Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia 11 to 12 April 2016 This sub-regional conference on Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia aims to provide a forum for lateral learning, through the exchange of useful experiences and showcasing of good practices in providing inclusive solutions, with a focus on gender equity, to address the challenges faced in developing the energy sector in South Asia. Specifically, the event’s sessions will focus on strategies adopted, within the context of ADB projects or, broadly, in said region for maximizing access, quality of supply and affordability of energy infrastructure and services for poor consumers, women and disadvantaged groups, showcasing promising initiatives and inventive case studies. Learn how ADB is helping improve women’s access to energy in India in Finding Ways to Lift Indian Women Out of (Energy) Poverty. Program and Learning Materials 10 April 2016 11 April 2016 12 April 2016 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) References Shaping Our Technological Futures There is potential to address some of the important and long-term social and economic challenges through existing and emerging technologies. This… Reihana Mohideen, Rob Evans References Making Renewable Energy a Success in Bangladesh: Getting the Business Model Right More than three quarters of Bangladeshis in rural areas have no electricity in their homes, forcing the villagers to complete their work during… Natalie Bertsch, Peter Marro References A Smarter Future: Skills, Education, and Growth in Asia - Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 Special Chapter Asia has made substantial progress in improving educational attainment. Nevertheless, there remain significant shortfalls in the quantity and quality… References Electrifying Rural India with Husk Power In remote villages without electricity, a silent revolution is literally electrifying lives. Hundreds of thousands of villagers currently residing in… References Solar-Based Village Electrification: A Pilot Public–Private–People Partnership Project Access to energy is critical to the development of India’s rural economy, where rural electrification remains a challenge. The attractiveness of… References Access to Clean Cooking Energy and Electricity: Survey of States Energy access in India is a multi-dimensional issue. Through the development of a multi-dimensional and multi-tier measurement framework and its… Abhishek Jain , Sudatta Ray, Karthik Ganesan, Michaël Aklin, Chao-yo Cheng, Johannes Urpelainen References Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women’s Empowerment through Electrification: Scoping Study Report This report examines how policy and practice may enhance women’s empowerment though electrification in rural areas in the South. It presents the… Tanja Winther, Debajit Palit, Mini Govindan, Margaret Matinga, Kirsten Ulsrud, Karina Standal, Anjali Saini, Henry Gichungi Reference from the World Bank Integrating Gender Considerations into Energy Operations This briefing note discusses the key elements of the “gender in energy” topic and provides specific examples on “how to” integrate gender… References from ENERGIA Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook This handbook aims to provide guidance on how to integrate gender concerns in energy projects. Its primary thrust is on how mainstreaming gender… Elizabeth Cecelski, Soma Dutta References from ENERGIA Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Increasing the Energy Options Benefitting Women Worldwide This material showcases various ways in which women are benefitting from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and, by doing so, illustrates what can be done… References from ENERGIA Improving Gender Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka Energy is a critical factor in any poverty reduction strategy. It is also essential for generating production, income, and employment. The Asian… References from ENERGIA A Regional Gender Assessment of Energy Policies and Programmes in South Asia The Asian Development Bank implemented a project that aimed to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable, reliable, and clean renewable energy… References from ENERGIA Community Rural Electrification in Nepal Nepal faces significant challenges in rural electrification, with less than 35% of the rural population electrified. Much has been done to address… References from ENERGIA Sri Lanka Women Come Together in Producer Groups to Assemble LED Bulbs Women in the rural areas of Sri Lanka are traditionally engaged in some income generating activities like food processing, sweet making, dairy, dress… References from the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Strengthening Enterprises through Gender Capacity Building The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves explicitly prioritizes women’s empowerment in its mission statement. It implements a robust gender capacity… References from the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Gender Fact Sheet 2015 This material provides an overview of the Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves' specific gender strategy for increasing the role of women in the… Highlights of the Event Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia This material contains the highlights of Asian Development Bank’s Sub-Regional Conference on Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in… Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Inaugural Session Welcome Address M. Theresa Kho Inaugural Session Remarks Sanjay Malhotra Inaugural Session Keynote Address Vasundhara Raje Inaugural Session Remarks Anthony Jude Inaugural Session Video - Inaugural Session - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia This video features a compilation of the welcome and keynote remarks from the inaugural session of this conference. It highlights the importance of… Francesco Tornieri, Teresa Kho, Sanjay Malhotra, Pushpendra Singh, Anthony Jude Video - Maximizing Women's Visibility in the Energy Sector Session 1 - Setting the Context: Delivery Strategies to Maximize Inclusive Access Access and Beyond: Addressing Challenges in Inclusive Energy Development in India Energy access by itself encompasses the concept of inclusivity. The Government of India’s vision is to create Ujawal Bharat by providing 24x7 power… Anju Bhalla Session 1 - Setting the Context: Delivery Strategies to Maximize Inclusive Access Moderated Dialogue Thiyagaran Velumail, Sheila Oparaocha, Sohel Ahmed, Arunavo Mukerjee, Francesco Tornieri Session 1 - Setting the Context: Delivery Strategies to Maximize Inclusive Access Video - Session 1 - Setting the Context: Delivery Strategies to Maximize Inclusive Access This video covers Session 1 of the conference entitled “Setting the Context: Delivery Strategies to Maximize Inclusive Access.” It lays out the… Anju Bhalla, Thiyagarajan Velumail, Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha, Arunavo Mukerjee, Sohel Ahmed, Francesco Tornieri Video - The ACCESS Film: Realities and Challenges of Energy Access in Rural India Session 2 - Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Environments Gender Responsive Policies and Practices: Emerging Trends Gender gaps persist despite the presence of established frameworks on women’s rights and gender equality in South Asia. Key gender issues in the… Soma Dutta Session 2 - Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Environments South Asia Tariff Regulations: Lessons for Inclusive Access Millions in the Asia and Pacific region, particularly South Asia, still do not have access to electricity. South Asia, in addition to its lack of a… Priyantha Wijayatunga Session 2 - Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Environments Moderated Dialogue Siddique Zobair, Ajwad Musthafa, Chhaya Jha, Jyoti Parikh, Tilak Siyambalapitiya Session 2 - Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Environments Video - Session 2 - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional Environments This video covers Session 2 of the conference entitled “Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Enabling Policy, Regulatory, and Institutional… Soma Dutta, Priyantha Wijayatunga, Siddique Zobair, Ajwad Musthafa, Chhaya Jha, Jyoti Kirit Parikh, Don Joseph Tilak Siyambalapitiya Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Large Energy Infrastructure: Community Development Strategies in Risk Mitigation in India and Nepal Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program Opportunities to integrate social inclusion and gender elements in risk mitigation for project affected areas in large infrastructure projects can… Andrew Jeffries Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Large Energy Infrastructure: Community Development Strategies in Risk Mitigation in India and Nepal Nepal Tanahu Hydropower Project This presentation focuses on gender-inclusive community development programs as one of the entry points for mainstreaming gender equality and social… Suman Subba Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Enhancing Women's Productive Energy - Case Study of India's Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program Presentation I.C.P. Keshari Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Enhancing Women's Productive Energy - Case Study of India's Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program Why Conduct Impact Evaluation Impact evaluation through cost-benefit analysis and improved project design leads to sustainable and meaningful investments. The importance of… Natalie Chun Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Enhancing Women's Productive Energy - Case Study of India's Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program Presentation Sumeet Patil Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Enhancing Women's Productive Energy - Case Study of India's Madhya Pradesh Energy Efficiency Improvement Investment Program Interventions to be Evaluated Two interventions under the Asian Development Bank’s energy efficiency improvement investment program in India’s Madhya Pradesh are evaluated in this… Ranen Banerjee Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on Improving Service Delivery and Women's Livelihoods - Case Study of Improving Gender Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Moderated Dialogue Surendra Rajbhandari, Purushottam Shrestha, Thavaneswaran Thuraisamy, Namiz Musafer, Mewang Gyeltshen, Tshering Phuntsho Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on End-User Demand Side Management in Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and India Demand Side Management in Low Income Households: Lessons from Sri Lanka Demand side management, while it matters, often fail in low income households due to their intriguing cash flow. Given the low interest shown by… Harsha Wickramasinghe Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on End-User Demand Side Management in Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and India Advanced Electricity Metering Project This presentation discusses the Asian Development Bank’s project on advanced electricity metering in Uzbekistan. The gender equity and mainstreaming… Adnan Tareen Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming on End-User Demand Side Management in Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and India Presentation Sanjukta Roy Session 3 - Entry Points for GESI Mainstreaming Video - Session 3 - Entry Points for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Mainstreaming This video covers Session 3 of the conference entitled “Entry Points for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Mainstreaming.” It draws out the… Andrew Jeffries, Suman Subba, I.C.P. Keshari, Natalie Chun, Sumeet Rajshekhar Patil, Ranen Banerjee, Surendra Rajbhandari, Purushottam Shrestha, Thavaneswaran Thuraisamy, Namiz Mohamed Musafer, Mewang Gyeltshen, Tshering Phuntsho, Harsha Wickramasinghe, Adnan Tareen, Sanjukta Roy Summary of Day 1 Francesco Tornieri, Reihana Mohideen Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Introductory Remarks Pushpendra Singh Introductory Remarks Video - Summary of Day 1 - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia University of Melbourne’s Reihana Mohideen in this video provides a thorough and insightful summary of Sessions 1, 2, and 3 of the conference. She… Reihana Mohideen Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor Employment Generation in Emerging Clean Energy Industries: How Can Women Break Through Traditional Barriers? South Asia’s rapid growth is met with an increasing crisis in energy demand. Strategic investments in human capital is needed to address this major… Brajesh Panth Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor Moderated Dialogue Reema Nanavaty, Sangay Tenzin, Selima Ahmad, Aishwarya Mahajan, Sumita Ghose Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor Video - Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor This video covers Session 4 of the conference entitled “Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor.” The importance of skills development in… Brajesh Panth, Anurag Bhatnagar, Selima Ahmad, Aishwarya Mahajan, Sumita Ghose, Heruka Zangpo Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Videos - Mama Rovina Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes 100% Solar in South Asia: Implications for Technological and Social Transformation Smarter grid technology can enable India’s unusual diversity in electricity; however, there is no technological fix to socio-economic challenges and… Iven Mareels Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes This presentation features an energy distribution initiative introduced in Mousuni Island near India’s Kolkata City by the Indian Institute of… Parthasarathi Sensarma Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Norbert Wiener and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: Technology and Nation-Building in Post-Independence India This document compares the backgrounds and approaches of Norbert Wiener (American) and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (Indian), two internationally… Greg Adamson Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Moderated Dialogue Sanjay Karndhar, Vivek Porwal, Melissa Preston Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes on Minigrid Systems for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Nepal Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal With the objective of developing and promoting renewable energy technologies in Nepal, the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre shares its policy… Rudra Prasad Khanal Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes on Minigrid Systems for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Nepal Minigrid Systems for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal, Bangladesh, and the Maldives Pushkar Manandhar, Paul Hattle, Ahmed Hussain Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes Video - Session 5 - Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes This video covers Session 5 of the conference entitled “Innovative and Disruptive Technologies and Processes.” It examines the current technological… Iven Mareels, Parthasarathi Sensarma, Greg Adamson, Sanjay Gorelal Karndhar, Vivek Mishra, Melissa Marie Preston, Rudra Prasad Khanal, Pushkar Manandhar, Paul Stefan Hattle, Ahmed Shukry Hussain Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models Video - The ICDOL Solar Home Program: Getting the Business Model Right Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models Solar Programs of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), in this presentation, features the solar home system program and solar mini-grid… Farzana Rahman Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models Moderated Dialogue Upali Daranagama, Debajit Palit, Aniruddha Patil, Aruna Kumuduni Wanniachchi, Ajaita Shah, Peter Marro Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models on Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan: Case Study of the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Transmission Investment Program Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan This presentation discusses the advantages of considering India’s Rajasthan State as a solar destination. The development of solar parks as a joint… R.K. Bhandari Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models on Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan: Case Study of the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Transmission Investment Program Private Sector Partnership for Inclusive Solar Park Development in Rajasthan: Case Study of the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Transmission Investment Program Len George Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models Video - Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models This video covers Session 6 of the conference entitled “Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models.” It draws lessons from a solar home… Farzana Rahman, Upali Daranagama, Debajit Palit, Aniruddha Vinaykumar Patil, Aruna Kumuduni Wanniachchi Kankanamalage, Ajaita Shah, Peter Marro, Len George, R.K. Bhandari, Chandrashekar Arunachalam Iyer, Aneesh Vijayan Final Remarks Anthony Jude Final Remarks Video - Conference Summary - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia This video provides a summary of the two-day conference. It explains that in addition to the conference goals of sharing and learning, the discussion… Reihana Mohideen Final Remarks Video - Final Remarks - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Francesco Tornieri in his closing remarks thanked all the participants, and hoped that the work of the Gender and… Francesco Tornieri Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. 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