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PROVISIONAL AGENDA

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SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON

ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT International Conference on Renewable Energy

Place and date: JW Marriott Absheron Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan, 18 – 21 October 2016

Provisional Agenda

Co-organizers:

Government of Azerbaijan, United Nations Regional Commissions (UN RCs), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Energy Agency (IEA), The World Bank, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),

Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Meeting languages: English, French and Russian with simultaneous interpretation

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Day 1 18 October 2016

Plenary Sessions

8:00 – 9:00 Registration of participants

9:00 – 9:45 Opening Session of the Forum and International Conference: Welcoming statements and introduction to the High-Level Policy Dialogue

Mr. Akim Badalov, Chairman of the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources of Azerbaijan (AREA)

Mr. Мagzum Мirzagaliev, Vice Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan

Mr. Ghulam M. Isaczai, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Azerbaijan

Mr. Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE

9:45 – 10:15 Coffee break, Press conference

10:15 – 13:00 High-Level Policy Dialogue: Follow-up to the Fifth and Sixth Fora: Call for Action to Energy Ministers

Chair: Mr. Akim Badalov, Chairman of the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources of Azerbaijan

Political support for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change is unprecedented.

Meanwhile 2016 is set to be the warmest year ever recorded. If 2 degrees remain the target, 14,000 of the estimated 15,000 Gt of CO2 originating

from fossil fuels have to remain in the ground. Profound changes in how energy is produced and consumed are necessary. The challenge is

reconciling the emissions pathway with development aspirations and the diversification of fossil based economies.

Panel A

Topic for discussion:

Overcoming gaps to achieve energy related Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement

Questions (preliminary):

Can the world collectively reach the 2°C (or lower) target?

Which gaps between actions and desired outcomes need to be addressed first? Which possible pathways exist?

How can implementation be tracked? How can actors be mobilized?

Which messages could be given to the energy ministers in Astana?

Moderator: Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE

Panelists:

Mr. Firdovsi Aliev, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan

H.E. Mahfooz Ahmed Bhatti, Joint Secretary (Development), Ministry of Water & Power, Pakistan

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Mr. Igor Didenko, Vice Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Ukraine

H.E. Valeh Aleskerov, Deputy Speaker, Head of Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, Parliament of Azerbaijan (TBC)

Mr. Zhipeng Liang, Deputy Director of the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department, National Energy Administration, P.R. China

Mr. Shahmar Movsumov, CEO, State Oil Fund, Azerbaijan

Mr. Urban Rusnák, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

Ms. Vivien Foster, Global Lead, Energy Economics, Markets & Institutions, the World Bank Group

Ms. Munkhtuya (Tuya) Altangerel, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Office in Kazakhstan

Panel B

Topic for discussion:

The interplay of rapid decarbonization and renewable energy

Questions (preliminary):

What is the impact of a persistent low oil and gas price on fossil based economies?

What is the interplay between fossil fuels and renewable energy?

Which options to diversify economies exist from an energy perspective?

Which messages could be given to the energy ministers in Astana?

Moderator: Mr. Hongpeng Liu, Officer-in-Charge, Environment and Development Division, UN ESCAP

Panelists:

Mr. Gulmammad Javadov, Deputy Minister of Energy, Azerbaijan

Mr. Azamat Omorov, Deputy Chairman of State Committee on Industry, Energy and Natural Resources, Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Jamil Malikov, Deputy Chairman, State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources of Azerbaijan (AREA)

Mr. Bolat Akchulakov, General Director, Kazakhstan Association of oil-gas and energy sector organizations “KAZENERGY”

Mr. David Hobbs, Director Research, KAPSARC

Mr. Rossen Papazov, CEO, Holcim Azerbaijan

Mr. Roland Ullmann, Director Industry Affairs Building Automation / Energy Efficiency, Siemens Switzerland

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

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Parallel Events

14:00 – 15:45 UNECE Group of Experts on Energy

Efficiency, 3rd

session

International Forum on Energy for

Sustainable Development

Ms. Zoe Lagarde, G20 Adviser and Project

Manager, IPEEC

Mr. Tyler Bryant, Policy Analyst, Energy

Efficiency Division, IEA

Best practices in selected economic

sectors to improve energy efficiency

Promoting high-impact policies and

measures

Energy efficiency in industry

Energy productivity

Speakers/Panellists:

Mr. Zlatko Pavicic, Independent Consultant,

Croatia

Mr. Hannes Mac Nulty, Development Manager,

BG Ingenieur Conseils, Switzerland

Mr. Christian Noll, Managing Director,

DENEFF (German Industry Initiative for

Energy Efficiency)

Mr. Andrei Miniankou, Head of Section,

Department for Energy Efficiency of the State

Committee on Standardization, Belarus

Mr. Robert Tromop, Managing Director,

Efficient Energy International Limited, New

Zealand

Mr. Stefan Buettner, Head of International

Affairs & Strategy, Institute for Energy

Workshop on data quality and interpretation

in the context of the Global Tracking

Framework

Demonstrating how GTF indicators will

evolve and can be useful to policy

makers/statistical agencies

Understanding national statistical

capabilities and perspectives on data

collection challenges

Identifying existing national/regional data

that can be featured in the regional reports

to complement/explain the GTF indicators

Moderator: Ms. Vivien Foster, Global Lead,

Energy Economics, Markets & Institutions, the

World Bank Group

Overview of GTF and regional

profiles/reports, and preliminary

data/results

Speakers:

Ms. Vivien Foster, The World Bank

Mr. Alejandro Moreno, Energy Specialist,

The World Bank

Discussion of likely/possible evolution of

indicators and data collection

requirements

Speakers:

Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy

Division, UNECE

Workshop on Challenges and Prospects for

Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade in

Central Asia and the Caucasus (ESCAP/ Electric Power Council of the Commonwealth

of Independent States (EPC/CIS))

Welcome remarks by ESCAP, EPC CIS

and Azerbaijan

Session 1: Presentations by national

experts and representatives of power

sector companies

Overview of the national energy sector, its

role in the country's socio-economic

performance, energy mix

Power sector structure and regulatory

framework

Tariffs, subsidies and financial resources for

power sector development

Existing physical energy infrastructure and

its development strategy

Energy transit and cross border electricity

trade

Speakers:

Ms. Kamila Rahimova, Senior Adviser,

Department of Electrical Power Industry,

Ministry of Energy, Azerbaijan

Ms. Elmira Alpysbekova, Ministry of Energy,

Kazakhstan

Ms. Janna Imankulova, Mr. Talaibek Baigaziev,

“National Energy Holding Company” OJSC,

Kyrgyzstan

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Efficiency in Production, University of

Stuttgart

Mr. Nicholas Howarth, Research Fellow,

KAPSARC

Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief, Energy Section,

Sustainable Development Policies Division, UN

ESCWA

Mr. Hongpeng Liu, Officer-in-Charge,

Environment and Development Division, UN

ESCAP

Mr. Manlio Coviello, Chief, Natural Resources

and Energy Unit, UN ECLAC

Mr. Soteri Gatera, Chief, Industrialisation and

Infrastructure Section, Regional Integration and

Trade Division, UN ECA

Presentations from Governments on

statistical capabilities and energy data

collection challenges

Speakers:

Ms. Olga Dovnar, Deputy Chairperson,

National Statistical Committee of the Republic

of Belarus

Mr. Gogita Todradze, Deputy Executive

Director, National Statistics of Georgia

Mr. Joseph El Assad, Advisor, Ministry of

Energy and Water, Lebanon

Mr. Mohamed Shaheen, Division Head, Central

Bureau of Statistics, Palestine

Mr. Eltag Musa, General Director, Central

Bureau of Statistics, Sudan

Mr. Sorboni Kholmuhamadzoda, Ministry of

Energy and Water Resources, Tajikistan

Representative of Uzbekistan (TBC)

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

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16:15 – 18:00 Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency

(cont.)

Energy efficiency standards in buildings

Mr. Rob Bernhardt, CEO, Passive House

Canada

Mr. Helge Schramm, Sustainability & LCA

Expert, Danfoss

Mr. Christian Noll, Managing Director,

DENEFF

Mr. Mongi Bida, First Economic Affairs

Officer, UN ESCWA

Mr. Panama Bartholomy, Programme Director,

Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe

Ms. Kankana Dubey, Research Fellow,

KAPSARC

Ms. Ksenia Petrichenko, Copenhagen Centre on

Energy Efficiency

Role of utilities and energy service

companies in improving energy

efficiency

Impacts of energy efficiency programmes

operated by Swiss utilities and implications

for other countries

Energy performance contracting for public

buildings

Speakers/Panellists:

Ms. Alisa Yushchenko, Researcher, University

of Geneva

Mr. Nicolae Zaharia, Project Manager, ESCO,

UNDP Republic of Moldova

Mr. Matija Vajdić, Senior Engineer

Department for Renewable Energy Sources and

Workshop on data quality and interpretation

in the context of the Global Tracking

Framework (cont.)

Discussion of regional/national data

interpretation

Open floor to suggestions from government

representatives, World Bank, UN Regional

Commissions, IEA, SE4All, REN21, authors of

regional chapters of the GTF report, and other

participants

Workshop on Challenges and Prospects for

Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade in

Central Asia and the Caucasus (cont.)

Session 1: Presentations by national

experts and representatives of power

sector companies (cont.)

Speakers:

Mr. Igor Kozhukhovskiy, Russian Energy

Agency, Russian Federation

Mr. Oleg Klinkov, “FGC UES” OJSC, Russian

Federation

Mr. Wais Aria, Ministry of Energy and Water,

Afghanistan

Mr. Hai Wan, National Energy Administration,

P.R. China

Mr. Mahfooz Bhatti, Ministry of Water and

Power, Pakistan

Q&A, discussion

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Energy Efficiency, Energy Institute Hrvoje

Pozar, Croatia

18:30 – 21:00 Reception hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan

Day 2 19 October 2016

Parallel Events

9:00 – 13:00

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency

(cont.)

Workshop on promoting energy

efficiency in Azerbaijan and other

countries of the region

(UNDP/GEF/UNECE)

Experience of UNDP and GEF with energy

efficiency and related renewable energy

projects in the Europe & CIS region

Implementation of energy efficiency

technologies and measures in residential

buildings in the Europe & CIS region

Lessons learned in implementing UNDP

and GEF climate change mitigation projects

and promoting energy for sustainable

development

Multiple benefits (social, economic,

environmental) of energy efficiency

Keynote speakers and moderators:

Mr. Ming Yang, Senior Climate Change

Specialist, GEF Secretariat

Mr. John O’Brien, Regional Technical Advisor

on Climate Change Mitigation, UNDP Istanbul

Regional Hub

Seminar on Enabling Policies to Promote

Financing Renewable Energy Investments (UN

ESCWA/UNECE)

Project overview presentation

National case studies from UN ESCWA Moderator: Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief, Energy

Section, Sustainable Development Policies Division,

UN ESCWA Speakers/Panelists:

Mr. Viktor Badaker, UNECE

Mr. Mongi Bida, UN ESCWA

Dr. Dhamir Mannai, Former Member of the

Parliament of Tunisia, Parliamentary Advisor /

Regional Director, Africa and Middle East - Climate

Parliament

Dr. Toufic Mezher, ESCWA Consultant for UAE

Dr. Mostefa Ouki, Vice President Energy &

Chemicals, Nexant, United Kingdom

Dr. Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, KAPSARC Visiting

Fellow

Dr. Jamel Jaber, ESCWA Consultant for Jordan

Case Study

Dr. Joseph Al Assad, ESCWA Consultant for

Lebanon Case Study

Workshop on Challenges and Prospects for

Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade in

Central Asia and the Caucasus (cont.)

Session 2: Presentations by international

organizations and financial institutions

Regional initiatives on energy systems

interconnection

Role of international organizations and

financial institutions in promoting regional

electricity cooperation and coordinating

national energy policies

Speakers:

Mr. Johan Berge, Secretary General,

EURELECTRIC

Mr. Sergey Tulinov, Energy Division, ESCAP

Mr. Viktor Badaker, Sustainable Energy Division

UNECE

Mr. Iurii Lyskov, Executive Committee, EPC CIS

Representative of Eurasian Economic Commission

(TBC)

Ms. Junxia Li, One Belt One Road Initiative

Mr. Chen Chen, Global Energy Interconnection

Development and Cooperation Organization

(GEIDCO)

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Speakers/Panellists:

Session I

Ms. Khatira Abasova, Adviser, Department on

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,

Ministry of Energy, Azerbaijan

Mr. Kostiantyn Gura, Acting Director of Green

Investment Development Center, State Agency

on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of

Ukraine

Ms. Antonela Solujic, Head, Department for

Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Mining and

Energy, Serbia

Mr. Aleksandar Dukovski, Director, Energy

Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, the

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ms. Natalia Jamburia, Chief Specialist,

Ministry of Energy, Georgia

Mr. Emmanuel Bergasse, Energy Economist,

Independent Expert, France

Session II

Mr. Nazim Mammadov, Project Manager,

NAMAs for low-carbon end-use sectors in

Azerbaijan

Mr. Sergei Volkov, UNDP GEF Energy

Efficiency Public Buildings Project in Ukraine

Mr. Vitaly Bekker, UNDP Russian Federation,

UNDP GEF Project Manager Energy

Efficiency Buildings

Ms. Diana Harutyunyan, UNDP Climate

Change Projects Coordinator, Mr. Vahram

Jalalyan, UNDP-GEF “Improving Energy

Efficiency in Buildings” Project Manager,

Armenia (via video link)

Ms. Aurore Feghaly, General Director of Oil,

Ministry of Energy & Water, Lebanon

Mr. Mohammed El Dabbas, Ministers Advisor for

Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Mineral

Resources, Jordan

Mr. Taoufik Laabi, ESCWA Consultant, Morocco

Case Study

Mr. Mohamed El Haouari, Director of Renewable

Energy and Energy Efficiency, National Agency for

Development of RE & EE (ADEREE), Morocco

Mr. Salaheldin Hassabelgabo Abdelrazig Ibrahim,

Director, Department of Nuclear & Renewable

Energy, Ministry of Water Resources & Electricity,

Sudan

Ms. Jianrong Wang, Deputy Marketing Director of

International Department, China Power Engineering

Consulting Group Co. Ltd.

Mr. Evgenii Shago, Eurasian Development Bank

Mr. Kanat Botbaev, International Energy Charter

Representative of Asian Development Bank

(TBC)

Representative of World Bank (TBC)

Q&A, discussion

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Mr. Kubilay Kavak, Project Manager, UNDP

UNIDO Industrial Energy Efficiency Project,

Turkey

Ms. Irina Goryunova, Assistant Resident

Representative, UNDP Office in Kazakhstan

Overcoming financial barriers to

improve energy efficiency

Speakers/Panellists:

Mr. Oleg Dzioubinski, Energy Efficiency

Programme Manager, UNECE

Mr. Alejandro Moreno, Energy Specialist,

The World Bank

Mr. Panama Bartholomy, Programme Director,

Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe

Dr. Steven Fawkes, KAPSARC, Visiting

Fellow, Energy Productivity Project; EnergyPro

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 18:00

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee break

Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency

(cont.)

Workshop on Global Energy Efficiency

Accelerator Platform and Progress in

Accelerating Industrial Energy

Efficiency (UNIDO/C2E2/UNECE)

Overview of the Global Energy Efficiency

Accelerator Platform

Energy Management Systems in Industry

Speakers:

Mr. Tim Farrell, Ms. Ksenia Petrichenko,

Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency

Mr. Al Karim Govindji, Carbon Trust

Seminar on Enabling Policies to Promote

Financing Renewable Energy Investments (cont.)

National case studies from UNECE regions

Examples of UNDP/GEF renewable energy

projects

Moderator: Mr. Viktor Badaker, Project Manager,

UNECE

Speakers/Panelists

Mr. Yuechun Yi, Deputy Director-General, China

Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, P.R. China

Mr. Roman Podolets, Ukraine Case Study

Mr. Volodymyr Lyaschenko, Project Manager,

UNDP GEF Bioenergy project in Ukraine

Mr. Kostiantyn Gura, Acting Director of Green

Workshop on Challenges and Prospects for

Regional Electricity Cooperation and Trade in

Central Asia and the Caucasus (cont.)

Session 3: Round table discussion

Will common energy market emerge in

Central Asia and the Caucasus?

Round table 1: Development of common energy

market for Central Asia and the Caucasus:

required conditions, proposed market architecture

and trade mechanisms, obstacles towards their

implementation, and means of facilitation of cross-

border trade

Moderator / Keynote speaker: TBC

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Mr. Robert Tromop, Managing Director,

Efficient Energy International Limited, New

Zealand

Mr. Padu S. Padmanabhan, Visiting

Researcher, KAPSARC

Mr. William Mc Laughlin, International Lead

EnMS Expert, UNIDO

Mr. Alexander Rodionov, Chief Power

Engineer, JSC Coal Company

“Kuzbassrazrezugol”, Russian Federation

Mr. Zlatko Gjurchinoski, Energy Manager,

Vardar Dolomit, the former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia

Mr. Marco Matteini, UNIDO Industrial Energy

Efficiency Division

Mr. Hannes Mac Nulty, Development Manager,

BG Ingenieur Conseils, Switzerland

Mr. Emil Valiyev, Senior Consultant,

Investments and Projects Department, AREA

Investment Development Center, State Agency on

Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine

Mr. Milan Ristanovic, Serbia Case Study

Ms. Maja Matejic, UNDP Programme Manager,

Bioenergy Project in Serbia

Mr. Sergiu Robu, Energy Planning Expert, Institute

of Energy, Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Mr. George Abulashvili, Georgia Case Study

Mr. Maulet Abenov, Kazakhstan Case Study

Mr. Fagan Abdurahmanov, State Agency on

Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources of

Azerbaijan, Bioenergy Project in Azerbaijan

Mr. Romen Zakhidov, Head of Department,

Institute of Power Engineering, Academy of

Sciences, Uzbekistan

Mr. Shamil Dikambaev, Head of Laboratory, Senior

Researcher, Science Technical Centre “Energy”,

Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Chingiz Mammadov, UNDP Azerbaijan Senior

Programme Advisor, Renewable Energy in

Azerbaijan

Ms. Nino Antadze, Team Leader, Energy and

Environment Portfolio, UNDP Georgia

Round table 2: How can renewable energy

(including hydropower resources) contribute to

energy security improvement and facilitate trans-

boundary electricity cooperation in the countries

of Central Asia and the Caucasus?

Moderator / Keynote speaker: Mr. German

Trofimov, Kazakhstan

Speakers from countries, international

organizations and financial institutions, power grid

operators, institutions and academia, and energy

experts

Wrap-up Session

19:00 - 21:00 Reception hosted by UNIDO and UNDP

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Day 3 20 October 2016

Plenary Session

9:00 – 13:00

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

International Conference on Renewable Energy and UNECE Group of Experts on Renewable Energy, 3rd

session

Tracking progress of renewable energy uptake and synergies with energy efficiency (IEA/REN21/UNECE)

Tracking of the progress made in the uptake of renewable energy

Synergies between renewable energy and energy efficiency

Status and potential of renewable energy in South-East Europe

Roadmap for a renewable energy future: IRENA’s REmap global report

Mr. Nurali Yusifbayli, Deputy Chairman, AREA – Chairman of the International Conference on Renewable Energy

Dr. Ute Collier, Senior Programme Manager, Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Mr. Tyler Bryant, Project Manager, Energy Efficiency Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Mr. Vugar Aliyev, Director of Training Center, Azerishiq OJSC

Mr. Martin Hullin, Project Manager, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)

Mr. Gurbuz Gonul, Senior Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Best practices on how to increase the uptake of renewable energy (Dena/UNECE)

Supporting market uptake

Collaborative strategies and coherent policies as result of best practices

Mr. Gianluca Sambucini, Renewable Energy Programme Manager, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE

Mr. Oliver Frank, Head of Division, Renewable Energy and Energy-Efficient Mobility, Dena (German Energy Agency)

Mr. Milos Banjac, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia, and Vice-Chair GERE

Ms. Annukka Lipponen, Environmental Affairs Officer, Environment Division, UNECE

Mr. Ayaz Salmanov, Deputy Head, Department on Environmental Projects, SOCAR

Ms. Jovita Lauciute, Market Manager, Power Systems Network Management, ABB

Concluding Session of the Regional Seminar on Enabling Policies to Promote Financing Renewable Energy Investments (ESCWA/UNECE)

Lessons learned from case studies on policy reforms conducted in ESCWA and UNECE member States

Moderator: Mr. Andrés Schuschny, Coordinator of the BIEE Programme (Energy Efficiency Data Base in LAC), ECLAC

Presentation of lessons learned from ESCWA case studies

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Presentation of lessons learned from UNECE case studies

Panel discussion on the role of policy reforms in promoting renewable energy investments

Mr. Mohamed El Haouari, Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, National Agency for Development of RE & EE (ADEREE), Morocco

Dr. Dhamir Mannai, Former Member of the Tunisian Parliament, Parliamentary Advisor / Regional Director, Africa and Middle East - Climate Parliament

Ms. Glada Shona Lahn, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, United Kingdom

Mr. Aleksandar Dukovski, Director, Energy Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Mr. Emmanuel Bergasse, Energy Economist, Independent Expert, France

Mr. Shamil Huseynov, Head of Division, Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology under the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Parallel Events

14:00 – 18:00

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee break

UNECE Group of Experts on Renewable

Energy (cont.)

Central Asia Regional Consultation

Meeting (IRENA/UNECE)

Opportunities and Challenges for the

Development of Renewable Energy in Central

Asia: Understanding the Needs

An overview of IRENA Tools and Facilitation

Support

Unlocking Renewable Energy Potential in

Central Asia: Identifying the Priority Actions

Speakers:

Mr. Gurbuz Gonul, IRENA

Mr. Jamil Malikov, Azerbaijan

Mr. Shamil Dikambaev, Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Kosimbek Olimbekov, Tajikistan (TBC)

Dr. Rakhimjan Babakhodjaev, Uzbekistan (TBC)

Representative from Kazakhstan (TBD)

Ms. Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Revelle Group

UN SPECA Thematic Working Group on

Energy, Water and Environment

(UNECE/ESCAP), 20th

session

Past and future work of the Thematic (Project)

Working Group

Programme implementation in the area of

water-energy-environment in 2014-2015

- Presentations of UNECE and ESCAP

projects

- Information from SPECA countries

- Information from other international

organizations Implementation of SDGs related to water-

energy-environment on the national and sub-

regional/transboundary levels

- Tracking progress towards implementing

SDG 7 (Energy) in SPECA region (Mr.

Sergey Tulinov, ESCAP)

- Implementation of SDG 6 (Water) (Ms.

Natural Gas: Challenges and Opportunities

(UNECE/ESCWA)

Methane management in the gas industry

Issues identification for the Gas Industry

Advisory Board (GIAB)

Speakers:

Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy

Division, UNECE

Mr. Torleif Haugland, Senior Partner, Carbon

Limits

Mr. Vincent Spinelli, Executive Vice President

HSE, KMG Group

Mr. Maciej Szota, Deputy Director, Department

of Research and Development, PGNiG

Representative of SOCAR (TBC)

Dr. Mostefa Ouki, Vice President Energy &

Chemicals and Head of Nexant's Gas Group,

United Kingdom

Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief Energy Section,

Sustainable Development Policies Division, UN

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Mr. John O’Brien, UNDP

Ms. Stefanie Held, UNECE

Mr. Martin Hullin, REN21

Dr. Ming Yang, GEF

Mr. Nazim Mammadov, UNDP Azerbaijan

Mr. Manas Puri, FAO

Mr. Rasim Mamedov, Azalternativenerji LLC

Annukka Lipponen/ Mr. Bo Libert,

UNECE, Environment Division)

- What is planned by countries?

- What is planned by IGOs/partners?

- Discussion: How can SDGs be more

efficiently implemented by cross

border/subregional cooperation? Opportunities for cooperation in the SPECA

region to support SDG implementation

- The water-energy-environment nexus in

the Syr Darya basin (Ms. Annukka

Lipponen, UNECE, Environment

Division)

- The importance of an integrated energy

system to ensuring a sustainable power

supply in the SPECA region (Mr. Viktor

Badaker, UNECE, Sustainable Energy

Division)

Discussion

ESCWA

Presentation and Discussion of Survey of Best

Practices for Monitoring, Measuring, Recording,

and Reporting Methane Emissions

Moderated Discussion of Issues to be Taken up by

the Gas Industry Advisory Board

19:00 – 21:00 Reception (TBC)

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Day 4 21 October 2016

Parallel Events

9:00 – 13:00

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee break

UNECE Group of Experts on Renewable

Energy (cont.)

Integration of renewable energy in

future sustainable energy systems

(UNECE)

Opportunities for integration of renewable

energy across sustainable energy systems

Policies and regulations: Paving the way

for sustainable energy transition

Boosting renewable energy investments

within future energy systems and energy

market optimization

Speakers:

Mr. Valeh Nasibov, Deputy Director,

Scientific-Research and Design-Prospecting

Power Engineering Institute, Azerbaijan

Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy

Division, UNECE

Mr. Georgy Ermolenko, Head of the Center

for the Development of Renewable Energy,

Energy Institute, Moscow Higher School of

Economics

Ms. Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Revelle Group

Mr. Brice Henry Louis Tranie, Vice President,

Aloe Private Equity Company

SPECA Thematic Working Group on Energy,

Water and Environment (cont.)

Developing an integrated SPECA energy system

that contributes to ensuring a sustainable power

supply (SDG 7)

Speakers (TBD)

Workshop “Pathways for sustainable energy:

National approaches to a global challenge”

(UNECE)

What is sustainable energy, in the context of

national and sub-regional perspectives?

What are key regional messages, trends and

milestones driving the sustainable energy

transition?

What is the role of energy efficiency, low-

carbon technologies (renewable energy,

nuclear, others), and fossil fuels in future

energy mixes?

How are countries integrating international

developments into national energy policies?

What policy options may be chosen to enter a

sustainable energy pathway?

What are the gaps between policies in place

today and the targets set for a sustainable

energy future?

Speakers:

Ms. Stefanie Held, UNECE

Ms. Lisa Tinschert, UNECE

Mr. Mohammed Abdel Fattah Mofleh Al Dabbas,

Ministers Advisor for Energy Affairs, Ministry of

Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan

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The interplay between renewable energy

and fossil fuels: the post-Paris agenda

(ESCWA/UNECE)

Impacts of oil price developments on the

sustainable energy agenda

Future energy outlook and appropriate

indicators

The role of fossil fuels in a future energy

system

Speakers:

Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief Energy Section,

UNESCWA

Dr. Ute Collier, Senior Programme Manager,

Renewable Energy Division, International

Energy Agency (IEA)

Dr. Mostefa Ouki, Vice President Energy &

Chemicals and Head of Nexant's Gas Group,

United Kingdom

Innovation & Technology Solutions

Ms. Glada Lahn, Senior Research Fellow,

Energy, Environment and Resources - Royal

Institute of International Affairs, Chatham

House

Dr. Toufic Mezher, UN ESCWA consultant

Developing a common assessment

methodology for renewable energy

projects

The application of the UNFC-2009 to

Renewable Energy Resources

Sustainability indicators for bioenergy

Mr. Sergiu Robu, Energy Planning Expert,

Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of

Energy, Republic of Moldova

Mr. Jamil Malikov, Deputy Chairman, State

Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy

Sources, Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr. Matija Vajdic, Senior Engineer, Department

for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy

Efficiency, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar

Group work with all participants as representatives

from their countries:

National and sub-regional perspectives on

sustainable energy in the future

Identifying key regional trends, messages and

milestones driving the sustainable energy

transition within participants’ sub-regions as

well as on national scale

Defining key elements of sustainable energy,

and to share national and sub-regional

perspectives.

Plenary session:

Presentation of group work, summarizing key

regional distinctions and drivers for

sustainable energy futures.

The collected inputs will be integrated in an

ongoing UNECE project “Pathways to Sustainable

Energy” that seeks to explore how countries can

attain sustainable energy by 2050.

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Speakers:

Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy

Division, UNECE

Mr. Frank Denelle, Vice-President Reserves,

Shell

Ms. Maria Michela Morese, Executive

Secretary, Global Bioenergy Partnership

(GBEP), Food and Agriculture Organization of

the United Nations (FAO)

Mr. Martin Hullin, Project Manager,

Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st

Century (REN21)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:45

UNECE Group of Experts on Renewable Energy (cont.)

Workshop on the Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Renewable Energy Planning (UNECE)

Benefits of SEA application in renewable energy sector

Environmental and social benefits resulting from renewable energy deployment

Case studies

Mr. Sahib Khalilov, Head of Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Assessment Department, AREA

Mr. Nazir Ramazanov, Adviser to Chairman, AREA

Mr. Martin Smutny, UNECE consultant

Ms. Marta Brkić, Managing Director, Dvokut ECRO d.o.o, Croatia

Ms. Aysel Babayeva, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan

Ms. Olena Borysova, EBRD

15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break

Plenary Session

16:15 – 18:00 Wrap-up Session of the Forum. Adoption of the Final Document of the Forum: Baku Call for Action

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Day 5 22 October 2016

Site Visits

8:30 – 9:00 JW Marriott – pick-up from the hotel

9:30 – 10:30 Site visit to the Surakhani Solar Power Plant in Surakhani.

Solar Power Plant is 2.8MW and mainly local raw materials and equipment were used in the construction of the plant. The construction of the plant began in

March 2014, and it was put into operation on 16 July of the same year.

11:30 – 12:30 Site visit to the AzGünTex Solar Panel Plant in Sumgayit.

AzGünTex LLC was founded in 2011 and has been operating since its official opening on 24 April 2012. The first line of Solar Panel Plant with an annual

production capacity of 25 MW was installed and commissioned in 2012. A second production line was installed in 2015, and consequently the Plant’s

production capacity doubled. AzGünTex closely collaborates with the foreign partners to export its products abroad.

12:45 – 15:00 Lunch, free time

15:00 JW Marriott – pick-up from the hotel

15:00 – 16:30 Tour of Baku Old City: Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower.

The Maiden Tower known locally as Giz Galasi, located in the Old City of Baku was built in the 12th century as part of the walled city. Together with the

Shirvanshah's Palace dated 15th century it forms an ensemble of historic monuments included in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of

Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III.

16:30 – 17:30 Tour of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum.

The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum (formerly the State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art) displays Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various

weaving techniques and materials from various periods. It is named after Latif Karimov and has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world.

The museum was established in 1967 and was initially located in the Juma Mosque in Icheri Sheher. It moved to a brand new building on the Baku's

seafront park during 2014 from its former location on Neftchiler Avenue.

17:30 – 18:00 Return to the JW Marriott Hotel