GVEP International Coordination Platform – Honduras
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On the 5th June, the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) hosted a GVEP International meeting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to assess the interest of local stakeholders in the creation of a GVEP International Coordination Platform for Renewables and Biofuels similar to the Platform established in 2007 in Peru.
Participants to the meeting
With over 35 participants including a wide range of government ministries, development agencies, NGOs, private sector and academia, there was overwhelming agreement on the critical need for coordination in this key sector. Honduras is a country which is feeling the full effects of Climate Change through increased cyclone activity and numerous tropical storms and there is an ever growing awareness of the importance of developing a common strategy towards renewable energies and energy efficiency.
Full support for the GVEP International initiative was expressed by the government, World Bank, GTZ, USAID, associations of small renewable energy producers and networks representing NGOs.
Steven Stone, Country Representative for the IDB in Honduras, opened the meeting and underlined the importance of renewable energies for the IDB which has just announced the commitment of US$500 million to renewables initiatives in Honduras. Read More>
Sarah Adams, CEO of GVEP International then presented the organisation’s new programmes and current projects in Honduras and Pablo Rosenthal, Senior Advisor to the IDB on secondment from GTZ, presented the IDB’s SECCI (Sustainable Energy and Climate Change) Initiative as well as the Peru GVEP International Coordination Platform for Renewables and Biofuels which is led by the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines and supported by IDB and GTZ.
Marta Rivera from Fondacion Solar presented the gap analysis and “richness” maps carried out in Guatemala and Diana Solis from PIR (Rural Investment Programme) presented GVEP’s previous activities in Honduras since 2003.
Finally, Marlon Pineda from the Federacion de Organizaciones para el Desarollo de Honduras (FOPRIDEH) described the activities of the existing GVEP Honduras working Group and the need for the consolidation of a national Coordination Platform.
After a lively discussion around the leadership and activities of the Platform, it was decided to carry out a mapping of existing energy programmes and to identify priorities for the short, medium and long term. This report will be presented to a second meeting of the GVEP International Coordination Platform so that a common strategy can be agreed, permanent members of the Platform identified and commitments made to the next steps towards implementation.
In the afternoon session, Manuel Fuentes, Roberto Caceres, Ernesto Galvez, Julio Urquia and Anibal Osorto Pinel presented the GVEP International’s Honduras GAPfund projects (IT Power and Ahdesa) Read More>
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