Report to EWG38 Bali, Indonesia APEC Secretariat Presented by Luis Enrique Vertiz © 2009 APEC Secretariat

Energy issues in APEC AELM Meeting in Singapore APEC Peer Review on Energy Efficiency Cleaner and more efficient technologies Rationalise the medium term fossil fuel subsidies Diffusion of climate-friendly technologies

Climate Change and Sustainable Development in APEC AELM Climate change is one of the biggest global challenge Measures to reduce greenhouse emissions Reducing energy intensity by at least 25 percent by 2030 Measures unilaterally undertaken to reduce emissions To reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation Manado Ocean Declaration

Energy issues in APEC Ministerial Meeting in Singapore Energy efficiency improvements. APEC Peer Review on Energy Efficiency. 9th APEC Energy Ministers Meeting in Climate-friendly technologies. Promoting sustainable growth.

2009 BMC # 3 Key Points Results  New COO and Director of Comm & P.A.  Project Management Reform in course:  Improve the transparency in project proposal evaluation.  Streamline Project Administration.  Revised Guidebook on APEC Projects.  Improve the utility and return rate of project Evaluation Reports.  To continue defining the scope and mechanisms for the eventual introduction of multi year projects.

Project Assessment and Approval Process  APEC Secretariat Program Management Unit process:  i) Immediate fund disbursement  ii) More regular project approval rounds  iii) Review of ranking and classification, and  iv) Possible areas of delegation and their associated risk management issues  APEC Budget and Management Committee (BMC)  Relevance and linkages to the fora’s working plan  Effectiveness and efficiency of project and value-added  Impact and sustainability, and  Monitoring and evaluation process to better track if projects have achieved what they intended

EWG Projects approved in BMC Session III  EWG22/2009--APEC Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE): Phase 2 (Japan)  EWG23/2009--Operation of APEC Energy Database and Analysis (Japan)  EWG24/ It might be presented again in 2010 for BMC approval

Progress Report of EWG Funded Projects Total of Projects up to November 2009: 47 Projects Completed With Evaluation Report Without Evaluation Report 2007 Projects Projects in Progress Contract already signed Under extension 21 3 Projects in Preparation Tender under assessment P.O. has not started the project 954

BMC Project Approval Sessions in 2010 SessionSubmission deadlineNotification date Session 1 (during SOM1) Mon 1 FebruaryFriday 23 March Session 2 (following SOM 2) Wed 9 JuneFriday 23 July Session 3 (following SOM 3) Thursday 23 SeptemberTuesday 2 November

Projects ending on 31 December 2009 APEC Financial year ends 31 December numbered projects will be deemed completed on that date and any unused funds will be returned to central funds for re-allocation All project claims of disbursement the deadline is 7 December to process in time and avoid payment problems. If there is any energy project in circumstances of time extension please advise to make the necessary arrangements. Project Extensions Timeline is 26 th November.

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