BiD Seminar 2005 - Access to Energy Services for the Poor (1 June 05)
**PRACTICAL SEMINARS ON
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES**
This series of seminars on doing business in developing countries is organised by the Business in Development programme of the NCDO , P+ Magazine and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). These meetings are unique because the selected projects are sustainable, potentially profitable, improve lives of the poor and are innovative. More so, they are open to outside participants. The projects are still looking for potential partners.
Each seminar focusses on one sector: Energy in this case. The seminar cases are presented by professionals and entrepreneurs. After the presentation of a ‘Best practice’ a series of projects are presented.
BiD seminar - ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES FOR THE POOR: HOW TO DEVELOP COMMERCIALLY VIABLE PROJECTS
| Date: | June 1st, 2005 (14.30 - 19.30) | |
| Place: | Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Mauritskade 63, Amsterdam | |
| Costs: | 50 Euro |
This seminar is in English.
Programme
| 14.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 15.00 | Welcome by Chairman Ian Tellam (ETC) |
| 15.10 | Energy Services for the Poor: Recent political developments & the Role of Business - Ton van der Zon *(Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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| 15.20 | Funding opportunities: How to develop a commercially viable project that meets the requirements of funders - Paul van Aalst (E+Co) |
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| 15.40 | Questions & Discussion |
| 16.00 | Guest speaker Sarah Adams (Electricité de France) - EdF Access programme: lessons learnt & conditions of success for a business model | |
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| 16.20 | Questions & Discussion |
| 16.30 | Break |
| 17.00 | Presentation of cases |
| 1. Solar energy in the Philippines - Mr Polman (Solland Solar Energy BV) | ||
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| 2. Small scale hydro in rural areas in Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia (IFRERA project) - Anjali Shanker (IED France) | ||
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| 3. Small scale solar for water and electricity in South Africa (urban and rural) - Wendela de Vries (WISE) | ||
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| 17.30 | Questions & Discussion on cases |
| 18.30 | Drinks |
- Unfortunately, Mr. van der Zon was not able to attend. He was replaced by Mr. Bussink.
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Main questions to be discussed:**
| 1) | How to create a conducive environment to make investments in energy services for the poor in developing countries commercially attractive? |
| 2) | What are the ‘strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats’ (SWOT) of/for investments in energy services for the poor in developing countries? |
Participating organisations
ADventures in Sustainable NRG, Advise-NL, BGP, BNet/Secc, Cordaid, ECN, E-Co, Ecofys, EdF, EDOadvies, EID, ETC, Evelop, FMO, Foundation Rural Energy Services
Free Energy Foundation, Gramsbergen Solar, GTZ, Hivos,
Holland Water Solutions, IMS, Jambo & Sambo, Kerkinactie/ICCO, LOBAde foundation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NCDO, Novib, Nuon, Philips Lighting, Research Center for Energy and Environment, Royal Haskoning, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), SenterNovem, SNV, Solland Solar Energy BV, Stroomwerk Energy BV, TaTEDO, Triodos Renewable Energy for Development Fund, TU Eindhoven,
WISE
Interesting links
--> Johannesburg Energy & Poverty Platform (JEPP)
-->World Conference 'Energy for Development' 12-14 December 2004, the Netherlands
--> 'Energy for the poor, Underpinning the millennium development goals' (DFID, 2002)
--> Triodos renewable energy for development fund
--> Enterprise solutions to poverty: Opportunities and Challenges for the International Development Community and Big Business" (Shell Foundation, March 2005), 453 kb
Other programmes requesting for possible partners
--> Request for interest hydroelectricity project Vietnam
--> Request for interest biomass project Tanzania
--> Request for interest hydroelectricity project Tanzania
This seminar was organised by NCDO, KIT, P+ Magazine and JEPP.
