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Inviting presenters for 2025 EEAP Webinars

Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) will continue its webinars in 2025! EEAP would like to hear from evaluators of energy programs and policies – both energy efficiency and renewable energy. See the list of topics here and, if you are interested in presenting on one or more of these topics, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Ed Vine, EEAP Steering Committee Member, at elvine@lbl.gov. For more information about EEAP, go to https://lnkd.in/ejC6Meha

On December 10, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 14th webinar focusing on the topic of ‘Evaluation of Energy Programs and Policies in the Asia Pacific’. This insightful webinar featured two notable speakers: Jacqueline Lam, Regional Director, Asia, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Dang Quoc Bao, Deputy General Director, Trung Nam Construction Investment Corp. (Trungnam Group). Jacqueline’s presentation focused on advancing energy efficiency across Asia-Pacific to achieve SDG 7, highlighting investment needs, policy challenges, and initiatives like Mission Efficiency that drive collaboration and support in clean energy transitions. Bao’s presentation focused on Vietnam’s renewable energy potential, emphasizing its unique ability to harness both wind and solar resources, the market’s evolution, policy developments, infrastructure challenges, and the private sector’s role in driving installations and sustainability efforts.

Watch the recording here.

On May 7, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 10th webinar focusing on the crucial topic of ‘Measuring Progress on Energy Wellbeing in New Zealand’. This insightful webinar featured two notable speakers: Dr. Phoebe Taptiklis, Research Fellow, Motu Economic Public Policy Research, New Zealand, and Dr. Caroline Fyfe, Post-doctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. The webinar served to provide a guided tour of two important evaluations which measured the impact of New Zealand’s recent energy hardship policies.

Watch the recording here.

On January 31, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) organized an insightful webinar on the topic of “Evaluation of SDG7 Policies and Programs”. This engaging virtual event featured two keynote speakers: Michael Williamson, Section Chief, Energy Division in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and Navin Kumar Jha, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Michael Williamson provided an overview of SDG7 roadmaps by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific member states and highlighted evaluation challenges for evaluating the impact of SDG7 roadmaps. Mr. Navin’s presentation focused on the pathway to clean cooking transition in Nepal, examining the policies governing household biodigesters in Nepal. The webinar served as an opportunity for sharing knowledge on SDG7 policies and programs and highlighting the importance and challenges of evaluating such initiatives.

You can view the recording here.

Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific’s newsletters are back! You can now catch up on all the latest updates, insights, and valuable information from EEAP by downloading our Q3 2023 newsletter here: EEAP Newsletter 5.

On October 12, 2023, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) organized an insightful webinar on the topic of ‘Evaluation of Energy Policies and Programs in Chile‘. This engaging virtual event featured two esteemed speakers from the Energy Sustainability Agency of Chile. Raúl Riveros, a seasoned evaluator at AgenciaSE, provided a comprehensive overview of the evaluation of energy programs in Chile, shedding light on the agency’s impactful work in this field. Javier Rojas, the Project Manager for Sustainable Mobility and Green Hydrogen, contributed valuable insights garnered from the monitoring of electric vehicles within the Mi Taxi Eléctrico Program. The webinar served as an opportunity for sharing knowledge and best practices in the realm of energy evaluation, offering a unique opportunity to examine the effectiveness and impact of Chile’s energy initiatives.

You can view the recording here.

EEAP organized a webinar, ‘Evaluation of Energy Policies and Programs in India’ on August 28th, 2023. The webinar, titled featured presentations from three distinguished speakers hailing from India: Balawant Joshi, Managing Director of Idam Infrastructure Advisory Private Limited; Soumya Prasad Garnaik, Specialist & Communities of Practice Lead at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI); and Aditya Chunekar, Fellow at Prayas (Energy Group). The engaging discussions centered on the evaluation of India’s Renewable and Energy Efficiency Policies and Programs, providing valuable insights into the nation’s energy landscape. You can view the recording here.

EEAP held a webinar, ‘Evaluation of Energy Programs in Sri Lanka’ on October 28th. Our experts have shared insights on energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and the status and role of evaluation of these programs for addressing the energy access and energy poverty issues of the country effectively. You can view the recording here.

EEAP held a webinar, ‘Evaluation of Energy Programs in Nepal’ on September 27, 2022. You can view the recording here.

On September 13th, 2022, EEAP held a webinar, ‘Evaluation of Energy Programs in South Korea.’ You can view the recording here.

EEAP has developed a directory of Energy Evaluation courses available at colleges and universities in the Asia-Pacific region, which you can find here.

In June 2022, EEAP held a webinar, ‘Energy Evaluation in the Asia Pacific: Latest Updates’ with 15 countries reporting on the status of energy evaluation in their countries. You can view the summary here and the recording here.

Our EEAP Q3 Newsletter is out! Please click here to read more.