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Page 1: © IRENA © IRENA 20172014 1remember.irena.org/sites/Documents/Shared Documents/14th_Coun… · Determined Contributions (NDCs) • C/14/DN/2 Note of the Director-General –Accelerating

copy IRENA 2017copy IRENA 2014 1

copy IRENA 2017 2

About IRENA

Established in 2011 IRENA is an intergovernmental organization with the mandate to promote the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy in the pursuit of sustainable development energy access energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity

copy IRENA 2017

153 Members

27 States in Accession

3

Membership

copy IRENA 2017 4

About IRENA

bull IRENA supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy

future by serving as

o the principal platform for international cooperation

o a centre of excellence and

o a repository of policy technology resource and financial knowledge

on renewable energy

bull The principle organs of IRENA are

o The Assembly

o The Council

o The Secretariat

copy IRENA 2017 3

Assembly

bull Agencyrsquos supreme decision-making body that convenes annually

bull Includes a delegation from each IRENA Member

bull Discusses and approves Work Programme and Budget Medium-term Strategy

bull Guides programmatic and strategic direction

bull Provides global convening platform on renewable energy topics

bull The eighth session will be

held on 13-14 January 2018

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 2

About IRENA

Established in 2011 IRENA is an intergovernmental organization with the mandate to promote the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy in the pursuit of sustainable development energy access energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity

copy IRENA 2017

153 Members

27 States in Accession

3

Membership

copy IRENA 2017 4

About IRENA

bull IRENA supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy

future by serving as

o the principal platform for international cooperation

o a centre of excellence and

o a repository of policy technology resource and financial knowledge

on renewable energy

bull The principle organs of IRENA are

o The Assembly

o The Council

o The Secretariat

copy IRENA 2017 3

Assembly

bull Agencyrsquos supreme decision-making body that convenes annually

bull Includes a delegation from each IRENA Member

bull Discusses and approves Work Programme and Budget Medium-term Strategy

bull Guides programmatic and strategic direction

bull Provides global convening platform on renewable energy topics

bull The eighth session will be

held on 13-14 January 2018

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

Page 3: © IRENA © IRENA 20172014 1remember.irena.org/sites/Documents/Shared Documents/14th_Coun… · Determined Contributions (NDCs) • C/14/DN/2 Note of the Director-General –Accelerating

copy IRENA 2017

153 Members

27 States in Accession

3

Membership

copy IRENA 2017 4

About IRENA

bull IRENA supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy

future by serving as

o the principal platform for international cooperation

o a centre of excellence and

o a repository of policy technology resource and financial knowledge

on renewable energy

bull The principle organs of IRENA are

o The Assembly

o The Council

o The Secretariat

copy IRENA 2017 3

Assembly

bull Agencyrsquos supreme decision-making body that convenes annually

bull Includes a delegation from each IRENA Member

bull Discusses and approves Work Programme and Budget Medium-term Strategy

bull Guides programmatic and strategic direction

bull Provides global convening platform on renewable energy topics

bull The eighth session will be

held on 13-14 January 2018

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 4

About IRENA

bull IRENA supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy

future by serving as

o the principal platform for international cooperation

o a centre of excellence and

o a repository of policy technology resource and financial knowledge

on renewable energy

bull The principle organs of IRENA are

o The Assembly

o The Council

o The Secretariat

copy IRENA 2017 3

Assembly

bull Agencyrsquos supreme decision-making body that convenes annually

bull Includes a delegation from each IRENA Member

bull Discusses and approves Work Programme and Budget Medium-term Strategy

bull Guides programmatic and strategic direction

bull Provides global convening platform on renewable energy topics

bull The eighth session will be

held on 13-14 January 2018

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 3

Assembly

bull Agencyrsquos supreme decision-making body that convenes annually

bull Includes a delegation from each IRENA Member

bull Discusses and approves Work Programme and Budget Medium-term Strategy

bull Guides programmatic and strategic direction

bull Provides global convening platform on renewable energy topics

bull The eighth session will be

held on 13-14 January 2018

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

Page 6: © IRENA © IRENA 20172014 1remember.irena.org/sites/Documents/Shared Documents/14th_Coun… · Determined Contributions (NDCs) • C/14/DN/2 Note of the Director-General –Accelerating

copy IRENA 2017 6

Council

bull Consists of 21 IRENA Members elected by Assembly

bull Convenes twice annually

bull Facilitates consultations and cooperation among Members

bull Considers programmatic strategic and institutional matters

bull Assists in decision-making with recommendations to Assembly

bull The fourteenth session will be

held on 28-29 November 2017

copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 7

The Secretariat

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi IRENA consists of the following divisions

bull Strategic Management amp Executive Direction

bull Administration and Management Services

bull Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre

bull Country Support and Partnerships

bull Innovation and Technology Center (Bonn)

copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 8

Engaging with IRENA

bull Working with Members IRENA

o encourages governments to adopt enabling policies for renewable energy

investments

o provides practical tools and policy advice to accelerate renewable energy

deployment and

o facilitates knowledge sharing and technology transfer to provide clean

sustainable energy for the worldrsquos growing population

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

Page 9: © IRENA © IRENA 20172014 1remember.irena.org/sites/Documents/Shared Documents/14th_Coun… · Determined Contributions (NDCs) • C/14/DN/2 Note of the Director-General –Accelerating

copy IRENA 2017 9

Engaging with IRENA

bull IRENA does this througho Regional level work (Africa Asia Europe LAC MENA North America)o Initiatives (Clean Energy Corridors Coalition for Action Global

Geothermal Alliance Parliamentary Network REmap Renewables Readiness Assessments SIDS Lighthouses)

o Project Facilitation (IRENAADFD Project Facility Project Navigator Sustainable Energy Marketplace Global Atlas)

o Knowledge Data amp Statistics (Data amp Statistics Policies amp Measures Publications INSPIRE)

copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 10

Engaging with IRENA - PRs

bull The Permanent Representative (PR) appointed to IRENA is a Memberrsquos on-

the-ground liaison with the Agency

bull Currently there are 46 PRs to IRENA

bull To become a PR the Member seeking accreditation must submit

o a copy of the letter of credentials signed and stamped by the Head of

State Head of Government or Minister of Foreign Affairs

o the CV of the appointed Permanent Representative in English and Arabic

and

o the completed lsquoInformation on Permanent Representativesrsquo form

bull For questions or more information please contact Representationirenaorg

copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 11

Privileges and Immunities

bull The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of IRENA sets out the privileges

and immunities to be enjoyed by the Agency its experts and officials and

representatives of Members at IRENA meetings

bull It includes immunity from legal process for words spoken or written or acts

done in the performance of official functions inviolability of the Agencyrsquos

premises exemptions from certain taxes and duties and others

bull The IRENA Statute does not provide for privileges and immunities Members

are thus encouraged to sign the Agreement to ensure privileges and

immunities can be extended to the Agency and Membersrsquo representatives

copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017

Contact us at

Secretariatirenaorg

Thank You

12

copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017

Briefing on 14th Council meeting and

updates on the 8th Assembly session

13

copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 14

bull The fourteenth meeting of the IRENA Council will be held on 28-29

November 2017 at the Sheraton Corniche Hotel Abu Dhabi

bull Meetings of the Programme and Strategy Committee (PSC) and the

Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) will be held on 27

November 2017 at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City as well as a

workshop on IRENAs REmap

bull Sessional documentation for the fourteenth meeting of the Council is

now available

14th IRENA Council meeting

copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 15

bull LinkNotification by the Director-General of IRENA

bull C14L1Provisional agenda

bull C14INF1Provisional annotated agenda

bull C142 - ForthcomingAnnual Report of the Director-General on the implementation of the Work Programme and Budget for 2016-2017

bull C14L3Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022 ndash Report of the Director-General

bull C14L4 - ForthcomingProposed Work Programme and Budget for 2018-2019 - Report of the Director-General(Draft document was circulated to Members on 19 October 2017)

bull C145Report of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the fifth project cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facility

bull C146Report of the Ethics Officer on the Implementation of the Policy on Ethics and Conflict of Interest

bull C147Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Internal Audit Office and Internal Audit Recommendations and Actions Taken

bull C148Report of the Director-General on the Status of Implementation of the External Audit Recommendations

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 16

bull C149Topics for consideration at the eighth session of the Assembly

bull C14DN1Note of the Director-General ndash Increasing the share of renewable energy through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

bull C14DN2Note of the Director-General ndash Accelerating the energy transition through effective project facilitation

bull LinkProgramme of the Pre-Council day meetings on 27 November 2017

bull Background notes for Pre-Council dayo REmap workshop o End-use sectors The next step in the energy transitiono Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility

bull LinkOverview of meetings around the fourteenth Council meeting 27-29 November 2017

bull Background notes for side-meetings at Councilo Improving information about modern uses of bioenergy in support of energy transformation o Accessing funding in the sixth cycle of the IRENAADFD Project Facilityo Enabling high shares of variable renewable energy An overview of flexibility options and a deep-

dive on electricity storage as key source of flexibility

Sessional documentation 14th Council

copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 9

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

A Council Members 20 - Number of individual participants 93Argentina Belgium Burkina Faso China Colombia Egypt Germany GhanaIndia Japan Norway Republic of Korea Russian Federation Samoa SudanTurkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland United States of America and Zimbabwe

B IRENA Members 75 - Number of individual participants 191Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia AustraliaAzerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgaria Comoros Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti DominicanRepublic Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gambia GreeceGrenada Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq IrelandIsrael Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg MalaysiaMali Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Netherlands (Kingdom of the) NewZealand Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palau Peru Philippines Poland PortugalRwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Sri LankaSpain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay andYemen

copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 19

REGISTRATION ndash as of 07112017

C States in Accession 10 - Number of individual participants 17Burundi Chad Chile Costa Rica Honduras Madagascar Malawi NepalUkraine United Republic of Tanzania

D Observers 3 - Number of individual participants 4Brazil Canada South Sudan

Total of Individual Participants 305Total Countries ndash 108 = 107 plus European Union

copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 19

bull The 8th session of the IRENA Assembly will take place on 13 and 14

January 2018 at the St Regis Hotel Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi

bull The Pre-Assembly Day on 12 January will include various thematic side

events and meetings

bull Important items to be discussed include the Proposed Work Programme

and Budget for 2018-2019 and Draft Medium-term Strategy 2018-2022

bull Two Ministerial Roundtables will be held

bull Registration will open on 12 November 2017

8th session of the IRENA Assembly

copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017

bull Disseminate up-to-date

authoritative and targeted

knowledge on renewable energy

bull Establish a network of renewable

energy champions

bull Facilitate exchange of best practices

opportunities and challenges

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017

REview for Parliamentarians

A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy

bull 3 issues per year and one special editionon the Legislators Forum

bull One issue one theme

bull Short articles compiles informationpublished by IRENA

bull In English Spanish and French

bull Freely available on our website

Parliamentary engagement

copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017

bull 11 - 12 January 2018

bull In conjunction with IRENA 8th Assembly

bull Over 60 potential participants from about

35 countries plus the European Union

bull A joint FNC-IRENA parliamentary meeting at

the FNC on SDGs and interlinkages with

SDG7

bull The 2018 IRENA Legislators Forum on

accelerating the energy transformation

bull A Public-Private Dialogue with the Coalition

for Action and other stakeholders

2018 IRENA Legislators Forum

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull Collaboration between IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund for

Development

bull USD 350 million in concessional loans from ADFD over seven

annual funding cycles to promising renewable energy projects in

developing countries recommended by IRENA

IRENAADFD Project Facility

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

copy IRENA 2017 28

IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

copy IRENA 2017

wwwirenaorg

wwwtwittercomirena

wwwfacebookcomirenaorg

wwwinstagramcomirenaimages

wwwflickrcomphotosirenaimages

wwwyoutubecomuserirenaorg

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copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

Projects must be from countries that are

bull Members of IRENA Signatories of the IRENA Statute or States in Accession

bull Developing countries in the ldquoDAC List of ODA Recipientsrdquo from the OECD

bull The call for proposals for the sixth cycle opens on 16 November

2017 with a deadline of 15th February 2018

Government driven and can obtain a

Government Guarantee for the

loan

Economically and financially

feasible

Positive development

impacts

Eligibility

Accessing funding

copy IRENA 2017 wwwirenaorgadfd

bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

copy IRENA 2017

Panel of Experts

Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

copy IRENA 2017 27

bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

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bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

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bull USD 50 million available in each cycle

bull USD 5-15 million ADFD loans for each project covering up to 50 of the project costs Remainder must be co-financed

bull 1-2 loan rates

bull 20 years loan period including 5 years grace period

36 MW solar mini-grid project in Burkina Faso receiving USD 10 million selected in the third cycle

USD 189 million ADFD loans

allocated

USD 387 million Co-funding leveraged

0 100 200 300 400 500USD millions

Over four funding cycles USD 576 million mobilized including

Funding offer

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Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

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bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

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IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

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Advisory Committee

ADFD

Selection process

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bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

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IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

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bull Identify appropriate technically and economically feasible government

supported projects in your countries

bull Nominate for the Panel of Experts and for the Committee

bull As financiers or co-financiers of projects submitted or shortlisted

How can you engage

Contact us at adfdirenaorg or wwwirenaorgadfd

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IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

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IRENAWFES

bull World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018 is part of the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week (ADSW)

bull 15 -18 January 2018 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC)

bull Leading global event connecting international suppliers decision makers and

thought leaders across the entire renewable energy industry

bull IRENA involvement includes a Pavilion including Member Presentations as

well as several side sessions on diverse topics in renewable energy

bull Details for all activities along with dates and timings will be shared early

January 2018

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