8:45 AM

Registration and Coffee

9:15 AM

Opening Remarks and Introduction to the Workshop

Mr. Yoshihiroi Natori, Deputy Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
Welcoming remarks, overall presentation

Ms Siriporn Sailasut, Director General, Department of Energy, Development and Promotion, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand
Welcoming remarks

Ms Kristi Varangu, IEA
Lead - in to CSD9
(powerpoint presentation, 40KB)

Ms Emeline Fellus, UNEP
Background information on energy subsidy systems and policy reform

10:00 AM

Session I: Regional Perspectives
Description of existing energy subsidy systems in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia

Chair: Mr Jorgen Bjelskov, Danish Energy Agency, Denmark

Mr Serguei Molodtsov, Center for Energy Policy, Russian Federation
Transitional Economy Perspectives

Laurent Dittrick, IEA
Results and recommendations arising from the Paris workshop

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM

Mr Wisdom Ayataku-Tobogo, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ghana
Results and recommendations arising from the Durban workshop

Hugo Altomonte, ECLAC, Chile
Latin American perspectives
(powerpoint presentation, 476KB)

Ms Leena Srivastava, TERI, India
Impacts of Energy Subsidy Reform in Asia

Discussion

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Session II: Asia - Energy Subsidies: Rationale and Effectiveness
Why energy subsidies, what initial goals and what are the results of existing systems? This panel session will present an overview of selected national subsidy systems, reasoning behind their existence and the consequences on market penetration of new technologies and the creation of niche markets. Fossil fuel, renewable, direct and indirect subsidy systems will be discussed. Debate should mainly cover the economic, environmental and social reasons for putting these subsidies into place, as well as the extent to which these goals have been achieved.

Chair: Chair: Ms Leena Srivastava, TERI, India

Mr Hoetomo, Bureau for Planning and International Cooperation, Indonesia
Subsidy strategies and policies for Indonesia

Mr Mahendra Kumar, University of South Pacific, Fiji - former International Negotiations Officer, Climate Change, SPREO, Samoa
The Energy Sector in the Pacific Islands

Ms Zhang Mengheng, State Environmental Protection Administration, China
China's Policy on Energy Reform and Sustainable Development

Mr Mostafa Tavanpour, Ministry of Energy, Iran
Socio-Economic Impacts of Energy Subsidies and Challenges against Subsidies Removal, Case Study: I.R. Iran
(powerpoint presentation, 144KB)

Discussion

16:00

Coffee Break

16:30

Chair: Mr Budi Sudarsono, National Nuclear Energy Agency, Indonesia

Mr Jyoti Painuli, UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy and the Environment (URC)
Overview of Indian specific issues
(powerpoint presentation, 119KB)

Mr Vicente O. Roaring, Renewable Energy Association of the Philippines (REAP)
(word document, 28KB)

Mr. Roberto Verzola, Green Network, Philippines
Energy Subsidies in the Philippines, Issues and Concerns

Discussion

20:30

Cocktail