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Knowledge Expo on Energizing the Millennium Development Goals
New York, May 2007
The UNDP-hosted Knowledge Expo was held from May 3 to May 8, 2007, during the fifteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15).

3 May 2007: Energy and Gender Day, organized by ENERGIA.
Where Energy is Women’s Business: National and Regional Reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

• Gail Karlsson, ENERGIA (moderator)
• Khamarunga Banda, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Yogita Bhikabhai, SOPAC, Fiji
• Rose Mensah-Kutin, ABUNTU, Ghana
• Indira Shakya, Gender in Energy and Water Network, Nepal
• Anoja Wickramasinghe, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Prospects for Partnership on Mainstreaming Gender in Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries

• Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA (moderator)
• Winifred Byanyima, UNDP
• Eva Rehfuess, WHO
• Semida Silveira, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden
• Nozipho Wright, BOTEC, Botswana

All presentations available on the ENERGIA website.

4 May 2007: Access to Clean Cooking Fuel Options: How Do We Move Forward?

• Vijay Modi, Columbia University (moderator)
• Mike Enskat, GTZ
• Teresa Malyshev, IEA, presenting World Energy Assessment 2006: Focus on Cooking Fuels
• Eva Rehfuess, WHO
• Ganesh Ram Shrestha, Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal
  
  

7 May 2007: Capacity Development for Mainstreaming Energy into National Development Strategies

• Philip Dobie, UNDP (moderator)
• Edgar Blaustein, France, presenting The Contribution of Regional Economic Councils
• Alioune Fall, Senegal, presenting The Case of Senegal
• Metsi Makhetha, UNDP, presenting Integrating Energy Access into Planning and Financing Frameworks
• Gonzalo Pizzaro, UNDP, presenting Mainstreaming the MDGs in the National Development Strategies

 

8 May 2007: UN-Energy Side Event: Collaborative Initiatives of UN-Energy in 2006/07

• Mats Karlsson, World Bank (moderator)
• Gustavo Best, FAO, presenting Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision Making
• Heinz Leuenberger, UNIDO, presenting UN-Energy/Africa
• Holger H. Rogner, IAEA, presenting Modelling Energy Scenarios for Sichuan, China