India Clean Cookstove Forum 2013

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Background Clean Cookstove Forum Practioner Workshop



Background

Indoor air pollution (IAP) causes around 480,000 premature deaths annually in India (WHO). The use of improved cookstoves (ICS) can significantly reduce IAP and biomass consumption with its negative effects on health and environment. However, adoption of these stoves has so far been low. This is due to a non-functioning market for improved stoves: On the one hand there is no significant demand, and, on the other hand, the supply of appropriate technologies is insufficient, while the overall market ecosystem is not favorable.


The “Indo-German Energy Programme - Renewable Energy Component” (IGEN-RE) is a bilateral technical cooperation between the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The project aims at strengthening the clean cooking sector through a combination of activities on different levels involving all relevant stakeholders such as government institutions, NGOs, and the private sector.


This forum aims at identifying potential solutions to the most significant challenges hindering a large-scale adoption of ICS and at showing us the way for combined future efforts. Furthermore, actors with long-term experience in the field of clean cooking will provide inputs on best practices and lessons learned. In this forum participants will develop a better understanding of the way towards a functioning market for improved cookstoves. This will help them to coordinate more effectively and decide about activities in a well-informed manner.



Agenda


India Clean Cookstoves Forum - 26 November 2013

10:00

Welcome Address
Mr Manfred Häbig, Deputy Country Director, GIZ India

10:00

Biomass Cookstove Initiatives in India
Mr Alok Srivastava, IAS, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, MNRE

10:15

Introduction to the Forum and GIZ’s Cookstove Activities
Mr Michael Blunck; Project Manager, Indo-German Energy Programme, GIZ India

10:25

Special Address
Mr Heiko Warnken, Head of Development Cooperation, Embassy of the Federal Republic
of Germany, New Delhi

10:35

Key Note Address
Mr Ratan P. Watal, IAS, Secretary to the Government of India, MNRE

10:45

Releases by the Chief Guest and Inaugural address
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Hon’ble Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

10:55

Vote of Thanks
Mr Jens Burgtorf, Director Indo-German Energy Programme, GIZ India

11:30

Summary of the Cookstove Practitioner Workshop on 25/11/2013
Mr Santosh Singh, Technical Expert, IGEN-RE, GIZ

11:40

Creating Markets for Improved Cookstoves:
Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the Shell Foundation
Ms Anuradha Bhavnani, Regional Director, Shell Foundation

12:00

Panel Discussion: Creating Demand for Improved Cookstoves

11:40

Panel Discussion: Improving Supply of Appropriate Cookstove Technologies

14:15

Panel Discussion: Developing the Market Ecosystem

17:15

Concluding Remarks
Mr Alok Srivastava, IAS, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, MNRE

17:25

Takeaways from Conference and Way Ahead
Mr Michael Blunck, Project Manager, IGEN-RE, GIZ

17.35

Vote of Thanks
Mr Nikolaus Supersberger, Deputy Director, IGEN, GIZ



Practitioner Workshop - 25 November 2013

10:00

Welcome Address

Mr Michael Blunck, Project Manager, IGEN-RE, GIZ

10:10

Cookstove Activities under the Indo-German Energy Programme
Mr Santosh Singh, Technical Expert, IGEN-RE, GIZ

10:30

Thematic Discussions in Breakout Groups

12:00

Thematic Discussions in Breakout Groups

14:30

Renewable Energy Practitioner Networks

Mr Hari Natarajan, Senior Technical Expert, IGEN-RE, GIZ

14:50

Thematic Discussions in Breakout Groups

16:20

Summary of the Discussion Rounds

16:50

Takeaways from Conference and Transition to Next Day

Mr Michael Blunck, Project Manager, IGEN-RE, GIZ