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Meeting of Senior Officials on Energy
Cooperation in North-East Asia
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08-10
April 2003
Sanatornya Conference Centre Vladivostok, Russian Federation |
Organized by:
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP) |
Hosted by:
Representation of Joint Stock Company Eastern Part of Russian
Federation RAO “ESS ROSSII” (Vostok-Energo), Primorye
Territory Administration, Vladivostok and partner host organizations
in Russian Far East |
PROGRAMME
| Arrival day |
Monday 07 April 2003 |
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Arrival of delegations and participants
Registration
Preparatory informal consultations |
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Welcome reception / dinner
- by local host organization on behalf of UNESCAP
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| DAY ONE |
Tuesday, 08 April 2003 |
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08.45-09.30 |
Registration |
| Agenda Item 1: |
Opening of the Meeting |
09.30-10.30 |
Welcome addresses:
- Mr. Yuri Iv. Likhoida, Vice Governor, Primorsky
Territory Administration
- Ms. Yulia V. Mironova, Deputy Head, Department
of Energy/Electricity Infrastructure Development and Electricity
Trade, Ministry of Energy, Moscow;
- Mr. Victor N. Minakov, Director General,
Representation of RAO “UES of Russia” Vostok Energo
- Mr. Sherstyuk, Federal Inspector of the
President of Russian Federation in Primorsky Territory, Far
East Representative Office
Opening address:
- Mr. Ravi Sawhney, Director, Environment
and Sustianable Development Division, United Nations ESCAP,Bangkok,
Thailand
Keynote address: Energy
cooperation in action in North-East Asia (pdf, 65
kB)
- Mr. Won Gul Lee, Director General for
Energy and Resources Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Energy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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| Agenda Item 2: |
Election of officers |
| Agenda Item 3: |
Adoption of the agenda
- Secretariat introduction to provisional agenda
and tentative programme
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Break |
| Agenda Item 4:
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Experiences in cooperative agreements
in sub-regional energy/electricity exchange and trade |
11.00
– 12.15 |
Secretariat introduction: Status
of sub-regional energy cooperation in the Asian and Pacific region
(ppt, 61 kB)
Presentation by invited resource persons:
The
role of the Russian Federation as energy trading partner: European
gas and trade experience and North-East Asia gas future
(ppt, 4.5 MB)
- by Mr. Norio Ehara, Head, Non-Member Countries
Division, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris, France
Electricity
Trade and Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe
(ppt, 1.2 MB)
- by Mr. Slav Slavov, Senior Advisor, Sustainable
Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE), Geneva
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| Agenda Item 5: |
Assessment of potentials for energy cooperation
in North-East Asia |
12.15
– 13.00 |
Presentation of introductory overview
- by Ralph D. Wahnschafft, Economic Affairs
Officer, Energy Resources Section, UN ESCAP secretariat, and
Mr. Luong X. Nguyen, UNESCAP/UNDP Consultant
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14.30
– 16.00 |
Policy Statements by Heads of Governmental
Delegations and/or designated officials
- by designated representatives of Ministries
of Energy and/or Foreign Affairs of participating countries
(DPR of Korea, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)
- Statement
of DPR Korea, 5(b) (pdf, 89 kB)
- Statement
of DPR Korea, 5(d) (pdf,
81 kB)
- Country
Paper, Mongolia (pdf, 204 kB)
- Powerpoint
Presentation, Mongolia (ppt, 256 kB)
- Country
Statement, Republic of Korea (pdf, 123 kB)
- Powerpoint
Presentation, Republic of Korea (ppt, 99 kB)
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| Agenda Item 5(a): |
National electric power sector development
plans and policies |
16.30
– 18.00 |
Russian
Federation: The strategy for power sector development in the Russian
Far East (ppt, 414 kB)
- by Mr. Victor N. Minakov, Director General,
Representation of RAO “UES of Russia”, VostokEnergo,
Khabarovsk, Russian Federation;
Russian
Federation: Perspectives for development of electric power supplies
and exports to North-East China (ppt, 326 kB)
- by Alexander Bleichman, Advisor of Director
General, Amurenergo JSC, Blagoveshensk
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Statements by delegations
Constitution of Informal Working Group
for Preparation of Draft Report / Draft Policy Statement / Draft
Recommendations
Special Presentation
Energy
Sector Development in Mongolia: Participation and Assistance of
the Asia Development Bank (ppt, 236 kB)
- by Mr. Sohail Hasnie, Energy Specialist, Infrastructure
Division, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
Social event:
Dinner sponsored by local organizer on behalf of Primorsky Territory
Administration |
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| DAY TWO |
Wednesday, 09 April 2003 |
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| Agenda Item 5(b): |
Perspectives for electricity
sector development in North-East Asia and inter-country electric
power interconnections |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
A methodological approach to effectiveness
assessment of inter-country electricity interconnections in North-East
Asia
- by Mr. Lev S. Belyaev, Head of Laboratory,
Irkutsk Institute of Electric Power Systems, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Irkutsk
Electricity
sector development perspectives of DPR of Korea and potentials
for electricity grid interconnections (pdf, 81 kB)
- by Mr. Song Hi Park, Deputy Director, Ministry
of Electricity and Coal Industry of DPR of Korea delegation
Perspectives
for inter-country power exchange in North-East Asia
(ppt, 734 kB)
- by Jae Young Yoon, Head, Power Systems Group,
Korea Electro-Technology Research Institute (KERI), Seoul, Rep.
of Korea
Statements by delegations
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| Agenda Item 5(c): |
Energy resources for power
generation: Potentials for cooperation in development and trade
of natural gas |
| 11.00 – 12.30 |
Overview presentations on perspectives
and issues in intra-regional development and trade of natural
gas
- by Mr.
Masaru Hirata, Secretary General, North-East Asian
Gas Pipeline Forum (NAGPF), Tokyo, Japan; (PPT file, 7 MB)
- by Mr.
Boris G. Saneev, Deputy Director, Irkutsk Institute
of Electric Power Systems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk,
Russian Federation (ppt, 2 MB)
Statements by delegations
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| Agenda Item 5(d): |
Cooperation potentials
in addressing special energy electricity development needs |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
Mongolia: International cooperation
in energy/electricity sector rehabilitation and development
- by Mr. Rentsen Sundui, Deputy Director General,
and Mr. N. Enebish, Senior Expert, Department for Fuel and Energy,
Ministry of Infrastructure, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
DPR
Korea: Cooperation potentials in addressing special energy/electricity
development needs (pdf, 89 kB)
- by Ms. Jong-Hui Hong, Chief Officer, Ministry
of Electricity and Coal Industry of DPR of Korea
Statements by delegations
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| Agenda Item 5(e): |
Possible financing mechanisms
for energy sector developments and energy exchange in North-East
Asia |
| 16.00 – 17.30 |
Panel Discussion by resource persons
/ guest speakers from multilateral / (bi)lateral financing institutions,
including following panelists:
- Mr.
Deltcho Vitchev, Director,
Renaissance Finance International, London, UK; (pdf, 178 kB)
- Mr. Hajime Koizumi, President, KOEI Research
Institute, Tokyo, Japan;
- Mr. Dimitry A. Borisov, Head of Dept. for
Cooperation with International organizations, RAO “EUS
of Russia”, Moscow
Statements by delegations
Social event: Dinner at Hyundai
Hotel, Vladivostok
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| DAY THREE |
Thursday, 10 April 2003 |
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Associated Events ( Parallel
Morning Sessions )
Meeting of Informal Working Group on Draft
Report / Draft Recommendations / Draft Policy Statement of Senior
Officials on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia
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| Agenda Item 6: |
Policy options and strategies
for realizing sub-regional energy cooperation in North-East Asia |
| 14.00-15.30 |
Introductory presentation on policy
options and strategies for cooperation: Consideration of a policy
statement on energy cooperation in North-East Asia
- Introduction by Mr. P.C. Saha, Chief, Energy
Resources Section, UN ESCAP and
- by representative of Informal Working Group
on Draft Recommendations
Statements by delegations
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| Agenda Item 7: |
Adoption of the Statement
of the Senior Officials on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia
and closing of the Meeting |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Vladivostok
Statement of Senior Officials (pdf, 88 kB)
Annex
to the Statement (pdf, 120 kB)
Social event: Farewell Dinner
hosted by Representation of RAO “UES of Russia”
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| DAY FOUR & FIVE |
Thursday, 11 April 2003
Friday, 12 April 2003 |
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Optional site visits to selected energy facilities
Bi-lateral consultations between Korea Electrotechnology
Research Institute (KERI) and RAO UES VostokEnergo
Optional programmes for company presentations
Departure of visiting participants |
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Expert
Round Table on Technical Cooperation and Financing of Energy
Efficiency Projects
10 April 2003, 09.00-12.00 hours
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Opening Remarks
- Mr. Ravi Sawhney, Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok,
Thailand
( a ) Capacity building for identification of
feasible energy efficiency investment opportunities: Concepts,
policies and programmes
( b ) Presentations by invited international
and national organizations
- Capacity
building and effective information exchanges between Japan and
Russian Federation (pdf, 82 kB)
- by Mr. H. Sato, Economic Research Institute
for North-East Asia (ERINA),
Niigata, Japan
- Energy
efficiency demonstration zones in economies in transition: Experiences
of UNECE (ppt, 67 kB)
- by Mr. Slav Slavov, Senior Advisor, Sustainable
Energy Division
UNECE, Geneva;
- Rehabilitation
of hydro-power stations under conditions of economic transition
(pdf, 89 kB)
- by Mr. Deltcho Vitchev, Director, Renaissance
Finance International, London,
- Potentials for technical cooperation in hydro-power
utilization in North-East
Asia
- by Mr. Sergey V. Derkach, RAO UES of Russia,
Sakhalin-Japan Energy Bridge
( c ) Round table discussion by participating
experts and delegations
( d ) Moderator summary of conclusions and recommendations
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