Addressing Challenges in the Cooking Energy Sector - Panel Session Report Bonn 2013

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

►	Opening Panel: Addressing Challenges in the Cooking Energy Sector
►	Moderator: Andrew Barnett, Trustee of HEDON, Household Energy Network
►	Rapporteur: Raphael Nguyen, EnDev/GIZ Benin

Introduction /Presentation

who: Andrew Barnett

Main Topics of Discussion

• Presentation of the panel:
o Radha Muthiah, Executive Director Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
o Mark Bennett, Director Philips Africa
o Luis Miguel Imana, Executive Director Sencico, Ministry for housing, construction and rehabilitation, Peru
o Cornelia Richter, CEO GIZ

• Briefing on the challenges in the cooking energy sector in the 1980’s and today

Topic of question round 1 and key areas discussed:
• Topic: What are the examples of success in your organization?
• Radha Muthiah:
o Creation of a commun vision among partners to accomplish the goal of 100 million people reached by 2020. The sector is now less fragmented.
o Increase of the level of interest among activists, NGO, private sector, etc. The cooking energy sector is now broader
o Emerging interest among the investor community
• Mark Bennett
o The stove program has been revitalized and a new business model has been developed (based on the 4As: affordability, availability, accessibility and awareness)
o A new stove was launched on the market
• Luis Miguel Imana
o Several stoves were validated and certified in Peru
o The awareness raised among the population
o A new national law “clean energy for all” was adopted
• Cornelia Richter
o Creation of a new momentum through Energizing Development (Endev) thanks to the Dutch government and BMZ
o A strategic approach was formulated to achieve the Endev's goals
o A robust monitoring and evaluation system was put in place
Topic of question round 2 and key areas discussed:
• Topic 1: What are the challenges of the successes in your organization?
• Radha Muthiah:
o Challenge to raise more the awareness at the household level
o Challenge to support the development of cleaner stoves
o Need to support the supply side , especially the distribution of stoves
• Mark Bennett
o With its cook stove, Philips wants to address the base of the pyramid and improve the living condition of people by 2025
o Challenge to further develop partnership to distribute the stove
o Challenge to improve affordability, availability, accessibility and awareness abot the Philips stove.
• Luis Miguel Imana
o Challenge to change cultural approaches in rural areas
o Challenge to develop PPPs
o Challenge to ensure the quality control of the ICS
• Topic 2: what are the lessons learnt?
o Cornelia Richter
• Make sure private sector is involved
• Market based approach
• Raise awareness
• Set up a robust monitoring and evaluation system
• Invest in knowledge management

Topic of question round 3 and key areas discussed:
• Topic 1: What support do the GACC provide to other donors?
o Radha Muthiah:
• Validation of a strategic vision to reach the goals
• Mobilizing resources
• Promoting standards
• Scaling and enable market to be more effective
• Positioning the issue at the global and national level
• broadening of partnersh
• knowledge and research
• Topic 2: How do you perceive the GACC?
o Mark Bennett
• GACC has developed standards, a high visibility of the issue and lobbied at the government level. This has contributed to the success of the Philips stove
• More could be done on (i) the access to finance for the supply side, and (ii) the lobbying to break barriers to the development of the stove market
o Luis Miguel Imana
• It is important to look at promoting quality stoves and to raise awareness
o Cornelia Richter
• The GACC has a convincing power for lobbying
• The GACC established a platform for raising awareness
• More partners are joining the GACC
• More could be done on lobbying at the national agenda level to create opportunities to include the stove thematic in intersectoral programs

Topic of question round 4 and key areas discussed:
• Topic 1: Is there anything to say or emphasize?
o Radha Muthiah:
• GACC developed country specific toolboxes
• GACC is working at supporting the establishment of working capitals on the distribution side
o Mark Bennett
• The business model of Philips will be shared
o Luis Miguel Imana
• Peru will make sure to develop a sustainable stove market
o Cornelia Richter
• Hope to expand the success story of stove programs
• It is important to develop a strategic vision based also on the failures/lessons learnt

Questions and discussions from the audience:
• No questions were raised

Remaining/open questions:
• NA

Other remarks by rapporteur:
• NA