Partnership Assembly Meeting (PA3): Cologne
Marking its first year in operation, the PA allocated Preparation Phase Funding to all 15 of its Implementing Country Participants, following presentations from a final group of countries: Brazil, India, Jordan, South Africa and Vietnam. The PA also finalized criteria for the allocation of Implementation Phase Funding, which will be allocated to countries as they finalize Market Readiness Proposals.
Date:
May 28 - 29, 2012
Venue:
Cologne, Germany
| Day 1: May 28, 2012 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Co-Chair: Evren Türkmenoğlu, Ministry of Environment, Turkey | ||
| Co-Chair: Lex de Jonge, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands | ||
| Joëlle Chassard, World Bank | ||
| Franzjosef Schafhausen, Federal Ministry for Environment, Natural Conservation, and Nuclear Safety, Germany | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| First-Year Achievements | ||
| 2. Information Sharing and Update | ||
| Implementing Country Participants updated the PA on their PMR activities, in particular on the status of their MRP. The updates were made through PowerPoint presentations or oral briefings. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Evren Türkmenoğlu, Ministry of Environment, Turkey | ||
| Turkey: Update on MRV Legislation | ||
| Kim Phan Jo, Energy Management Corporation, Republic of Korea | ||
| Republic of Korea: Update on Domestic ETS | ||
| Climate Change Department, China | ||
| China: Progress on Preparation for PMR and Development of Carbon Market | ||
| Luis Munozcano, Ministry of Environment, Mexico | ||
| Mexico: General Law for Climate Change | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 3. Presentation of the Organizing Framework | ||
| Implementing Country Participants presented their OFs for the scoping of PMR activities to the PA for consideration and decision on the allocation of Preparation Funding. Decision on allocation of funding under agenda item 9. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Aloisio de Melo, Ministry of Finance, Brazil | ||
| Brazil: Organizing Framework | ||
| Rajiv Kumar, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India | ||
| India: Organizing Framework | ||
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:15 | ||
| Hussein Badarin, Ministry of Environment, Jordan | ||
| Jordan: Organizing Framework | ||
| Mpho Legote, National Treasury, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Organizing Framework | ||
| 16:15 | Break | |
| 16:30 | ||
| Nguyen Tuan Anh, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam | ||
| Vietnam: Organizing Framework | ||
| 17:30 | Wrap up | |
| 18:30 | Reception | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: May 29, 2012 | ||
| 4. Seeking Feedback on the Work on MRP | ||
| As Implementing Country Participants prepare their MRPs, timely feedback from the Participants is important to help countries further develop and finalize their proposals. Countries presented their work on the MRP and received feedback. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Martina Bosi, PMR Secretariat | ||
| MRP and Feedback Process | ||
| Juan Petro Searle Solar, Ministry of Energy, Chile | ||
| Chile: MRP Update | ||
| 10:20 | Break | |
| 10:35 | ||
| Alvaro Umana, Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica | ||
| Costa Rica: MRP Update | ||
| Luis Munozcano, Ministry of Environment, Mexico | ||
| Mexico: MRP Update | ||
| 12:25 | Lunch | |
| 5. Criteria and Modality for Allocation of Implementation Funding | ||
| 14:00 | ||
| Xueman Wang ,PMR Secretariat | ||
| Criteria and Modality for Allocation of Implementation Funding | ||
| Note PA3-2012-1 | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 6. Presentation of the PMR Budget | ||
| 15:45 | ||
| Elena Chin-lin Lee, World Bank | ||
| PMR FY13 Budget | ||
| 7. Knowledge Management and Next Steps | ||
| 17:30 | ||
| Sarah Underwood, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Next Steps | ||
| 8. Election of Co-Chairs for PA4 | ||
| In accordance with the Governance Framework, the World Bank will chair the first two meetings of the PA. Subsequent meetings will be co-chaired by a representative elected, respectively, from the Contributing Participants and from the Implementing Country Participants. Co-chairs serve for one PA meeting. Contributing and Implementing Country Participants meet separately to elect their respective co-chair. Each group announced the results of their decision to the PA. | ||
| 18:00 | ||
| Election of Co-Chairs | ||
| 9. Decisions | ||
| 18:15 | ||
| Adoption of Decisions by Participants | ||
| o Allocation of the PMR Preparation Phase Funding for Activities in Brazil, India, Jordan, South Africa, and Vietnam | ||
| Resolution No. PA 3/2012-1 | ||
| o Authorizing Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 | ||
| Resolution No. PA 3/2012-2 | ||
| o Election of the Co-Chairs of the Partnership Assembly | ||
| Resolution No. PA 3/2012-3 | ||
| o Additional Criteria and Modality of Allocation of Implementation Funding | ||
| Resolution No. PA 3/2012-4 | ||
| End of PA3 | ||