APEC Secretariat Report – 2015 EWG Self-Funded Project...

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2015/EWG50/028 Agenda Item: 2a

APEC Secretariat Report – 2015 EWG Self-Funded

Project Proposal

Purpose: Information Submitted by: APEC Secretariat

50th Energy Working Group Meeting Hawaii, United States

14–18 December 2015

APEC Self-Funded Project Proposal Coversheet Please submit through APEC Secretariat Program Director.

Project Title: Is Nuclear Power Still a Viable Option for the APEC Region?

Project Number (Assigned by Secretariat):

Committee / WG / Sub-fora / Task-force:

Proposing APEC economy: Thailand

Co-sponsoring economies:

Date approved by fora:

Expected start date: 1 October 2015

Expected completion date: 31 July 2016

Project summary:

Briefly describe the project. Your summary should

include the project topic, planned activities,

timing and location:

Nuclear Power has gained confidence and became a viable option for many economies in the APEC Region. Nuclear Power Plants were considered to be a mature technology and clean and relatively safe to use. But after the unfortunate natural disaster in Fukushima where nuclear reactors were literally destroyed by the gigantic tsunami, the future use of nuclear power became uncertain for newcomer countries. Even today the impacts of the accident are still being felt by the Japanese Society and it is not easy to overcome. Since then some reflections have been made and several actions have been taken by almost all users of nuclear power. New approaches such as passive features for core cooling in case of accidents, compact and modular reactors are being adopted. Hence Nuclear Reactors are safer and present much lower potential risk than before. Therefore it may be timely that various APEC Economies share experiences and discuss on the future use of nuclear power and other intermediate and long term preparations related to its usage, safety, safeguards and security in this region. As a potential user of this form of energy, Thailand takes initiatives in providing a forum for this activity in order that each economy could revise their energy policy and options more objectively.

Total cost of project (USD): 30,000.

(Travel: 5,000; Labor costs: 5,000; Hosting: 10,000; Publication & distribution: 8,000; Other: 2,000)

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Dr. Twarath Sutabutr

Title: Deputy Permanent Secretary

Organization: Ministry of Energy

Postal address: 17 Rama I Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

Tel: 662 2217975 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I declare that this submission was prepared in accordance with the Guidebook on APEC Projects and any ensuing project will comply with said Guidebook. Failure to do so may result in the BMC denying or revoking funding and/or project approval. I understand that any funds approved are granted on the basis of the information in the document’s budget table, in the case of any inconsistencies within the document. Name of Project Overseer

Name of Forum Chair/Lead Sheppard

Project Synopsis

1. Relevance: Why should APEC undertake this project? What problem or opportunity will the project address and why is it important?

Nuclear Power has suffered a severe setback after the unprecedentedly disastrous tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactors. The Accident showed that even a technologically advanced country like Japan struggled in coping with the Accident. As a consequence the public opinion in almost all countries plunged to the lowest level. Policy makers are also reluctant to consider nuclear power as a viable option. On the other hand new concepts and solutions are being adopted to make nuclear reactors safer and constitute minimum risk in case of accidents. This workshop is designed to be a forum for policy makers, technology providers, experts as well as concerned parties to share their experiences and present their concerns and solutions. The workshop will encourage presentation of country papers and improved safety measures in various countries as well as public concerns about nuclear power. The workshop will focus on the discussion about the future use of nuclear power in the APEC Region and possible networking in key areas such as education and training, regulatory framework, mobility of experts, safety and safeguards, emergency preparedness and handling in case of nuclear incidents, etc in the APEC Region.

2. Objectives: Describe the 2-3 key objectives of the project. (e.g., to... create a framework...;

ensure participants will be able to...; share experiences...; enhance understanding...; develop recommendations...; build interest...; revise strategies... etc.)

To share experiences concerning the planning and uses of nuclear power in various APEC economies, taking into account new safety regulations and safeguards, new designs and passive solutions adopted, etc. To discuss the possibility of networking in key areas in case of continued use of nuclear power such as education and training, regulatory framework, emergency preparedness and accident handlings, etc. To disseminate the information to policy makers and concerned parties.

3. Alignment: Describe how the project will help achieve APEC’s key priorities and meet your

forum’s work-plan or medium-term plan.

Through the exchanges of expertise and experiences in this International Workshop, a clearer view and expectation could be expected. Careful planning and implementation of Nuclear Power Project should take place in this era of searching for low carbon energy procurement. Networking at all levels: planning, education, regulation, construction, operation, monitoring, emergency preparedness, spent fuel management and decommissioning could be established. A sustainable energy uses in the APEC member economies could be attained.

4. Methodology: How do you plan to implement the project? In this section, address:

• Timeline: Project timelines and dates for key activities and deliverables • Stakeholders: Beneficiaries and stakeholders (APEC & non-APEC) and how they will be

engaged • Previous projects/activities: If and how this proposal builds on the findings or lessons

learned from previous projects/activities, while avoiding duplication • Communication: How you plan to communicate the results or benefits of this project to

others

• Timeline:

The project will include the following tasks:

Activity Deliverable Deadline Reviewing information on the policies and uses of Nuclear Power in the APEC economies and in other regions.

Current APEC approach to the use of Nuclear Power.

November 15, 2015

Proposing, discussing, and deciding the themes, topics, speakers of the workshop, and workshop agenda draft

Workshop agenda (draft version)

December 15, 2015

Communicating and inviting speakers and attending experts

Final invited speakers and presentation theme list

January 15, 2016

Completing detailed workshop arrangement and related logistics

Final Workshop agenda

February 15, 2016

1-day workshop on schedule Experts’ presentations and discussion.

March , 2016

Completing the draft final workshop report and circulate to all participants.

Circulation of draft report to participating members for review and comments.

July 31, 2016

• Stakeholders:

The beneficiaries and stakeholders of this workshop may include all participating or non-participating APEC and non-APEC governments, organizations, or individuals. Particularly Nuclear Power related individuals, experts, consulting firms, research institutes, universities, companies, etc.

• Previous projects/activities:

The Ministry of Energy of Thailand has carried out a lot of successful APEC-funded and self-funded projects on various topics such as Best Practices in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies in the Industrial Sector in APEC Region, APEC Workshop on Smart DC Power Opportunity for Community, Energy Saving Window Thermal Performance Simulation Training, APEC Low Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Promotion through Eco-Point Program (LCMT-EPP) etc.

• Communication: Workshop report will be distributed to government agencies in the APEC region. To further disseminate the information, the workshop presentations and the final report will be posted on the APEC appropriate website. In addition, the Workshop website will be open for public access.


Project Title: Energy and Economic Competitiveness



EWG

Proposing APEC economy: Japan

Co-sponsoring economies: All EWG Economies


Expected start date: 1 March 2015

Expected completion date: 31 December 2016

Project summary:




Energy and Economic Competitiveness project is directly related with the Declaration in the 11th APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) in Beijing, China, in September 2014, which called for specific research on the energy and economic competitiveness. The following three tasks will be carried out; (1) quantitative analysis on how energy affects industrial competitiveness with the most up-to-date knowledge of energy and industrial competitiveness, (2) make policy recommendations based on analysis for policy makers in the APEC region, and (3) disseminate information to the policy makers and concerned parties. In this context, the two rounds of workshop will be held in order to gain knowledge and deepen our quantitative analysis with the support of relevant experts. Moreover, a progress report will be presented at the upcoming EWG meetings and the EMM in Cebu, the Philippines, in October 2015. A final report will be prepared by the EMM in Peru in 2016.

Total cost of project (USD): 333,088 (Travel: 119,638; Labor costs: 184,000; Hosting: 27,450; Publication & distribution: 0; Other: 0)

Project Overseer Information and Declaration:

Name: Mr. Shinichi KIHARA

Title: Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

Organization: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

Postal address: 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan

Tel: +81-3-3501-0598

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I will ensure that all Project outputs (Project reports, proceedings, slides, presentations, CDs, etc.), will comply with the APEC Publications, APEC Logo and Copyrights Guidelines before being published. The guidelines are at: http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Policies-and-Procedures.aspx Mr Shinichi KIHARA Name of Project Overseer

Dr. Phyllis Yoshida Name of Forum Chair/Lead Sheppard Date:

Project Synopsis

1. Relevance: Why should APEC undertake this project? What problem or opportunity will the project address and why is it important? This project is directly related to the Declaration at the 11th APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) in Beijing, China, in September 2014, where Ministers instructed “the EWG with the support of APERC to strengthen cooperation with existing mechanism and organizations to carry out specific research on the energy and economic competitiveness of the APEC region, including making in-depth analysis and holding seminars.” Energy is essential for all economic activities and would affect economic competitiveness mainly through industry competitiveness. Energy cost and availability have strong influence on the selection of industrial stronghold as geographical conditions, currency exchange rate, infrastructure, system of taxation, personnel expenses and so forth. While, energy cost would affect not only direct energy input cost, but also the energy input cost and competitiveness of other intermediate goods, but well-established established theory for factors and improvement measures for industrial competitiveness do not exist at present. If we aim at only minimizing energy costs, we would face risk that external diseconomies would bring about environmental problems, and damage to energy security and safety. Although low-priced energy would strengthen industrial competitiveness, such aspects as environment, energy security and safety should be also sufficiently considered. The APEC region has several economies with large scale economic activities and energy consumption. Continuous increase in economic activities and energy consumption mainly in developing economies is expected, which have a considerable share in the world market. In addition, fluctuation of crude oil price and high Asian LNG price are also important policy issues. Therefore, the APEC member economies are asked for coping with issues of energy and economic competitiveness for a sound development in the future, considering the diversity of the member economies.


ensure participants will be able to...; share experiences...; enhance understanding...; develop recommendations...; build interest...; revise strategies... etc.) To make quantitative analysis on how energy affects industrial competitiveness based on the

most up-to-date knowledge of energy and industrial competitiveness and the analysis of the present situation of each APEC economy.

To make policy recommendations for energy policy makers in the APEC region based on the

quantitative analysis results.

To disseminate information to the policy makers and concerned parties.

3. Alignment: Describe how the project will help achieve APEC’s key priorities and meet your forum’s work-plan or medium-term plan. This project is expected to help each APEC economy to achieve “sustainable” and “secure growth”, the two of five growth attributes of the APEC Leaders’ Growth Strategy adopted at the 2010 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Yokohama.


• Timeline: Project timelines and dates for key activities and deliverables The project will include the following tasks:

Activity Deliverable Timing

Literature survey on energy and industrial competitiveness

By the end of May 2015

Consideration for how to make quantitative analysis June 2015 The 1st Workshop in Tokyo Power point slides June 2015 Presentation for progress report at the EWG49 Power point slides June 2015 Starting quantitative analysis June 2015 Progress report at the EWG50 Power point slides October

2015 (TBC) Progress report at the EMM in Cebu Power point slides October

2015 Further development of quantitative analysis By the end of

March 2016 The 2nd Workshop in Tokyo Power point slides April 2016 Progress report at the EWG51 Power point slides April 2016

(TBC) Completing the Final Report Research Report End August

2016 Completion report at the EMM in Peru Power point slides September

2016 (TBC)

• Stakeholders: Beneficiaries and stakeholders (APEC & non-APEC) and how they will be engaged The beneficiaries and stakeholders of this project may include all APEC economies. Non-APEC governments, organizations or individuals are also possible beneficiaries.

• Previous projects/activities: If and how this proposal builds on the findings or lessons learned from previous projects/activities, while avoiding duplication The Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC), as the designated project executant, has carried out nine cases of the APEC Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE) project, which made recommendations on energy efficiency policies in industrial sectors.

In this Energy and Economic Competitiveness project, APERC will make quantitative analysis, which has not yet done in the previous PREE projects.

• Communication: How you plan to communicate the results or benefits of this project to

others Progress reports will be prepared at the upcoming EWG meetings. For further dissemination, the final report will be uploaded from the APERC website which is open for public access.


Project Title: 2015 Annual ESCI Best Practices Awards Program


Committee / WG / Sub-fora / Task-force: Energy Working Group

Proposing APEC economy: Chinese Taipei, U.S.A.

Co-sponsoring economies:

Date approved by fora: 19 Nov 2014

Expected start date: 1 Jan 2015

Expected completion date: 31 Dec 2015

Project summary:

Briefly describe the project. Your summary should include

the project topic, planned activities,


Launched in 2010, the Energy Smart Community Initiative (ESCI) has contributed greatly to the advancement of green growth, sustainable development, long-term job creation and APEC’s goal of energy intensity reduction of at least 45 percent by 2035 with 2005 as the reference. As the information hub of ESCI network, the Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) has helped disseminate and share best practices of ESCI’s areas of focus in a systematic manner.

Following the success of 2013 Annual ESCI Best Practices Awards Program, the ESCI-KSP management team, with the support from APEC member economies, will host the 2015 Annual ESCI Best Practices Awards Program, in order to continue the momentum of regional efforts in developing new methods, technologies and applications. The ESCI management team has broken down the criteria adopted for former ESCI Best Practices Awards Program to particularly highlight merits in policy-making, strategy formation and implementation processes. To encourage constant updates on the progress of various projects on the ESCI-KSP website, those which participated in former ESCI Best Practices Awards Program are welcome to take part in this year’s program with renewed contents on the website.

I. Eligibility

The Awards will be open to both the public and private sectors who have submitted cases on the ESCI-KSP website (http://esci-ksp.org/). New cases submitted after 14 July 2013 either being proposed or current undertaken are eligible. Cases which were submitted before 14 July 2013 are eligible if they are renewed with new scopes,

progress, achievement, and etc. after 14 July 2013. All cases must be submitted electronically via ESCI-KSP by 31 July 2015.

II. Criteria

The Awards will be made in four main pillars—Smart Transport, Smart Buildings, Smart Grids, Smart Jobs and Consumers, and one cross-cutting examples of Low Carbon Model Towns of ESCI. Judging will consider the cases’ articulation of and compatibility with its goals, its implementation and outcomes. The criteria are:

A. Strategy (30%): Innovativeness (10%), Inspiration (10%), Clearness (10%)

B. Measure (40%): Practicability (10%), Replicability (10%), Cost-effectiveness (10%), Consistency (10%)

C. Performance (30%): Completeness (10%), Verifiability (10%), Impact (10%)

III. Procedure

A. Qualifying Round

Jury will evaluate the cases and select 3 cases from the contestant pool for each category. That will proceed to the next phase.

B. Final Round

Each qualifying case will be requested to submit a self-assessment statement outlining the cases’ goal, implementing strategies and performance or outcomes. The Jury then evaluates them and select winners of each category.

IV. Timetable

17 Nov. 2014- Competition Announcement

10 Apr. 2015-Release Administrative Circular/Call for nominations of Juries

30 May 2015- Jury Committee Established

31 Jul. 2015-Cases Submission Deadline

31 Aug. 2015- Qualifier Announcement

20 Sep. 2015- Self-assessment Statement Submission

20 Oct. 2015- Winner Announcement

Nov. 2015-Award Ceremony and Presentation

V. Jury

The Annual ESCI Best Practices Award jury will be organized and

chaired by ESCI-KSP management team. It will have no less than 7 members. APEC member economies are invited to nominate candidates for the jury for the Award. The Jury Committee will be established by 30 May 2015.

VI. Award Ceremony and Presentation

Winners from each category will receive an Award certificate and trophy issued by APEC EWG to honor their achievement and will be invited to present their cases at the Awards ceremony associated with the 50th meeting of APEC EWG.

Total cost of project (USD): Approximate amount being sought from APEC : 0 USD

Overall: 30,000 USD

By category

Travel: 12,000USD Labour costs:10,000 USD

Publication & distribution:5,000 USD Other:3,000 USD

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Fei-Yu Kuo

Title: Director-General

Organization: National Development Council, Chinese Taipei

Postal address: No.3 Baoqing Road, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

Tel: +886223165300#5351 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I declare that this submission was prepared in accordance with the Guidebook on APEC Projects and any ensuing project will comply with said Guidebook. Failure to do so may result in the BMC denying or revoking funding and/or project approval. I understand that any funds approved are granted on the basis of the information in the document’s budget table, in the case of any inconsistencies within the document. Name of Project Overseer

Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard Date:

APEC Self-Funded Project Proposal Coversheet

Please submit through APEC Secretariat Program Director.

Project Title: Conference on APEC Regional LNG Trade Facilitation

Project Number

(Assigned by Secretariat):

Committee /

WG / Sub-fora / Task-force:

EWG

Proposing APEC economy: Chinese Taipei

Co-sponsoring economies: Japan, Singapore, Canada


Expected start date: 15 July 2015

Expected completion date: 17 July 2015

Project summary:

Briefly describe the project.

Your summary should include

the project topic, planned

activities,

timing and location

Under the framework of Energy Security Initiative, APEC has long endeavored to promote energy trade and investment. Consensus have been reached on the promotion of well-functioning energy markets progressively characterized by free and open trade, secure and transparent frameworks for investment, market-based price signals, market transparency, good governance and effective competition. Currently Asia’s natural gas market is characterized by its complicated and scattered nature. In the APEC region, the main challenges for LNG development are the pricing mechanism and fluctuating demand. Oil-linked pricing has resulted in Asian Premium; in addition, since LNG demand in the APEC region faces seasonal fluctuation, market flexibility is crucial to LNG supply security. As Asia is the most prosperous region in terms of LNG trade, accounting for 70% of global LNG market, LNG will have a greater impact on regional energy security and energy development in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the workshop aims to provide a platform for comprehensive dialogues on LNG developments, trade obstacles and regional trading mechanism among the most important current and future LNG suppliers and consumers in the region. Experts of member economies,

international organizations, and regional LNG trading hub will be invited to share their views on the prospect of LNG trade in the region. A two-day workshop with one-day visit will be held in July in Taipei, Chinese Taipei.

Total cost of project (USD): Approximate amount being sought from APEC : 0 USD

Overall: 45,000 USD

By category

Travel:23,000 USD Labour costs:5,000 USD

Hosting:12,000 USD

Publication & distribution:3,000 USD Other:2,000 USD


Name: Jyuung-Shiauu Chern PhD

Title: Section Chief

Organization: Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chinese Taipei

Postal address:

Tel: + 886 -2 -2775 7714 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I declare that this submission was prepared in

accordance with the Guidebook on APEC Projects and any ensuing project will comply with said Guidebook.

Failure to do so may result in the BMC denying or revoking funding and/or project approval. I understand that any

funds approved are granted on the basis of the information in the document’s budget table, in the case of any

inconsistencies within the document.

Name of Project Overseer

Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard

Date:


Project Title: Energy Efficiency Policy Workshop



Energy Working Group (EWG) / Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EGEE&C)


Co-sponsoring economies: New Zealand, United States, China


Expected start date: January 2015

Expected completion date: May 2016

Project summary:




This self-funded project aims to carry out a prototype of a proposed series of capacity building workshops on Energy Efficiency Policy. This series of workshops is the new incarnation of the Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) initiative of the past 3 years, and will be integrated into the Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE) in future years.

The main objective of this initiative is to develop capacity on energy efficiency policy and improving awareness of effective energy efficiency policies and tools across APEC members.

To this end, the workshop will deliver a program that includes policy development theory with focus on energy efficiency, analysis of case studies experience, tailor made analysis and experience in specific areas of energy efficiency, and an opportunity to policy making. The workshop will be aligned with the EGEE&C 45 in 2015.

Total cost of project (USD): Estimated costs US$50,000

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Mr. Shinichi KIHARA

Title: Director, International Affars Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

Organization: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Postal address: Kasumigaseki 1-3-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8901, Japan

Tel: 81-3-3501-0598

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I will ensure that all Project outputs (Project reports, proceedings, slides, presentations, CDs, etc.), will comply with the APEC Publications, APEC Logo and Copyrights Guidelines before being published. The guidelines are at: http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Policies-and-Procedures.aspx Mr Shinichi KIHARA Name of Project Overseer

Dr. Phyllis Yoshida Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard

Date:

Project Definition This project is to carry out the a prototype of a proposed series of yearly workshops aimed at improving energy efficiency policy capacity on APEC developing economies, especially focusing on “high-performance” policy tools. If this prototype is successful, subsequent workshops will be included as part of the Peer Review on Energy Efficiency (PREE). The topic of the workshop will be different each year, but complementary to develop a holistic understanding of energy efficiency policy. This will enable policy advisors from APEC’s developing economies to increase their expertise and empower them to develop effective energy efficiency policy in their economies.

While the project is aimed at developing economies and the majority of the funding will support developing economy attendance, the project welcomes participation from all APEC members.

Background At the EWG 37 meeting in Santiago, Chile on April 2008, APEC Collaborative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) was proposed by Japan and endorsed by EWG members. The CEEDS project consisted of two key activities:

1) Analysis of energy saving potential of APEC developing economies if high performance measures were adopted

2) Two capacity building workshops organized by a host economy, focusing on how these measures might be implemented in developing economies.

Since its inception the CEEDS was intended to build on the information sharing concepts that made the PREE successful and also to complement the PREE by approaching energy efficiency policy in a different way. While the PREE considers the whole range of energy efficiency policies and measures for one economy at a time, the CEEDS considers policies and practices for several economies in one sector at a time.

While the CEEDS was relatively successful, it has been a cumbersome initiative that requires significant resources from organizers and attendees as well as the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC). This situation is coupled with an increasing project load on the APERC which is struggling to meet in tight economic situations.

To rationalize resources for maximum effect, the APERC proposed to reduce the PREE and the CEEDS initiatives at the Energy Working Group (EWG) in 2013. As such the CEEDS would be renamed to “Energy Efficiency Policy (EEP) Workshop” and it would be reduced from 2 events per year to a single capacity building workshop that covered a carefully selected topic in depth.

Project objectives Similarly to the CEEDS, the EEP Workshop aims to promote effective energy efficiency policy processes in developing economies in the APEC region. Each yearly workshop will be aligned with one of the biannual meetings of the Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EGEE&C) with the support of a host economy. The project will do this by:

• Delivering capacity building in energy efficiency policy

• Providing travel support for travel eligible economies

• Enabling the sharing of information and experiences among APEC economies

Desired outcomes The key outcome for the project is to encourage and enable effective energy efficiency policy development across APEC economies, especially developing economies.

The user(s) and any other known interested parties The key participants for this workshop are energy efficiency policy practitioners in APEC’s developing economies.

Other relevant audiences include:

• Energy efficiency practitioners in general

• Energy efficiency policy developers in the APEC region at large

• International agencies with interest in energy efficiency

• Individuals in training on energy efficiency

Project Product Description The key product is a workshop that delivers training on effective energy efficiency policy development. This workshop will also function as a prototype of a series of workshops that will complement the content of this workshop. If the workshop is successful, the PREE will take over the workshop component in the long term. Workshops are envisioned to be linked such that as a whole they will cover all the bases of developing, funding, monitoring and managing energy efficiency policy. The content of each workshop will be designed to ensure that there is value on attending each workshop individually as well.

The agenda of the workshop will consist on elements from the concepts below:

1) Background of the specific topic, also looking at a. Theory b. General processes, tools, tool effectiveness and so on

2) More specific example of the policies and strategies – similar to above but customizing materials and analysis to the area of interest, especially in terms of the barrier analysis and the tools.

3) The case studies of successful policies and strategies including discussion on key success factors.

4) Opportunity for dynamic activity – group activity of a potential scenario, or group discussion and analysis, and so on.

To do this, it is proposed that the workshop includes lecture style presentations where an expert delivers relevant information in a concise and direct manner. Interactive sessions will also be included as they represent an important avenue for attendees to consider what they have learned in the workshop session.

Materials provided will include a folder with all the content of the presentations to have as a reference. Similarly, electronic files will be uploaded to the APERC website to facilitate access to all interested APEC economies.

Proposed Topics Topics for each workshop will be different each year but linked in that after 4 year cycle all key aspects of energy efficiency policy development. This approach has been adopted based on comments and requests from APEC economies as well as the analysis of PREE recommendations over the years.

For this, the APERC has identified a number of key areas of learning that will be covered during this process:

• Strong policy process

• Secure and stable funding

• Institutional arrangements

• Monitoring and program evaluation

The first workshop will be aimed at the funding of energy efficiency policy and programs. The order of the rest will be determined after the first workshop.

Project Approach The workshop is envisioned as a one day event led by an expert consultant that will deliver a tailored program to deliver capacity building in the desired topic. The workshop will include several sessions with varying dynamics to maximize learning and retention.

To this end, the APERC will liaise with the EGEE&C and a host economy to select topics, and coordinate the organization of the workshop. Similarly, the APERC will engage a suitable consultant to deliver required materials and expertise.

The workshop will be aligned with one of the biannual meetings of the EGEE&C. This will help to increase attendance and optimize travel costs for attendees and the attendees could possibly attend more events in a single mission trip and make it more attractive to attend.

Support will be provided for travel eligible economies which desire to send one suitable representative to the workshop.


Project Title: APEC Initiative for Quality of Electric Power Infrastructure Development



EWG


Co-sponsoring economies: Chinese Taipei, Peru, the Philippines, the United States


Expected start date: 15 May 2015

Expected completion date: 31 March 2017

Project summary:




At the APEC Ministerial Meeting in November 2014, Ministers recognized that lifecycle cost, environmental impacts, and safety such as resilience to natural disasters constitute the key elements of infrastructure quality, and agreed the APEC Guidebook on Quality of Infrastructure Development and Investment.

Based on the spirit of the Guidebook, with a view to developing high-quality electric power infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan proposes to launch an initiative for the quality of electric power infrastructure development. The initiative consists of the following activities:

(1) survey on the current state and outlook of electric power infrastructure in the APEC region; (2) formulating a guideline for developing high-quality electric power infrastructure; (3) capacity building for disseminating the guideline.

In this context, a progress report will be made at the APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) in Cebu, the Philippines in October 2015, and a final guideline will be endorsed at the EWG and introduced to the APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in 2016.

Total cost of project (USD): 715,194

(Travel: 173,158; Labor costs: 514,536; Hosting: 27,500;

Publication & distribution: 0; Other: 0)


Name: Mr. Shinichi KIHARA

Title: Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

Organization: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan

Postal address: 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan

Tel: +81-3-3501-0598

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I will ensure that all Project outputs (Project reports, proceedings, slides, presentations, CDs, etc.), will comply with the APEC Publications, APEC Logo and Copyrights Guidelines before being published. The guidelines are at: http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Policies-and-Procedures.aspx Mr. Shinichi KIHARA Name of Project Overseer

Dr. Phyllis Yoshida Name of Forum Chair/Lead Sheppard Date:

Project Synopsis


This project is related to the APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China in December 2014, where Ministers recognized that lifecycle cost, environmental impacts, and safety including resilience to natural disasters, constitute key elements of infrastructure quality, and welcomed the APEC Guidebook on Quality of Infrastructure Development and Investment. Energy demand is expected to increase in medium to long term, which leads to large investment in developing energy infrastructure. According to IEA, electricity demand in Southeast Asian countries is expected to increase constantly by 140% between 2012 and 2035, which leads to cumulative investment of about US$ 990 billion in power sector. In the meantime, it is necessary to develop energy infrastructure not in terms of short-term financial interest, but in terms of long-term and appropriate perspectives considering lifecycle cost, CO2 emissions reduction and resilience. Moreover, it is important to note that there are a lot of issues to be considered on electric power infrastructure such as: stable energy supply; best energy mix; geopolitical considerations; energy security; diversification of energy procurement; energy prices; emergency response measures; safety; regional development; and social problems. In light of the above-mentioned circumstances, it is necessary to promote high-quality electric power infrastructure in the APEC Region, and the Energy Working Group (EWG) is an appropriate forum for developing a guideline for developing high-quality electric power infrastructure. The guideline is not a general rule for electric power but needs to be developed in consideration of the fact that electric power is vitally important infrastructure with unique properties such as socio economic impacts, national involvement, diversity of power sources, and close relation with trade and environmental issues. 2. Objectives: Describe the 2-3 key objectives of the project. (e.g., to... create a framework...;


To conduct survey on the current state and outlook of electric power infrastructure in the APEC

region

To formulate a guideline for developing high-quality electric power infrastructure

To provide capacity building for disseminating the guideline for policy makers and concerned parties


forum’s work-plan or medium-term plan. This project is expected to help each APEC economy to achieve “Sustainable” and “Secure Growth”, the two of five growth attributes of the APEC Leaders’ Growth Strategy adopted at the 2010 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Yokohama, 2010. This project is also expected to contribute to one of four priorities of APEC 2015, “Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities”, as well as the theme of the coming APEC Ministerial Meeting (EMM) in Cebu, the Philippines, “Towards an Energy Resilient APEC Community”.


• Timeline: Project timelines and dates for key activities and deliverables


Activity Deliverable Timing

Start research on the current state and outlook of electric power infrastructure in the APEC Region

May 2015

Progress report at the EWG49 (Gyeongju, Korea)

Power point slides June 2015

The 1st Workshop for sharing the importance of high-quality electric power infrastructure and discussing possible elements to be incorporated into a guideline for developing high-quality electric power infrastructure (Tokyo, Japan)

Power point slides August 2015

Progress report at the EMM (Cebu, the Philippines)

Power point slides or oral presentation

October 2015

Start drafting the guideline for developing high-quality electric power infrastructure

October 2015

Progress report at the EWG50 Power point slides November 2015 (TBC)

Presentation for the draft guideline at the EWG51 Power point slides April 2016 (TBC)

2nd Workshop for discussing the draft guideline (Tokyo, Japan)

Power point slides July 2016

Complete the draft guideline Final guideline August 2016

Endorsement of the final guideline at the EWG52 Final guideline October 2016 (TBC)

Introduce the guideline to APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM)

Final guideline November 2016 (TBC)

3rd Workshop for capacity building (TBC) Power point slides December 2016 (TBC)

4th Workshop for capacity building (TBC) Power point slides January 2017 (TBC)

5th Workshop for capacity building (TBC) Power point slides February 2017 (TBC)

• Stakeholders: Beneficiaries and stakeholders (APEC & non-APEC) and how they will be

engaged Beneficiaries and stakeholders of this project may include all APEC economies. Non-APEC governments, organizations or individuals are also possible beneficiaries.

• Previous projects/activities: If and how this proposal builds on the findings or lessons

learned from previous projects/activities, while avoiding duplication Japan will try to make the best use of the results of APEC Self-Funded Project: Capacity Building of Infrastructure Development and Investment in APEC (CTI 02 2014S), where “APEC Guidebook on Quality of Infrastructure Development and Investment” was developed.

• Communication: How you plan to communicate the results or benefits of this project to others Progress reports will be made at EWG meetings. For further dissemination, the final report will be uploaded on APEC and APERC websites for public access.


Project Title: Workshop on the Establishment of a Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities (CNSC) in APEC economies



Energy Working Group/LCMT-TF

Proposing APEC economy: People's Republic of China

Co-sponsoring economies: Hong Kong China, Singapore, United States, Australia, New Zealand


Expected start date: Jan. 2015

Expected completion date: Dec. 2015

Project summary:




The Asia-Pacific is currently experiencing booming urbanization. Sustainable development of urbanization is conducive to promoting sustainable development of APEC. To respond to Beijing Leaders’ Declaration, APSEC is willing to undertake the task of establishing a Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities (CNSC) in APEC economies.

The CNSC is intended to promote urbanization cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, and to contribute to the Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership. The establishment of CNSC is based on the progress made in the APEC LCMT Project and the promotion activities as well as in the ESCI Program. A 2 days workshop will be held in October 2015. Related stakeholders will join and discuss the feasibility and practical plan. The establishment of Sustainable Cities Mayors Alliance will be discussed and the Initiative for Sustainable Urbanization might be released out as the achievement.

The CNSC will benefit all member economies to recognize the challenges and opportunities in urbanization, and provide opportunities for practical cooperation projects on sustainable cities featuring green, energy efficient, low-carbon and people-orientation.

Total cost of project (USD):

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Zhu Li

Title: President

Organization: APEC Sustainable Energy Center

Postal address: 300072

Tel: 86-13920172808 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I will ensure that all Project outputs (Project reports, proceedings, slides, presentations, CDs, etc.), will comply with the APEC Publications, APEC Logo and Copyrights Guidelines before being published. The guidelines are at: http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Policies-and-Procedures.aspx

Zhu Li Name of Project Overseer

Dr. Phyllis Yoshida Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard Date: 11 Feb., 2015

Project Synopsis

1. Relevance – Benefits to region: What problem does the project seek to address? What is the relevance of the project? Does it have sustained benefits to more than one economy?

The Asia-Pacific is currently experiencing booming urbanization, which has brought numerous opportunities and challenges to the whole APEC area. Although urbanization drove the economy developing in the past few years, we are now still facing big challenges. In 2014 APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration, the leaders stated “Recognizing the range of urbanization challenges and opportunities across APEC economies, we commit to collectively promote cooperation projects, and to further explore pathways to a new-type of urbanization and sustainable city development, featuring green, energy efficient, low-carbon and people-orientation.” Currently, sustainable cities related concept, technology and products sometimes can be only applied in quite few cities and limited experience on sustainable cities development cannot be easily shared among APEC cities. Therefore, it is useful and necessary to establish a CNSC for APEC cities’ sustainable development. The CNSC will not only facilitate urbanization and contribute to the Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership but for social and economy development in APEC region. Relevance – Rank: Which Rank in the annual APEC Funding Criteria does this project fall under? Briefly explain why. Is it also linked to other Ranks? If so, briefly explain which/how.

This project belongs to “Urbanization to growth, including smart city and live-friendly cooperation” in Rank 2 Projects that directly support the APEC Leaders' Growth Strategy. Because the project focuses on establishment of APEC CNSC to share practical projects, information, products, experience, technology sharing of sustainable cities to promote urbanization and cities collaboration among APEC economies.

2. Objectives: Describe the 2-3 key objectives of the project. (e.g. ensure workshop participants will be able to...; to create a framework...; to develop recommendations...; to build support...; to revise strategies...; to create an action plan;...to increase knowledge in; to build capacity in… etc.) To ensure workshop participants gain the latest practical projects, information, products,

experience, technology for sustainable cities; To create an action plan for all APEC cities to participate in CNSC and increase knowledge

and enhance common understanding of CNSC; To build a platform on sustainable cities development, and to facilitate methodologies

dissemination and technology transfer on sustainable cities development;

3. Alignment – APEC: Describe specific APEC priorities, goals, strategies, work plans and statements that the project supports, and explain how the project will contribute to their achievement.

The establishment of CNSC caters for No 53 in 2014 APEC Economic Leaders' Declaration, and it recognized “the range of urbanization challenges and opportunities across APEC economies”. APEC Policy Support Organization presented its study on urbanization titled “Shaping the Future through an Asia-Pacific Partnership for Urbanization and Sustainable City Development” on APEC Policy Dialogue on Urbanization (19 August 2014, Beijing), specifically recommending that a cooperative network of sustainable model cities is to be established. And the Third APEC Senior Officials' Meeting SOM3 (20-21 August 2014, Beijing) endorsed the initiative on promoting cooperation in urbanization as proposed in Document No. 2014/SOM3/048 (please refer to Summary Report - Third Senior Officials’ Meeting 2014).

Alignment – Forum: Briefly explain how the project is aligned with your forum’s work plan / strategic plan. The 2014 APEC Economic Leaders’ Declaration emphasized the importance and necessity of urbanization in APEC region. The workshop of Establishment of a Cooperative Network of Sustainable Cities (CNSC) will appropriately meet the demands in the Leaders’ Declaration as well as the current situation of booming urbanization in APEC region. The proposed establishment of CNSC will facilitate sustainable cities development, technology transfer, information and experience sharing through capacity building activities in APEC economies, which are in alignment with the above priorities seamlessly.

4. Methodology: How do you plan to implement the project? In this section, briefly address the following: • Work plan: Project timelines, dates of key activities and deliverable outputs.

• Beneficiaries: The proposed selection criteria for participants, beneficiary profiles (e.g. workshop participants, end users, policy makers, researchers/analysts, gender) and how they will be engaged.

• Evaluation: Potential indicators developed to measure progress, project outcomes and impacts/successes. Where possible provide indicators which could assess impacts on women.

• Linkages: Information on other APEC and non-APEC stakeholders and how they will be engaged. If and how this proposal builds on (but does not duplicate) the work of other projects. How will this activity promote cross fora collaboration?

Time Key activities Evaluation methods Deliverable outputs Beneficiaries and stakeholders

Jan.01-Sep.30

Information collection, ideas exchange and creation work plan: Survey/ Expert meetings/ Site visits and case studies/ Seminars/ site survey among women

Email groups/ Phone calls & fax/ Net meetings/ Personal talking/ Small scale seminars/

Survey report/ Working and development plan/ pictures and videos.

Governments/ Researchers /Planners/Policy-makers/ Entrepreneurs/ Public.

Oct.01- Oct.14

Candidate cities final list forming and Workshop preparation: Invitation & contact/ meeting place and agenda/ translators/ services/etc.

Emails/ Invitation letters/ Phone calls & fax; In person.

Final list of cities involved in this CNSC/ Meeting agenda and brochures/ draft Network creation and development plan

City mayors/ Planners/ Policy-makers/ Entrepreneurs; Temporary Employees; Public.

Oct.15- Oct.16

Workshop: Registration/Official welcome/Signing Ceremony/ Speeches/Tours

Keynote speeches/Oral presentations/ Panel discussion/Signing Ceremony/ Exhibitions/ Face-to-face discussions/

Proceedings/ Reports/ Revised Network plan/ Newspaper & TV / Website/ Report on benefits for women

Governments/ Researchers /Planners/Policy-makers/ Entrepreneurs/ Public.

Oct.17-Dec.31

Summary and future sustainability

Emails; Phone calls & fax/ In person.

Reports/ Future work plans.

Governments/ Experts/ Planners/ Policy-makers/ Entrepreneurs/ Investors.

The primary stakeholders in this project should be various levels of government, who have the responsibility and right to make policies and are able to influence the trend of district developing. Other stakeholders are urban planners, academic and research organizations, entrepreneurs, financial and business communities. The governments will make policies to determine in which fields that the future should engage in. the urban planners, research and academic organizations will provide intelligent support and manufacture industries will help put the ideas, thoughts, plans and design into practice. Other stakeholders include entrepreneurs, investors and business communities, in which they will obtain increasing commercial and brand promotions chances.

The establishment of Sustainable Cities Mayors Alliance will be discussed and the Initiative for Sustainable Urbanization might be released out as the achievement. To create the CNSC among all APEC economies can further facilitate information and experience sharing and capacity building, and broaden the dissemination and impact range. The advanced concepts, products and technologies from APEC developed economies are to be introduced into the establishment of CNSC. Both the developed economies and the undeveloped economies can benefit from the sharing, transferring and localization of the rational concepts, methodologies, products and advanced technologies. The achievements from the workshop will bring deeper and broader views to all the relevant about how to achieve practical cooperation projects on sustainable cities featuring green, energy efficient, low-carbon and people-orientation. A self-assessment template and a questionnaire to assist economies to evaluate their own cities development and contribute to other APEC economies’ cities will be sent to those cities involved in the final list for feedback. The appropriate suggestions from those cities will be collected and adopted and added into the final report for improvement. Then the project final report will be prepared for use by the organizer, along with materials including the cities sustainable development situation and future work plan from this project will be delivered to APEC EWG and disseminate to all the APEC cities.


Project Title: APEC Workshop on Best Practice of New and Renewable Energy Development in APEC Region



Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET) / Energy Working Group (EWG)

Proposing APEC economy: China

Co-sponsoring economies: Chinese Taipei, USA


Expected start date: Oct. 26, 2015

Expected completion date: Dec. 31, 2015

Project summary:




In order to enhance the utilization of new and renewable energy for push forward the renewable energy doubling goal by 2030, this project is planning to invite experts from economies and local governments, industries and corporate, national labs, university professors on new and renewable energy field, to analyze the strategies on planning and implementing of new and renewable energy development at different level of society and across different regions at the APEC region. A one day workshop to exchange ideas, facilitate in depth discussions, and sharing practical experience with a site visit will be arranged. The workshop will be held on November 18, 2015 alongside APEC EGNRET 45 meeting at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

Total cost of project (USD): Total: 10,000.

(Labor costs: 5,000; Hosting: 2,500; Publication & distribution:1,500; Others: 1,000)

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Mr. Shuang Zhang

Title: Program Officer

Organization: National Energy Administration of China

Postal address: 38, South Yuetan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100824, P. R. China

Tel: + 86-13501379303 or +86-10-68501228 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I declare that this submission was prepared in accordance with the Guidebook on APEC Projects and any ensuing project will comply with said Guidebook. Failure to do so may result in the BMC denying or revoking funding and/or project approval. I understand that any funds approved are granted on the basis of the information in the document’s budget table, in the case of any inconsistencies within the document. Shuang Zhang Name of Project Overseer

Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard Date: October 15, 2015

Project Synopsis


In 2014 APEC Leaders’ meeting held in Beijing, China, APEC Leaders endorse the Energy Ministers’ aspirational goal to double the share of renewables including in power generation by 2030 in APEC’s energy mix. Currently the new and renewable energy development has been continuously promoted in the APEC region. The wide adoption of new and renewable energy needs collaborative effort from different level of government organizations, industries and corporate partners, energy experts and society awareness and acceptance for push forward the renewable energy doubling goal by 2030. Therefore, in this project, a proposed workshop, alongside APEC EGNRET 45 meeting, on best practice on new and renewable energy in APEC region will exchange practical experience between participating partners, to address government policy and strategies, common key problems and obstacles, and sharing successful experiences, and positively contribute to promoting new and renewable energy development in APEC region to attain the renewable energy doubling goal by 2030.



The experience exchanging of new and renewable energy promotion policy and the measures for responses of relative problems could be the references of contentious impetus policy and development plan of new and renewable energy industrial. The collaborative effort from different level of governments, industrial partners, energy experts and societies could be promoted, and collaboration of new and renewable energy related industries could be strengthened by enhanced mutual understanding and considering the common problems and obstacles in the APEC region. The public praise and trust of new and renewable energy could be increased.



Through the experience exchange of this international workshop, the relative industrials management of new and renewable energy could be enhanced and the public praise of new and renewable energy for APEC members also could be increased, so the new and renewable energy popularizing could be benefited.


• Timeline: Project timelines and dates for key activities and deliverables • Stakeholders: Beneficiaries and stakeholders (APEC & non-APEC) and how they will be

engaged • Previous projects/activities: If and how this proposal builds on the findings or lessons

learned from previous projects/activities, while avoiding duplication • Communication: How you plan to communicate the results or benefits of this project to

others • Timeline:

The main activity in this project is to hold a workshop on best practice of new and renewable energy development in the APEC region. This workshop will be held alongside APEC EGNRET 45 meeting on Nov. 16-17, 2015 at Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. The project will include the following tasks:

Activity Deliverable Deadline (1) Reviewing information on new and

renewable energy policies, strategies, application experiences in APEC Member Economies

(2) Announcing the workshop information

Workshop agenda (draft version), and invitation

Oct. 30, 2015

(3) Proposing, discussing, and deciding the themes, topics, speakers of the workshop, and workshop draft agenda

(4) Deliver the invitations to local participants, and APEC EGNRET Representatives

(1) Communicating and inviting speakers and attending experts

(2) Planning, organizing, and finalizing the workshop, including agenda, travel arrangements

(1) Final invited speakers and presentation theme list

(2) Final workshop agenda including travel arrangements

Nov. 6, 2015

1-day workshop on schedule (alongside APEC EGNRET 45 meeting on Nov. 16-17, 2015)

Experts’ presentations and discussion.

Nov. 18, 2015

Uploading the presentation files to EGNRET’s website

Presentation files Nov. 28, 2015

Completing the draft final workshop report Circulation of draft report to EGNRET members for review

Dec. 31, 2015

• Stakeholders:

The beneficiaries and stakeholders of this workshop may include all participating APEC and non-APEC government, organizations, or individuals. Particularly new and renewable energy related individuals, experts, consulting firms, research institutes, universities, corporates, and government branches.

• Previous projects/activities: School of Energy at Xiamen University has carried out a lot of successful Government and Company funded projects on new and renewable energy. For example, Xiamen University have carried out first DC microgrid project on commercial building at Xiamen University, established the successful platforms on PV energy, bioenergy, and energy storage research and development, and has developed wide collaboration with local and international partners and across different levels national and local governments, industrial corporate, national research labs and Universities, and has experience on sharing information in new and renewable energy government policy and industry development and technology trend. This Workshop on Best Practice of New and Renewable Energy in the APEC Region will built up a new knowledge platform for APEC Economies to discuss a mechanism to promote the new and renewable technology application and development in the APEC region, and to enhance cooperation between APEC Economies for push forward the renewable energy doubling goal by 2030.

• Communication: Workshop report will be distributed to government agencies in the APEC region. To further disseminate the information, the workshop presentations and the final report will be posted on the APEC EGNRET website.


Project Title: Asia Pacific Energy Leaders Forum “Delivering Resilient Energy Infrastructure”


09 2015S


Energy Working Group

Proposing APEC economy: New Zealand

Co-sponsoring economies: USA and Chinese Taipei


Expected start date: 16-17 March 2016

Expected completion date: 17 March 2016

Project summary:




This project aims to deliver a two-day summit of Asia Pacific Energy Leaders to discuss key issues around the theme of Delivering Resilient Energy Infrastructure. This event (hosted by the Business New Zealand Energy Council1, and supported by the World Energy Council) seeks to understand and manage the growing uncertainties, risks and challenges presented by climate change, emerging technologies, extreme weather events, cyber security, and the energy-water-food nexus. The summit will give regional energy leaders an opportunity to develop a greater understanding of these risks, and how to manage them, as they look to deploy renewable energy systems. It will also seek to share technical and scientific applications relevant to the delivery of resilient energy infrastructure across the region alongside trade exhibits.

Total cost of project (USD): Self-funded

Project Overseer Information and Declaration: Name: Clem Arlidge

Title: Policy Advisor

Organization: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Postal address: 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011

Tel: +64 4 901 2203 E-mail: [email protected]

As Project Overseer and on behalf of the above said Organization, I will ensure that all Project outputs (Project reports, proceedings, slides, presentations, CDs, etc.), will comply with the APEC Publications, APEC Logo and Copyrights Guidelines before being published. The guidelines are at: http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Policies-and-Procedures.aspx

1 Business NZ is New Zealand’s peak business advocacy organisation. It is able to tap into the views of over 76,000 employers and businesses, ranging from the smallest to the largest and reflecting the make-up of the New Zealand economy.

Clem Arlidge Name of Project Overseer

Phyllis Yoshida Name of Fora Chair/Lead Sheppard Date: 4 November 2015

Project Synopsis


The project relates to the 2015 APEC priority of building sustainable and resilient communities. It ties in with the APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting theme “Towards an Energy Resilient APEC Community” and the Energy Ministerial Meeting sub-theme of climate-proofing energy infrastructure. This project also reflects the APEC 2014 Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, where Ministers recognised that, environmental impacts, and safety including resilience to natural disasters, constitute key elements of infrastructure quality. A variety of trends and recent events have converged in ways that present unprecedented energy challenges and opportunities for APEC Member Economies over the next five years. Volatility in world oil markets, climate change, unconventional gas reserves, the growth of developing economies and rapid changes in technology have all contributed to a landscape that involves significant threats to regional energy security, but also present new opportunities and pathways. This increasing complexity and uncertainty makes it difficult for both public and private stakeholders in the energy sector to determine the best course of action. The summit provides APEC energy leaders with an opportunity to collaborate in a tangible way with the World Energy Council (WEC). WEC is an inclusive and impartial international network of energy leaders and practitioners, promoting affordable, stable, and environmentally sustainable energy system for all. WEC informs global, regional, national strategies and is driving the global agenda on energy resilience. In 2013, WEC released the 2050 global scenarios to commence a ‘resilience’ dialogue, and has followed this up with a ‘Financing Resilient Energy Infrastructure’ work stream.

There are obviously linkages between the resilience-related work programmes of the APEC EWG special taskforce on Energy Resiliency and WEC. The Summit provides an opportunity for APEC to collaborate and ensure that outputs from the taskforce have a meaningful impact, and a global reach.



The summit will give Asia Pacific energy leaders the opportunity to discuss the challenges to delivering secure, affordable and environmentally responsible energy systems in the face of imminent climate change, emerging technologies, extreme weather events, cyber security and resource pressures. The summit will bring together key regional and global speakers on energy resilience and subject matter experts from across APEC, WEC, IRENA and the IEA to present on possible strategic directions, the economics of resilience, and how to deliver resilient energy infrastructure with a view to improving the focus and co-ordination around the theme of energy resilience. This coordination will be enhanced through WEC’s network of industry, non-governmental organizations and public sector representatives. 3. Alignment: Describe how the project will help achieve APEC’s key priorities and meet your


In Cebu this year, at the 12th APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting, Ministers instructed the EWG to continue cooperative activities with other international and regional organizations, and with the private sector and other stakeholders. This will lead to strong engagement and cross-fora collaboration leading to the facilitation of energy trade and investment, and that energy contributes to the economic, social and environmental enhancement of the APEC community.

The Summit will support APEC’s 2015 priorities of resilience, sustainability and food security by improving regional energy security through resilient energy infrastructure, and the sharing of examples of best practice, policies and initiatives. The Summit gives energy leaders an opportunity to advance the EWG’s objectives of enhancing energy security, developing clean energy sources and promoting energy efficiency. This initiative also aligns with the build resiliency and to support achievement of APEC’s goal to reduce energy intensity 4. Methodology: How do you plan to implement the project? In this section, address:

• Timeline: Project timelines and dates for key activities and deliverables


• Scoping, planning and preparation of event, Dec 2015- February 2016

• Delivery of Summit 16-17 March 2016

• Report back at EWG 51 in 2016

• Stakeholders: Beneficiaries and stakeholders (APEC & non-APEC) and how they will be

engaged Beneficiaries and stakeholders of this project may include all APEC economies. Non-APEC governments, organizations and individuals.

• Previous projects/activities: If and how this proposal builds on the findings or lessons

learned from previous projects/activities, while avoiding duplication

• Communication: How you plan to communicate the results or benefits of this project to others A summary will be made at EWG 51 meeting. Presentations will be uploaded on APEC and websites for public access. Media will also be invited

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