Green Power Conference Budapest, September 28, 2004 REEEP Regulatory Forum Motoharu Yamazaki Directo

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Green Power Conference Budapest, September 28,
2004REEEP Regulatory ForumMotoharu
YamazakiDirector of REEEP Regional Secretariat
for CEE and Turkey
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• What is REEEP?
• UN Type II partnership initiated by the UK
  government at WSSD (Johannesburg, 2002)
• A coalition of progressive governments,
  businesses and organisations committed to
  accelerating the development of renewable and
  energy efficiency systems (REES)
• International secretariat in Vienna, five
  regional secretariats
• Funding is currently provided by the Austrian,
  Dutch, Irish, Italian, Spanish, UK governments
  and the European Union
• REEEP Objective
• Accelerate and expand the development of REES in
  our economy

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• The three REEEP activity pillars
• Policy Regulation
• Assisting governments with sustainable energy
  blueprints and regulatory frameworks
• Focus on distributed generation and off-grid
  systems
• Finance
• Development of business models and economic
  rationale to make projects bankable
• Attracting finance via project bundling
• Awareness
• Communication of the benefits of REES

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• Current Composition of REEEP Partnership
• 84 Members
• - 30 governments
• - 23 international organisations
• - 20 NGOs
• - 14 companies
• Were trying to attract more private sector
  companies!

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Delivering Value via Regional Secretariats
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• Examples of current REEEP projects
• Policy Regulation
• Development of sustainable energy plans for three
  Caribbean islands (Dominica, St. Lucia, Granada),
  and a local district of a Chinese Province
• Sustainable Energy Regulations Network (SERN) in
  Africa
• Renewable Energy International Law (REIL) project
• Finance
• Development of business plan for small scale
  hydro in South Africa
• Development of business model and community fund
  for solar water pumps in Brazil
• Setting up renewable energy Financing Foundation
  for ASEAN region
• Awareness
• Design of renewable energy visitor centre in
  Darling, South Africa
• NewsREEEP e-newsletter sent monthly to global
  subscribers

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• Benefits of becoming a REEEP Partner
• Easy access to decision makers within partner
  countries
• Reduced investment risk in developing countries
  via policy support
• Demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility
• Increased project credibility
• Easy access to innovative finance
• Marketing of best practice
• Membership is free of charge,
• but financial contribution is always welcome!

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REC REEEP Regional Secretariat for CEE Turkey

• What is REC?
• legally based on a charter signed by the
  governments of 28 countries and the European
  Commission
• Inter-governmental organisation
• 180 staff (some 30 nationalities)
• Over 300 running projects
• 12 million EUR annual turnover
• 16 Country Offices
• 2 FOs (Banja Luka,Kosovo/a,Podgorica)
• Head Office Szentendre, Hungary
• New Office Turkey/Ankara
• Operation beyond CEE!

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• REC REEEP Regional Secretariat for CEE Turkey
• What we will do
• Develop Action Plan
• Develop Information Clearing House
• Organise workshops/trainings
• Build a human network of experts from the
  governments, businesses and NGOs in the region
• Call for tender and pre-select projects for
  funding by REEEP International Secretariat
• Awareness raising activities
• Promote REEEP membership in the region, etc.

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Motoharu YamazakiRegional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern EuropeSzentendre,
Hungarymyamazaki_at_rec.org36 26 504 000 (ext
201) www.reeep.orgwww.rec.org/reeep