Conference on the Covenant of Mayors

21-22 October 2010 – Tbilisi, Georgia

Hosted by the city of Tbilisi

DRAFT PROGRAMME

21 October Venue RADISSON BLU Iveria Hotel, 1 Rose revolution sq

14.00 / Press Conference
14.30 / Session 1: Introducing the Covenant framework
14.30-14.40
14.40-14.50
14.50-15.00
15.00-15.10
15.10-16.00
16:00-16:30
16.30-16.50
16.50-17.15
17:15-18.15
18.15-18:30 / Chair:Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, Centralised operations for Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle-East (European Commission)
Welcome address by the Host City
Gigi Ugulava, Mayor of Tbilisi
Opening address
Alexander Khetaguri,Minister of Energy of Georgia
Opening address
Tamar Beruchashvili,Deputy Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Opening address European Commission
Per Eklund, Head of the EU Delegation to Georgia
Why joining the Covenant of Mayors?
Pedro Ballesteros Torres, DG Energy (10')
Experience and achievements to date of EU cities
Paris - Denis Baupin, Deputy-Mayor – 10’
Burgas – Atanaska Nikolova, Deputy Mayor for EU Integration and environment
Warsaw- Leszek Drogosz, Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Department of the City of Warsaw – 10’
Discussion
Coffee Break
Why joining the Covenant of Mayors?
Experience and achievements to date of cities in Georgia and Ukraine
Tbilisi, - Zviad Archuadze, Head of Economic Policy Agency
Lviv -Iryna Kulinich, Director of Economic Policy Department
Discussion
“UNDP GEF Climate Change Energy-Efficiency Portfolio : Lessons Learned and Future Challenges” – John O'Brien, Regional Technical Advisor, UNDP
Panel on Support of International Financial Institutions to Municipal investments
Council of Europe Development Bank, Theodore Ivanov, Director of the Projects Department
EBRD, Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, Principal Banker, Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure
EIB, Markus Pfeffer, Senior Loan Officer, Energy, Environment and SMEs Division, Unit, Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia – Energy and Environment(tbc)
KfW, Carsten Kilian, Director KfW Georgia
World Bank, Ahmed Eiweida, Country Sector Coordinator(tbc)
Conclusions and next steps
Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, Centralised operations for Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle-East (European Commission)
Starting 19.30 / Reception

22 October

Venue: RADISSON BLU Iveria Hotel, 1 Rose revolution sq

09.00-10:00 / Session 2: Covenant of Mayors Office – services, facilities and specific support to cities of the European Neighbourhood region and Central Asia
Chair: / Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, Centralised operations for Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle-East (European Commission)
09.00-09.15 / Services and facilities around the Covenant of Mayors
Pedro Ballesteros Torres, European Commission (DG Energy)
Upcoming support to the cities of the European Neighbourhood region and Central Asia for their participation in the Covenant of Mayors
Simone Rave, European Commission (EuropeAid Co-operation Office)
10.00 – 11.00 / Session 3: Implementing the Covenant of Mayors: the Role of the Supporting Structures
10.00 – 10.20
10.20 – 10.40
10.40 – 11.00 / Covenant supporting structure in the Netherlands:Agency NL– SENTERNOVEM–Mr.Frank Mathissen, Agency NL
Covenant supporting structure in Ukraine: Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine (EECU) Association,
Mr. Anatoliy Kopets, Executive Director
Covenant supporting structure in Croatia:UNDP/City of Zagreb
Mr.Zoran Morvaj, National Project Manager, Energy Efficiency Project, UNDP Croatia
Discussion
11:00-11:30 / Coffee Break
11.30–13.00 / Session 4: Implementing the Covenant of Mayors: Technical aspects
11.30-11.50
11.50-12.10
12.10-12.30
12.30-13.00 / Preparing the Baseline Emissions Inventory and Sustainable Energy Action Plan
European Commission'sJointResearchCenter, Ispra
Ronald Piers de Raveschoot
Implementing a Sustainable Energy Action Plan: 10 golden measures
Barcelonaprovince,
Mr. Ferran Vallespinós Riera
Key recommendations for cities considering joining the Covenant of Mayors based on SEMISE experience with cities in the Caucasus
Lawrence Good, Key Expert of theINOGATE SEMISE project
Discussion
13.00-14:30 / Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 / Social Programme organised by the City of Tbilisi

With support of the INOGATE project "Support to Energy Market Integration and sustainable Energy" (SEMISE)