1. Key APEC Developments of Relevance to EWG
APEC Secretariat
Presented by Penelope Howarth, Program Director, APEC Secretariat
EWG50 - December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii
Copyright © 2015 APEC Secretariat

2. Agenda This session covers:
2015 APEC Leaders’ and Ministerial Statements
Peru Host Year Priorities
Urbanisation Activities outside EWG
New APEC Sub-funds
Project related issues

3. 2015 APEC Leaders’ and Ministerial Statements
Cebu Declaration (AELM):
reaffirmed aspirational goals: to reduce aggregate energy intensity by 45 percent by 2035 and double renewable energy in the regional energy mix by 2030
Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
Energy Resiliency Taskforce
China’s initiative to host an APEC high-level forum on urbanization in 2016
LCMT and ESCI
AMM
APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership – relevant for a and sub-fora (incl APSEC) to implement
‘…welcome projects to assess and demonstrate technology deployment for urban waste management that also include the recovery of economic worth from solid waste’.
APEC Regional Workshop on Measurement Challenges in Renewable Energy and Climate Science

4. SOM FoTC on Urbanisation
SOM FoTC on Urbanisation’s role includes:
Establish a cooperative network of sustainable cities in the APEC region
Encourage establishment of a sub-fund to support sustainable urbanization
Coordinate with relevant APEC and external for a to avoid to avoid duplication and foster potential benefits
Engage with Policy Support Unit
Report back to SOM regularly and make recommendations.

5. 2015 Urbanisation developments (excl-EWG)
SOM FoTC on Urbanisation inaugural meeting in September 2015, and will continue working to develop its agenda in 2016
The APEC City Mayors Forum held in September to discuss urbanization issues such as planning and management, people and technology, and waste management.
1st APEC high-level meeting on urbanization to be held in China in 2016

6. Peru Host Year Priorities
APEC 2016: Quality Growth and Human Development
Priorities:
Advancing Regional Economic Integration and Quality Growth;
Enhancing the Regional Food Market;
- Investment and Infrastructure and ‘Deliverables’ specifically reference EWG (EGNRET) project Green Energy Smart Farm in the APEC Region (Chinese Taipei)
Towards the Modernization of Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific; and
Developing Human Capital.
Mainstreaming the APEC 2016 Priorities – notes EWG work is important for all 4 of Peru’s priorities

7. New APEC APEC Support Fund (ASF) sub-funds for Session, 1 2016
Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific and Global Value Chains (FTAAP & GVCs) - CTI
Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth (IERG) - SCE
Connectivity – SCE
More information on how to apply for these sub-funds is available at

8. New APEC sub-funds for Session 1, 2016
Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth (IERG ) ASF Sub-fund – SCE
Supports economies to action priorities under the APEC Accord on Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth (Annex C of the 2014 Leaders’ Declaration)
including implementing the APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership, including establishing a cooperative network of sustainable cities in APEC economies, organizing sustainable urban development forums and policy dialogues, and carrying forward relevant projects that advance sustainable urbanization goals

9. EWG Projects in 2015
Approved: 25 APEC-funded projects
9 self-funded
Completed: 16 APEC-funded projects
15 (?) Self-funded projects
In implementation: 46 APEC-funded Projects
13 (?) Self-funded

10. Achievements - Outputs
EWG Projects Issues in 2015
…for discussion
Achievements - Outputs
Hundreds of workshop participants
Around 25 reports published
Around 20 workshops held
Challenges
Dissemination of outcomes, achievements and impacts
Difficulty in identifying and securing expert speakers
Low attendance by APEC members (even APEC-funded) in some workshops
Some projects appear primarily domestically focused

11. Solutions – *Project Overseers need to know*
EWG Projects Issues in 2015
…for discussion
Solutions – *Project Overseers need to know*
Ensure strong appropriate collaboration (inside APEC, internationally)
Research your topic and identify global, APEC and domestic expertise – invite them (early) to speak and/or participate
Don’t only rely on EWG members
Amplify impacts – disseminate information effectively and widely
Online dissemination, send to interested contacts/stakeholders, discuss with interlocutors at international meetings (outreach)
Generate media coverage – work with the APEC Secretariat (contact me!) and your domestic/departmental communications unit

12. EWG and Gender
APEC Economic Leaders, Energy Ministers, EWG strategic plan, Guidebook on APEC Projects
all point us to the importance of integrating gender in our activities in order to be effective
How is EWG doing?
EWG Projects (Completion Reports)
20% speakers/experts are women, 80% are men
32% participants are women, 68% are men
1 project has integrated gender perspective into its topic discussion (FFSR workshop)
How can we improve?
Link to international expertise on Gender and Energy

13. EWG and Gender But how can EWG do better on gender?
Be informed and clear on gender objectives in Project Proposals
Identify great female subject matter experts to be speakers at APEC events
Identify great male and female subject matter experts who can input to project design and talk about relevant gender aspects at workshops

14. EWG and Gender Ask for help
Ask the APEC projects Gender Focal Point (Penelope Howarth) during CN, Project Proposal preparations
Link to APEC’s Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE) for expertise within APEC
Link to global expertise on Gender and Energy
Energia (UNSE4All) and Gender Equality for Climate Change Opportunities (GECCO)

15. 2016 Project Funding – Energy Efficiency Sub-fund
Session : Fund Availability: (estimate) USD 1.5m
Concept Notes deadline
Timing: 31 March - Final Submission Deadline
27 April - BMC Notification Date
Project Proposals deadline
Timing: 12 May (3 June) - First (Last) Submission Deadline
25 May (30 June) - First (Last) Decision Notification
Session : Fund Availability: (estimate) USD 1.5m
Timing: 15 July - Final Submission Deadline
15 August - BMC Notification Date
Timing: 14 Sep (26 Oct) - First (Last) Submission Deadline
7 Oct (30 Nov) - First (Last) Decision Notification
For latest info see
Funds available

16. Any questions?