EBRD UNDP HFHI European Commission (TBC) World Bank (TBC) Council of Europe (TBC)

9 Rahman, Masers Energy, Malaysia 18:30 20:30 Reception hosted by UNIDO Day 4 2 October 2015 Site Visit (TBC)