1. APEC Secretariat Update
EWG52, October 2016
Moscow, Russia
Penelope Howarth, Program Director
Copyright © 2016 APEC Secretariat

2. Key APEC developments of relevance to EWG
No new Revisions to Guidebook on APEC Projects (Feb 2016)
BMC discussions progress on APEC project reform
APEC/EWG Starter Kit (tabled)
Reminder: Completion Report Submission also mandatory Self-funded Projects
Program Director video presentation to EGNRET
working on EWG Project Overseer video modules

3. Key APEC developments of relevance to EWG
APEC Strategy for Green and Sustainable MSMEs
- SMEWG  to lead development for adoption in November 2017, in close coordination with all relevant APEC fora
Framework for Multiyear APEC Program on Food Security and Climate Change
enhancing cooperation on implementing climate friendly and resilient food systems
multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder approach in cooperation with the APEC Climate Center (APCC)

4. Key APEC developments of relevance to EWG
APEC Connectivity Blueprint (GOS)
– Yearly Review to SOM
– Sub-pillar 6: Energy Infrastructure Development
Ensure quality electricity supply for all APEC members
Raise quality of electricity supply to world leading standard using average OECD figures as a benchmark.
APEC Environmental Services Action Plan (CTI)
Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plan (EPWG)
Cross-sectoral initiative

5. Cross-cutting Maps Purpose of the maps Living documents
Promote awareness of multitude of work in separate APEC fora on cross-cutting issues
To stimulate engagement between APEC fora to exploit synergies through stronger communication and collaboration where appropriate (eg EGNRET and PPFS)
Living documents

6. Cross-cutting Maps

7. Cross-cutting Maps

8. Cross-cutting Maps

9. Cross-fora Issues
Many projects in other APEC Working Groups are working on energy
Project No and Title
Economy
APEC Fora
Relevant EWG Expert Group
Year Approved
Best Practices Sharing and Technical Capacity Building for Measurement and Verification Standards of Energy Savings (SCSC A)
China
SCSC
EGEEC
2016
APEC Workshop on Enhancing Policy Environment to Promote SMEs’ Participation in Energy Efficiency Products Market (SME A)
Vietnam
SMEWG
APEC Workshop on Renewable Energy Potentials for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME A)
EGNRET
Capacity Building and Awareness Project on Enhancement of Total Environmental Efficiency (Energy/Carbon and Material Efficiency) through MFCA, ISO (CTI A)
Japan
2015
APEC – Enhancing Aviation Connectivity and Emissions Reduction via Implementation of Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Assistance Program (TPT A)
USA
TPTWG
Improving MSMEs Competitiveness through Low Carbon Economy Project (PPSTI A)
Philippines
PPSTI
Textbook Development for Energy Efficiency, Energy Security and Energy Resiliency - A Cross-Border Education Cooperation through Lesson Study ( A)
Japan and Philippines
HRDWG
EGEEC / ERTF

10. Cross-fora Issues EWG’s work is increasingly relevant to other groups
Urbanisation SOM FoTC
LCMT, CNSC, NZEB…
Food Security (PPFS and ATCWG)
New Climate Change and Food Security Initiative
Examples Green farms, Solar and Agriculture, Energy-Water Nexus
Emergency Preparedness (EPWG)
DRR Action Plan
Examples ERTF agenda, OGSI, Solar Powered Emergency Shelters
SMEs (SMEWG)
Biopellets Heating project
Telecommunications (TELWG)
Cyber-Energy Nexus
AND OTHERS…

11. Cross-fora Issues - Discussion
WHY: Collaborating with other groups - where’s the value-add?
HOW: What is already being done to collaborate with other APEC fora?
SCE-COW meeting
Plenary meetings (eg PPFS)
Project Workshops, Experts, Reports
WHAT more needs to be done? By whom?

12. PROJECT OVERVIEW: Amount of funding varies with each session
Fund Availability – S2 2016
Project Fund
Project Session 2, 2016 (USD)
General Project Account (GPA)
$ 1,001,000
Trade & Investment Liberalisation and Facilitation Account (TILF)
$ 809,000
APEC Support Fund (ASF) General Fund
$ 1,170,000
ASF Sub-funds
Human Security
$ 393,000
Health & Emergency Preparedness
$ 128,000
Energy Efficiency
$ 2,336,000
Supply Chain Connectivity
$ 1,538,000
Mining
$ 317,000
Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific and Global Value Chains
$ 622,000
Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth
Connectivity
$ 328,000
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
$ 750,000
To Note:
Figures and availability for Session will be available on the APEC website by January 2016
For the Energy Efficiency Sub- fund the balance for Session is yet to be announced
20 APEC-funded and 5 Self-funded projects approved in 2016
Amount of funding varies with each session
Figures are released before the beginning of each new session
Please check the APEC website for the most up-to-date information on fund availability and sub-funds:
for the current session’s funds

13. IMPORTANT PROJECT INFORMATION:
Longer-term project evaluation
Established by the APEC Budget and Management Committee as a way to learn more about the longer-term outcomes of APEC projects
24 of the 95 projects completed in 2014 to be assessed are from EWG
Online survey of Project Overseers and Project Participants to be sought from hundreds of EWG stakeholders
*** Please ensure that surveys are completed if you or your colleagues receive it! ***
Project reform
Budget and Management Committee is examining how to strengthen project focus on capacity building. By 2017, you can expect:
Updates to the Guidebook on APEC Projects and project templates
Possible changes to the project selection and approval process

14. APPROVAL PROCESS: 2017– Dates and Deadlines
Session 1, 2017: Concept notes being endorsed and scored at EWG52 in October 2016
EWG Scoring results announced at EWG ‘In principle’ funding decision to be advised in April/May 2017
Project Proposals for Concept Notes approved in Session 1 will be due after the funding decision announcement
*****Please schedule project workshops bearing in mind the approvals timing IE no workshops before August 2017*****
Dates with detailed explanations will be available on the APEC website in early 2017: see

15. APPROVAL PROCESS: How are projects approved?
EWG Expert Group/Task Force reviews and endorses Concept Notes
EWG endorses and scores Concept Notes (/20) using Scoring Template
APEC Secretariat assesses eligibility of Concept Notes for ASF sub-funds (if applicable)
Committees score Concept Notes (/40) using Scoring Template
Concept Notes matched to available funding, starting with the highest scores; BMC approved Concept Notes developed into Project Proposals
Project Proposals assessed for quality by Forum and APEC Secretariat
Proposals recommended to BMC (projects >US$200,000 require SOM approval)
Actually a fairly complicated process, balancing many interests.
This flow chart distils it down to 6 steps, so if you want more detail, please refer to Chapter 5 of the Guidebook.

16. CONCEPT NOTES: Key advice Follow all guidelines:
Meet the submission deadline
3-pages maximum
Write clearly and succinctly for an audience of non-experts
Address the eligibility criteria for the fund/ sub-fund you apply for
Show how the project will build capacity
At least 2 co-sponsoring economies
Link project to APEC Funding Criteria
Ensure project end date is by December of the following year
Use most current form, found on APEC website, project link
Ensure that your economy’s EWG and SCE representatives score Concept Notes, including their own economy’s

17. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
Monitoring and Completion Reports
Monitoring Reports (MRs):
Monitoring reports are due every 6 months on 1 February and 1 August
Completion Reports (CRs):
Completion reports are due within 2 months of the project’s completion
Requirements:
Report templates can be found at
Failure to submit MRs or CRs:
POs with outstanding MRs are ineligible to submit new Concept Notes or have any proposal approved until all overdue reports are submitted
Any APEC forum whose project has not submitted a CR is ineligible to submit new Concept Notes or have any full proposal approved until all overdue reports are submitted

18. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
How to avoid delays, headaches and disappointment
Be familiar with and follow APEC procurement rules:
Guidebook Chapter 12 on Contracting
Different requirements for contracts below USD 5,000; 20,000; 50,000; 50,001 and above
For over USD50,001 get your proposal assessment panel together early and remember only EWG officials (or their nominated delegates) can be assessors! (Co-sponsors pls help)
Use the RFP timeline and correct templates
How to have a successful workshop:
Give at least 2 months notice to EWG members of workshops, nomination requests
Do your research and use your networks to find the right participants and speakers – don’t just rely on EWG members to find them for you
Involve relevant International Experts and organisations as speakers
Invite a representative(s) of other APEC working groups if relevant
Work closely with Norila (EWG Program Executive) on travelers approvals and acquittals

19. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Gender and EWG
Results so far – attendance for EWG project events
For projects completed
Potential to include gender more substantively in technical discussions for more EWG projects, as indicated in approved project proposals.
PO comment: ‘It would be useful for the APEC Secretariat to help maintain a list of experts in various fields, such as fossil fuel subsidy reform, particularly female participants, in order to help project overseers hold more gender balanced workshops.’ - For members’ discussion and resourcing (eg project/partnership?)

20. Gender and energy in APEC?
EMM 2015 Cebu Declaration: …the development of community- based clean energy strategies paves the way towards income generating activities that…expand participation of women
…human capital development should be tempered with policies that provide incentives for retention and advancement of our workers, particularly the women, in the energy sector

21. Gender and energy in APEC?
EWG Strategic Plan :
‘Develop the human resource base within APEC Member Economies, including full engagement of women in green development, to improve their analytical, technical, operational and policy capacity in the area of clean energy development’
From the Implementation Schedule:
EGEEC will work with PPWE (and HRDWG) to integrate gender into work to build ‘the workforce needed in the coming years to create, develop and deploy energy efficiency technology and products’
The APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE) will be utilized to address gender barriers to energy trade and investment opportunities  

22. Integrating Gender in EWG planning
In addition to collaboration with APEC’s Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE), EWG gender related discussions and activities could potentially be supported through engagement with international experts on gender and energy
World Bank / IUCN / Energia
NGOs
Others???
In the case of EWG, energy access and labour market issues may be potential areas of focus, for example
Mainstream sharing of reforms supporting improvements in women’s participation in energy labour markets
IA: Gender
Since the endorsement of the 1999 Framework for the Integration of Women into APEC,
Leaders and Ministers have outlined a commitment to increasing women’s participation in
APEC activities. Women are critical to the achievement of economic integration in APEC.
In 2011, Leaders endorsed the San Francisco Declaration, which called for APEC members
to take concrete actions to realize the full potential of women, integrate them more fully into
APEC economies, and maximize their contributions towards economic growth. In 2013,
APEC Leaders again acknowledged the critical role of the inclusion of women in achieving
economic prosperity. In May 2014, in Beijing, China, the APEC Women and the Economy
Forum issued a Joint Statement. APEC Ministers, heads of delegations, senior officials,
representatives of non-governmental organizations and private sector leaders reaffirmed
Leaders commitments on gender. They recognized that all APEC fora and economies would
benefit from integrating gender responsive programs and policies into all economic,
commercial, business, and development activities and by taking concrete actions and
reforms to advance gender equality.
There is a level of awareness and focus within the MTF membership on APEC gender
priorities. Specific engagement and incorporation of these priorities is however not evident
in MTF activities.
A gender analysis of participants attending MTF meetings since 2011 (MTF6, MTF7 and
MTF8) indicates there is a relatively stable percentage of women engaging directly in the
MTF – averaging some 28% of women attendees, or approximately one-third of attendees.
Based upon the 2011 independent assessment this would indicate a slight increase in the
rate of participation since the MTF was established5*.
The MTF could give further consideration to the role of women in the mining sector through
sharing of member economy experiences and approaches to gender issues and through
exploring the potential benefits that sustainable mining activities can provide to women in
local communities. A number of members suggested the MTF direct more focus to gender
in forthcoming projects and activities, including surveying the membership and considering a
session focussed on the topic at the next meeting.
It is recommended the group continue to raise its awareness of gender issues and
encourage involvement of women in all of its activities. In doing this, it is suggested that
more focus be given to incorporating APEC gender priorities into MTF projects and activities.

23. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Gender and EWG
International Resources Available
G-REEN Platform:
For further information and access to gender and energy resources and experts please contact Penelope Howarth,

24. PROJECT RESOURCES: Further assistance
Further assistance on projects can be found:
In the Guidebook on APEC Projects and Proposal Development Materials:
On the APEC Project Database public site:
Through the APEC Secretariat, via the EWG Program Director and Program Executive:
Program Director: Penelope Howarth
Program Executive: Norila Mohd Ali
Stay tuned for exciting new developments (video modules) to support EWG POs…
In most circumstances, it is best if you work through your fora’s Program Director. They will coordinate support from the Secretariat.

25. Feedback and discussion welcome…
Thank you!
Feedback and discussion welcome…
In most circumstances, it is best if you work through your fora’s Program Director. They will coordinate support from the Secretariat.