Presentations

 Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Opening and Welcome Remarks

• Vice Minister Nguyen The Phuong, Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Viet Nam
• Mr. Orestes Anastasia, Co-Chair of Asia LEDS Partnership, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Watch the video of highlights from the 2013 Asia LEDS Partnership workshop in Manila, Philippines on scaling up climate finance presented as part of Mr. Anastasia's presentation.

Topic 1 – Climate finance and national climate finance strategies

• Basics on climate finance for green growth, by Mr. Ari Huhtala of Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
• Highlights of the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy and financing implementation, by Dr. Pham Hoang Mai of MPI

Brief country highlights on financing green growth and LEDS:

• Cambodia: Mr. Ma Chan Sethea of Ministry of Environment
• Indonesia: Ms. Syamsidar Thamrin of National Development Planning Ministry (BAPPENAS)
• Malaysia: Mrs. Ivy Wong Abdullah of Iskandar Regional Development Authority
• Philippines: Mr. Arnold Belver of Climate Change Commission
• Thailand: Mrs. Aree Wattana Tummakird of Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning

Topic 2 – Assessing financing needs to support green growth and LEDS

• Why a Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review for developing countries? What are the outputs and benefits? by Mr. Andreas Karlsen of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Understanding the landscape for green growth investments, by Ms. Aditi Maheshwari of International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Budget coding for climate finance, by Ms. Anja Rosenberg of Climate Policy Initiative

Topic 3 – Mobilizing climate finance for Southeast Asia – Moderator:  Dr. Pham Hoang Mai of MPI

• An introduction to the “Climate Finance Options” platform, by Mr. Koos Neefjes of UNDP
• Public and private finance available in seven Southeast Asian countries, by Mr. Orestes Anastasia of USAID
• Green finance in Southeast Asia: Case studies of development finance institutions (presentation), by Mr. Octavio Peralta of Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific
• Green finance in Southeast Asia: Case studies of development finance institutions (full paper), by Mr. Octavio Peralta of Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific
• Executive brief on the Green Climate Fund (GCF), prepared by the GCF Secretariat

Topic 4 – In-depth review of selected climate finance options

4a: Climate Investment Funds: Financing low-emissions and climate-resilient activities in Southeast Asia by Dr. Zhihong Zhang of the Climte Investment Funds

4b: Financing green investment of Asian SMEs

• SWITCH Asia – European programme to support sustainable consumption and production, by Mrs. Alina Neacsu of European Commission – Directorate General Europe-Aid Development and Co-operation
• Experiences from implementing green financing credit lines for SMEs, by Mrs. Diana Cordes of GFA Consulting Group GmbH
• An introduction to Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) – Asia, by Mr. Dan Potash of USAID PFAN-Asia

4c: NAMA Facility by Mr. Nguyen Van Kien of Department for International Development, and Ms. Rosemarie Metz of GIZ                                                                            
4d: Access to climate finance from GEF-administered funds, by Mr. Dao Xuan Lai of UNDP Viet Nam 

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Topic 5 – Designing national climate funds

• An operational fund in Southeast Asia: Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund, by Ms. Syamsidar Thamrin of BAPPENAS
• Operational funds from beyond the region: National Climate Funds of South Africa and Rwanda, by Mr. Ari Huhtala of CDKN
• Setting up and operating national REDD+ funds: Key lessons learned, by Ms. Berta Pesti of UNDP UN-REDD

Topic 6 – Leveraging private sector financing

6a: Risk mitigation instruments to mobilize private finance

• Catalyzing private sector finance for climate change mitigation projects in East Asia and Pacific, by Dr. Romel M. Carlos of IFC
• Malaysia’s Green Technology Financing Scheme, by Mr. Syed Ahmad Syed Mustafa of Malaysian Green Technology Corporation
• Leveraging policy and regulatory mechanisms to incentivise the finance and investment industry, by Ms. Jessica Robinson of Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia
• Iron in the ground: The link between energy policy and getting projects built, by Mr. Dan Potash of USAID PFAN-Asia

6b: New green investment opportunities: A focus on SMEs

• Private sector green finance instruments for SMEs, by Dr. Uwe Weber of SWITCH-Asia Network Facility
• Access to green finance: The SMART Cebu experience, by Ms. Corazon Conde of SMART Cebu Project, Philippines
• Alternative financing options for small business: Crowdfunding for climate actions, by Mr. Xiaochen Zhang of The World Bank
• Innovative financing for greening of SMEs, including capital and financial markets, by Ms. Aneta Nikolova of UNESCAP

Topic 7 – Monitoring and evaluation of climate finance

• How to use Monitoring and Evaluation for impactful climate finance, by Dr. Christine Wörlen of Arepo Consult, with hands-on exercises to promote applicable skills

Friday, March 14, 2014

SIDE EVENT 1: SWITCH-Asia Networksing Session on Climate and Green Growth Finance for SMEs

• An overview of this session is available on the SWITCH-ASia website at: http://www.switch-asia.eu/news/switch-asia-networking-event-in-vietnam/
   

SIDE EVENT 2: World Bank-organized event on Low Emissions Development and Green Growth in South East Asia: From Investment Planning to Policy Implementation

Session 1: Opening and Context Setting of the Workshop

• Low Emissions Development and Green Growth: From Program to Policy Implementation (no presentation made) by Pablo Cesar Benitez, Senior Economist, World Bank

Session 2: Green Growth Programs in the region

• Vietnam’s Green Growth Program: Opportunities and challenges by Anjali Acharya, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank and Vietnam Government
• Indonesia’s Green Growth Program: Opportunities and challenges by Mubariq Ahmad, Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank & Indonesian government

Session 3: Early Experience from Low Emissions Investment Program 

• Thailand’s Low Emissions Investment Programs: From Readiness to Implementation by Montree Boonpanit, Senior Adviser in Policy and Plan, The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board
• Philippines’Low Emissions Programs: From LEDs to Investment by Arnold Grant S. Belver, Planning Officer, Climate Change Commission, Philippines
• Developing and Implementing Climate Technology Fund Investment Plans in South East Asia (no presentation made) by Zhihong Zhang, Senior Program Officer, Climate Investment Funds

Session 4: Policy Instruments to Support a Green Growth Strategy

• Overview of Policy Instruments by Pablo Cesar Benitez, Senior Economist, World Bank
• Voluntary and Regulatory Approaches by Xiaochen Zhang, Climate Finance and Energy Specialist, World Bank
• Market Based instruments by Pablo Cesar Benitez, Senior Economist, World Bank
  • Carbon Tax Design and Implementation
  • Emission Trading Schemes
• Policies to Support Green Innovation by Xiaochen Zhang, Climate Finance and Energy Specialist, World Bank
• Monitoring Policies Over Time by Dr.Christine Wörlen, Arepo Consult

Session 5: Putting Theory into Practice

• Instrument Choice: What works for your country? Discussion in Groups and Report Back
• Identifying Future Capacity Building Needs (Green Growth) by Pablo Benitez, Zhihong Zhang and Xiaochen Zhang, World Bank