1. UN-Energy met at UNIDO Headquarters,
Vienna International Centre, on 28 August 2007 (10am – 6pm) as a follow up to
its meeting in
5. The meeting discussed the substantive
focus of UN-Energy and how it should approach energy issues. Following an exchange of views, the meeting
agreed to adopt a cluster approach involving a limited number of issues around
which joint work programmes could be developed by the agencies involved, looking
to strategic engagement over a foreseeable timetable. Two to four UN agencies most directly
concerned with the issue would lead the work of each cluster and be responsible
to the membership of UN-Energy. The
meeting agreed to focus and organize its work along the following clusters:
6. The meeting discussed but did not
conclude on which members would provide cluster leadershiip. The meeting suggested the following agencies
as possible cluster leaders, and encouraged interested members to interact, and
if possible also start drafting work programmes, for discussion and decision at
the next UN-Energy meeting:
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Energy
Access and Energy for
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Renewable
Energy: FAO and UNEP;
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Energy
Efficiency: UNIDO and the World Bank; and
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Climate
Change and Energy: UNEP and UNFCCC.
7. The meeting discussed the relationship
between UN-Energy/Africa and UN-Energy.
UN-Energy/Africa has been recognised by the African Union and African
policy makers and could play a role in the Energy Access and Energy for
8. With the cluster approach as the agreed modality
for pursuing the work programme of UN-Energy, the meeting took note of
suggestions that are common to the work of all clusters. The Chairman invited the members to
contribute more specific proposals towards the formulation at the next
UN-Energy meeting of a more detailed strategic calendar and a new programme of
work of the period 2008-9.
14. The meeting considered the future
governance of UN-Energy in view of the impending completion of the terms of
office of the current Chair and Vice-Chair.
The members agreed that there is a need to bring UN-Energy to a higher
level of involvement at policy level and that a Head of a UN agency as chair of
UN-Energy would lift its level of participation, engagement and accountability
as well as possibly raising its profile within and outside the UN system.
15. The meeting took note with appreciation of
the interest of UNIDO to serve as the next chair of UN-Energy. Members expressed unanimous support for the
Director-General of UNIDO to assume the chairmanship of UN-Energy. This proposal would go forward for
endorsement, with a report from the Chair, to HLCP at its meeting in
16. Support was also expressed for UNDP to
assume the Vice-Chairmanship of UN-Energy.
Mr. Olav Kjorven of UNDP was proposed for the post of Vice-Chair. The meeting unanimously welcomed with
appreciation the proposal. The meeting also
considered the option of having the lead agencies of the clusters serve as
Vice-Chairs to raise the level of engagement, ownership and accountability of
membership. The view was expressed that
this option required further reflection and consultations. The meeting agreed to seek the views of the
Director-General of UNIDO on this matter.
17. On secretariat support arrangements, the
meeting agreed that UN-DESA should remain as the secretariat of UN-Energy, as
laid out in the Terms of Reference for UN-Energy, noting that UN-DESA is
well-placed to link and strategically position UN-Energy in the inter-agency
and intergovernmental processes in
18. The meeting was informed that the UN-Energy
website, which is currently hosted by DESA, will be updated. Members were invited to submit appropriate
material and to add a link to UN-Energy from their websites.
19. Members decided to hold their next meeting
between the HCLP session on 20-21 September 2007 and the CEB meeting on 26-27
October 2007 with the specific date to be agreed by consultations. It was decided that concise notes on
advancing the cluster approach would be prepared by the agencies concerned and
circulated in advance of the next meeting.
The agencies that had already expressed interest in being part of the
clusters were invited to prepare the notes outlining their ideas.
20. UN-Energy expressed appreciation to UNIDO
for hosting its meeting and facilitating the efficient and smooth conduct of
the proceedings.
21. On behalf of UN-Energy and its
members the Chair thanked Mr. Gustavo Best of FAO, Vice-Chair of UN-Energy
since 2004, for his outstanding professional contributions to the work of
UN-Energy, in particular in the area of bio-energy, and for his support and his
guidance. He wished Mr. Best all good
health during his up-coming retirement from FAO
Mats Karlsson,
Country Director, World Bank
Gustavo Best,
Senior Energy Coordinator, FAO
Mark Radka,
Energy Programme Officer, UNEP
John
Christensen, Head,
Henning Wuester,
Special Adviser to the Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Adnan Z. Amin,
Director, CEB Secretariat
Ralph
Wahnschafft, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UNDESA
Luis
Gomez-Echeverri, Sp. Adviser
on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, UNDP
Kamal
Rijal, Sustainable Energy Policy Advisor, UNDP
Katharina
Thywissen, Consultant, UNU
Holger
Rogner, Head of Planning & Economic Studies Section, IAEA
Alan
McDonald, Programme Liaison Officer, IAEA
Kandeh
Yumkella, Director General, UNIDO
Agerico
Lacanlale, Director of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Group, UNIDO
Heinz
Leuenberger, Director of the Energy and Cleaner Production Branch, UNIDO
Wilfried
Luetkenhorst, Chief of Cabinet, UNIDO
Robert
Williams, Chief of the Energy Efficiency Unit, UNIDO
Cahit
Guerkok, Sen. Adviser on Energy to the Managing Director, UNIDO
Marina Ploutakhina, Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO
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Members
participating through the Video Conference
Gianluca
Sambucini, Project Manager, UNECE
Mrs. Olga
Chepelianskaia, Associate Expert, UNECE
Jacques Moulot,
Scientific Affairs Officer, UNECA
Pancrace
Niyimbona, Energy Affairs Officer, UNECA
Pranesh Chandra
Saha, Chief of the Energy Resources Section, UNESCAP
Anhar
Hegazi, Chief of the Sustainable Development and Productivity Division,
UN-ESCWA
Mohamad Kordab,
Sustainable Energy Issues Team Leader, UN-ESCWA
Kui-Nang Mak,
Chief of the Energy and Transport Branch, DESA
Kathleen Abdalla,
Chief of the Sustainable Development Strategies Branch, DESA
Luis
Jiménez-McInnis, First Officer of the Strategic Planning Unit, EOSG
Mohamend Reza Salamat,
Senior Economic Affairs Officer, DESA