Pro-Poor Public-Private-Partnerships: Regional Project Overview and Status

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Regional Training Workshop on

Widening Access to Energy Services through Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships

25-27 September 2013, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand

Hongpeng LiuEnergy Security and Water Resources Section

Environment and Development Division

OVERVIEWPro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships

Project Goal

• Empower Rural Agriculture Communities Towards a Higher Standard of Living through better access to energy services by using pro-poor public-private partnerships, and international carbon markets

Key ConsiderationsPro-Poor

• Target rural agriculture-communities who request energy services for productive uses

• Focus on energy for income generating activities

Public-Private

• Encourage grassroots entrepreneurship

• Project selection criteria broad enough to invite participation from a variety of entrepreneurs

• Encourage community ownership

Partnerships

• Communities: Early engagement with community stakeholders

• NGOs: Role of Facilitation

• Government: Establish cross-linkages with efforts of various government agencies

Key Considerations

Simplicity

• Project inspires government to strengthen policy and legal framework to support such site-specific partnerships

Market Development

• Project inspires private sector to invest based on profit motive and, to replicate the business model elsewhere

Transforms Lives

• Project inspires rural communities to identify 5P champions to spread national awareness

Project Countries

South-South-

Cooperation

Lao PDR

Indonesia

ChinaBangladesh

Nepal

ONGOING ACTIVITIESPro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships

Project Status

Develop Policy Options…

National Pilot Projects…

Capacity Development

Letters of Agreement

with National Partners

Regional Policy Studies

(Energy Access and

5Ps)

Pilot Projects | Nepal & Lao PDR

•Kathmandu Inception Workshop | 09 Oct 2012

•Vientiane Inception Workshop | 12 Nov 2012

Pro-Poor Public-Private-Partnerships: Regional Project Overview and Status

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Regional Training Workshop on

Widening Access to Energy Services through Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships

25-27 September 2013, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand

Hongpeng LiuEnergy Security and Water Resources Section

Environment and Development Division