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Workshop Agenda
Financing Climate Protection in Central and Eastern Europe
Goal:
To discuss opportunities for and channels of financing climate protection
measures and projects in the Economies in Transition in Central and Eastern
Europe
Specific objectives:
- To assess experiences in AIJ as a mechanism for environmental financing
in CEE
- To review public and private sector responses to the challenge of
reducing emissions
- To identify points of leverage with national, regional and international
sources of environmental financing
Attendees:
Government, the finance and business community from CEE and OECD countries,
NGO's, Capacity for Climate Protection project team.
Workshop organized by Capacity for Climate Protection in Central and
Eastern Europe, a WRI-REC project
Day one, Monday, 21 February, 2000
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Durat./ min
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Time
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Topic/Event
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Responsible / Lecturer
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| 30 |
8:30 |
Registration of Participants, coffee |
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| 20 |
9:00 |
Opening statements, introduction of the objectives and the agenda
of the seminar |
Hiroyuki Goto, REC
Nancy Kete, WRI |
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9:20 |
SESSION 1
CAPACITY FOR CLIMATE -
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Moderator: Nancy Kete |
| 10 |
9:20 |
Introduction to the Capacity for Climate Project |
Zsuzsa Ivanyi, REC |
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9:30 |
SESSION 2
AIJ EXPERIENCE IN FINANCING CLIMATE PROTECTION THROUGH FLEXIBLE
MECHANISMS
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Moderator: Nancy Kete, WRI |
| 20 |
9:30 |
Introduction to the flexible mechanisms and results of the UN FCCC
Annex 1 Working Group |
Jan Corfee Morlot, OECD |
| 20 |
9:50 |
AIJ projects baselines construction - national experience from Estonia |
Tiit Kallaste, Stockholm Environment Institute, Estonia |
| 20 |
10:10 |
Implementing AIJ in Poland - opportunities and bottlenecks |
Zbigniew Karaczun, Institute for sustainable Development, Poland |
| 20 |
10:30 |
AIJ experience in Bulgaria - opportunities and bottlenecks |
Atanas Stoykov, Eneffect, Bulgaria |
| 20 |
10:50 |
Coffee break |
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| 30 |
11:10 |
Host country view: AIJ projects by the Swedish EAES Programme, followed
by a practical example |
Tiit Kallaste, Stockholm Environment Institute Enn Pärnamäe,
AS Tamme Soojus, Estonia |
| 30 |
11:40 |
Donor experience in climate change financing: The Netherlands |
Blanson Henkemans, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands |
| 30 |
12:10 |
AIJ National Reports - Summary of the reports, conclusions and recommendations |
Elena Petkova, WRI |
| 50 |
12:40 |
Discussion on results of the national AIJ studies and lessons learned |
Moderator: Nancy Kete |
| 90 |
13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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15:00 |
SESSION 3
PUBLIC POLICIES IN CEE AND CLIMATE PROTECTION
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Moderator: Nancy Kete, WRI |
| 20 |
15:00 |
The EU enlargement and climate change strategies in CEECs |
Matthieu Wemaere, European Commission |
| 20 |
15:20 |
Energy reform and climate in CEE: overview |
Jos Cozijnsen and Elena Petkova, WRI |
| 20 |
15:40 |
Energy sector reform and climate protection, National experience,
Poland |
Ewaryst Hille, Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland |
| 20 |
16:00 |
Integrating climate objectives in the transport sector - National
experience, Czech Republic |
Vlastimil Karlik, Childern of the Earth, Czech Republic |
| 20 |
16:20 |
Coffee break |
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| 20 |
16:40 |
Integrating climate objectives in regional development |
Andrej Klemenc, Slovene E forum, Slovenia |
| 20 |
17:00 |
Financing climate through an Environmental Fund: Polish example
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Jolanta Kozakiewicz, The Polish National Environmental Fund, AIJ
National Focal Point |
| 40 |
17:20 |
Discussion and recommendations |
Nancy Kete, WRI |
| 60 |
18:00 |
Presentation on EAP Task Force activities and brainstorming on possible
links with climate change financing |
Miroslav Chodak, Mihail Dimovski, Sandor Kantor, Agata Miazga, Stefan
Speck, Jim Mc Nicholas, Alexandra Orlikova, REC |
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19:00 |
Dinner hosted by REC |
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Day two, Tuesday, 22 February, 2000
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Durat./ min
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Time
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Topic/Event
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Responsible / Lecturer
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9:00 |
SESSION 4
INDUSTRY, BANKS AND CLIMATE PROTECTION
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Moderator: Nancy Kete |
| 30 |
9:00 |
Response to climate challenge by Austrian industry |
Friedrich Kapusta, KWI, Austria |
| 20 |
9:30 |
Investing in climate through a public/private partnership
in glass producing industry (GEF Climate Change project: Teplarna
Kyjov in Czech Republic)
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Jaroslav Koubal, Ministry of Environment of Czech Republic |
| 20 |
9:50 |
The electricity sector in Croatia: measures for climate protection |
Zoran Stanic, HEP, Croatia |
| 40 |
10:10 |
Discussion |
Nancy Kete |
| 30 |
10:50 |
Coffee break |
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| 30 |
11:20 |
The World Bank: Instruments and activities in the area of GHG reductions |
Helmut Schreiber, World Bank |
| 30 |
11:50 |
EBRD: Mechanisms to Finance Climate Friendly Technologies |
Karen McClellan, EBRD |
| 30 |
12:20 |
IFC: The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund - private financing
example |
Aniko Rozsa, IFC |
| 20 |
12:50 |
Multilateral development banks energy investment in CEE |
Petr Hlobil, Energy Efficiency Programme, Czech Republic |
| 40 |
13:10 |
Discussion and recommendations |
Nancy Kete, WRI |
| 10 |
13:50 |
Closing remarks, end of the workshop |
Nancy Kete, WRI |
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14:00 |
Lunch hosted by REC |
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The
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Ady Endre út 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: +36 26 504-000; Fax: +36 26 311-294; E-mail: climate@rec.org
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