Agenda

Opening address by Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific

Presentations 

Day 1

Session 1

• Bioenergy programme of IRENA
• Sustainable bioenergy development: FAO’s toolkit
• International Low-carbon Energy Technology Platform
• Facilitating Commercialisation and Market Deployment of Environmentally Sound, Sustainable and Cost-competitive Bioenergy Technologies

Session 2

• Thailand biofuel policies
• Bioenergy  development in Indonesia
• Philippine bioenergy situation
• Status of Bioenergy Development in Malaysia 
• Cambodia’s bioenergy situation
• Status of Bioenergy development in Lao PDR
• Status of Bioenergy Development in Viet Nam

Session 3

• Biomass-based bioenergy investment for poverty reduction
• Bagasse cogeneration development in Thailand’s sugar industry
• Oil palm based resources for bioenergy: Sustainability and challenges

Session 4

• The GBEP sustainability indicators and work in Southeast Asia
• Sustainability of bioenergy: From theory to practice - Overview of concepts, policies and case studies
• Improving social economic impact of palm oil production for local communities, indigenous and poor people in Indonesia
• Sustainable biomass production and use

Day 2

Session 1

• Bioenergy project finance, experiences and lessons learned
• Small-scale bioenergy initiatives in ASEAN +3: impact, barriers and opportunities

Session 2

• Biomass and biogas power project: Development in Indonesia
• Renewable energy guidelines on biomass and biogas power project development: Good practice for ASEAN
• European Union renewable energy policy and lessons on bioenergy through the implementation of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs)
• Bioenergy roadmap development

Report

List of participants