Regional Centre in Bangkok

REP-PoR Workshops

Consultation Meeting for REP-PoR Gap Analysis on Access to Energy for the Poor, March 27-28, 2006

The Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction (REP-PoR) in the UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok launched rapid assessments of access to energy services at national levels in the Asia-Pacific region in mid-2005. Overall, this initiative aimed to highlight issues that hinder access to energy services by lower income groups, close to or below the poverty line. A draft national gap analysis report was prepared for each country in Asia and a sub-regional report for the Pacific. A recently held two-day follow-up workshop reviewed the status of the national and sub-regional reports, discussed the major cross-cutting findings and challenges and identified best practices for further advocacy work at national level.

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Report

Developing a Regional Strategy for the CDM in the Asia Pacific Region, 30-31 March, 2006

REP-PoR in co-operation with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES/Japan) hosted a two-day consultative workshop on the “Development of a Regional Strategy on the Clean Development Mechanism.” The workshop was organized in light of increasing strategic UNDP engagement in carbon financing, including the recently launched UNDP MDG Carbon Facility. The workshop participants encompassed UNDP Country Office CDM Focal points as well as Government CDM focal points/representatives and key experts. The principal objective of the workshop was the identification and discussion of elements for the development of a new Asia-Pacific Regional Strategy on the Clean Development Mechanism, which is currently being finalized. The workshop fostered knowledge-sharing by reviewing the most recent decisions and developments on CDM procedures & modalities; taking stock of emerging environmental commodity markets and carbon financing and UNDP’s specific services in this regard; looking at UNDP Country Office Capacities and CDM activities and discussing national level experiences with CDM to-date. Major discussions revolved around the need to define clear poverty reduction criteria for the approval of CDM projects and to re-focus CDM in sectors that are pertinent to poverty reduction and the MDGs.

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Report
• Country Presentation

Regional Consultative Meeting for CSD 14 & 15 preparations, Pacific Renewable Energy Training Initiative (PRETI) and Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction (REP-PoR), Suva, Fiji Islands, 7-11 November 2005

The last preparatory meeting held in Apia agreed that the draft Pacific Island Countries (PICs) report will be presented in a consultation meeting participated by the 15 PICs.  It was also agreed that all Pacific activities will be undertaken in partnership with other ongoing projects to maximise the involvement of the resources dealing with energy issues in the PICs.  

UNDP, SOPAC and UN ESCAP held Pacific Regional Consultation Meeting in Suva, Fiji on 7-11 Novmeber, 2005. The objective of this meeting was to discuss and verify the draft Pacific rapid assessment and gap analysis report.

• Meeting Report
• Introduction to Poverty and Hardship in the Pacific

Planning Meeting Samoa, 5-6 September, 2005

The meeting agenda, list of participants and meeting report is available below:

• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants
• Meeting Report

Planning Meeting Bangkok, 8-10 August, 2005.

• Meeting Agenda
• List of Participants
• Meeting Report