8:45 AM

Registration

9:15 AM

Opening Remarks and Introduction to the Workshop

Chair: Hans Joergen Koch, Director, Energy Efficiency, Technology and R&D, IEA

Vivian Blanlot, Executive Secretary of the National Energy Commission (CNE), Chile
Welcoming remarks

Mohammad Reza Salamat, Co-Chair, Ad-Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development of the Commission on Sustainable Development
CSD 9 and Rio + 10 perspectives and expectations
(powerpoint presentation, 37KB)
(word document, 37KB)

Hussein Abaza, Chief, Economics and Trade Unit (ETU), UNEP, Switzerland
Expectation from this meeting

José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) ECLAC's interest in this process

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM

Session I: Subsidy Reform: Overview and Regional Perspectives
Overview of the broad energy context, what is meant by subsidy reform and reports from earlier regional workshops in Europe (OECD and Economies in Transition), Africa and Asia

Chair: Canadian Government Representative (tbc)

Fatih Birol, Head, Energy Analysis Division, IEA
The energy future: a context for energy subsidy reform
(powerpoint presentation, 300KB)

Jan Pieters, Ministry of the Environment, Netherlands Background information on energy subsidy systems and policy reform
(powerpoint presentation, 347KB)

Gábor Szörényi, Deputy Director, Hungarian Energy Office/ MEH
Results and recommendations from Paris workshop
(powerpoint presentation, 463KB)

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

Hoetomo, Bureau for Planning and International Cooperation, Indonesia
Subsidy strategies and policies for Indonesia, results and recommendations from the Bangkok workshop

Discussion

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Session II Panel: Latin America - Energy Subsidies: Rationale and Effectiveness
Why energy subsidies, what initial goals and what results of existing systems? This session will present an overview of national subsidy systems, reasoning behind their existence, 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 will cover the economic, environmental and social reasons for putting these subsidies into place, and the extent to which these goals have been achieved.

Chair: Hugo Altomonte, Economics Affair Officer, ECLAC
(powerpoint presentation, 476KB)

Pedro Antmann, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
Electricity subsidies in Latin America and Caribbean

Gloria Villa de la Portilla, Director, Energy Division , Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
National energy subsidies and sustainable development
(powerpoint presentation, 2MB)

Gilberto Jaime, Advisor to the Energy and Mines Planning Unit, Colombia
Effects of the national energy law on energy subsidies
(powerpoint presentation, 692KB)

16:00

Coffee Break

16:30

Juan de la Cruz Tineo, Chief Technology and Foreign Investment Division, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Venezuela
Subsidy policies to provide rural energy services
(powerpoint presentation, 109KB)

Pedro Luna Tovar, Directorate General of Pricing & Tariffs (DGAPT), Mexico
Subsidy policies to provide rural energy services
(powerpoint presentation, 340KB)

Roberto Kozulj, Bariloche Foundation, Argentina
Counter point perspective

Rina Rodríguez, Director, Secretariat of Natural Resources and Environment
Energy pricing and subsidies in Honduras
(powerpoint presentation, 62KB)

Discussion

20:30

Cocktail/Dinner