GFSE-6, Africa is energizing itself
29 November - 1 December 2006, Vienna, Austria
Background
In response to the many initiatives, originating both from within the African continent and from the donor community, the 6th Meeting of the GFSE will focus solely on Africa. It will seek to bring together representatives of the various regional and thematic approaches with financial engineers. It will also endeavour to identify ways and means of supporting African aspirations at the forthcoming 15th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in May 2007 in New York.
GFSE 6 - Executive Summary
Conference Report
GFSE-6 Conference Report
IISD website on GFSE-6, http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/gfse6/
Final programme folder
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Final programme folder - long versionFinal programme folder - short version
Final programme folder - long versionFinal programme folder - short version
Announced Side-Meetings
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 11:00-13:00, room: “Gruppenraum - Hörsaal”
Biofuels for Industrial Development and Climate Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa, by UNIDO and the Stockholm Environment Institute
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 16.30-17.30, room “Musikzimmer”
M&EED (Monitoring and Evaluation for Energy and Development): Demonstrating Success and Learning from Failures, by the M&EED Group (Monitoring and Evaluation for Energy and Development), http://deafrica.net/
Key notes and presentations
Key Notes
Plenary I - THE AFRICAN REGIONAL LANDSCAPE ON ENERGY IN THE LIGHT OF THE FORTHCOMING CSD-15
Plenary II - REGIONAL FOCUS ON WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Plenary III - REGIONAL FOCUS ON EASTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Plenary IV - BIOFUELS IN AFRICA
Plenary V - HYDROPOWER ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
Plenary VI - CDM-OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA
Plenary VII - HOW CAN THE GFSE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AFRICAN ASPIRATIONS AT THE FORTHCOMING CSD-15
PLENARY VIII - STATE OF THE PLAY OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING FOR ENERGY IN AFRICA
CONCLUDING PLENARY
Background Papers
ECOWAS - CEDEAO, Briefing PaperECOWAS - CEDEAO, Briefing Paper
EAC GFSE-6 Briefing PaperEAC GFSE-6 Briefing Paper
CEMAC GFSE-6 Briefing PaperCEMAC GFSE-6 Briefing Paper
SADC GFSE-6 Briefing PaperSADC GFSE-6 Briefing Paper
UNECA GFSE-6 Briefing PaperUNECA GFSE-6 Briefing Paper
Conference Language
- English (no translation will be provided)
Conference Fee
Participation in the conference is free.
Venue
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Favoritenstrasse 15a
1040 Vienna
Austria
Evening Programme
All participants are invited to attend the conference receptions on 29 and 30 November 2006.
A bus transfer will be available from the center of Vienna to the reception and back.
Hotel Reservation
A limited amount of hotel rooms at a reduced price is pre-reserved in the city center of Vienna located near to the conference venue. Since there is a great demand of hotel rooms we kindly ask international participants to make a reservation as soon as possible using the following link to [Vienna NetHotels].
We are not able to hold the pre-reserved rooms after 2 November 2006.
Vienna NetHotels
Neulinggasse 31
1030 Wien
Austria
T: +43 1 713 22 20
F: +43 1 713 22 30
Please refer to: "6th GFSE MEETING"
Further Information
Ms. Karin Reiss
GFSE Secretariat
c/o Austrian Energy Agency
Otto-Bauer-Gasse 6
1060 Vienna
Austria
Fax: +43/1/5861524-40
Email: karin.reiss(at)energyagency.at
For questions regarding the conference content please contact
Mr. Martin Lugmayr
Austrian Development Agency
Desk Officer on Infrastructure
Tel. +43(0)1-90-399-557
Email: martin.lugmayr(at)ada.gv.at
Related Links
- Outcomes of the Senior Officials Seminar “Energy in the Context of Development Cooperation, (regional workshop on Africa), on 23.01.2006 in Vienna.
- EU council conclusions on energy and development (Luxembourg, 10 April 2006): Principles/Considerations for integrating energy interventions into development cooperation.