south-south development solutions forum ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT
15 December 2009, 3 – 6 pmPreston Auditorium, World Bank Main Complex
Washington DC, USA
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Registration |
| 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm |
Welcome Remarks JOHN O. KAKONGE |
| 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm Panel discussion: Responses of the South in Time of Crisis: Innovative Solutions in Climate Change and Environment | MR. KEITH KLINE Moderator Senior Research & Development Scientist Global Change and Developing Countries Programs, Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) PANEL OF SOLUTION PRESENTERS RURAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN RWANDA MR. MASSOUD HEDESHI Focal Point for South-South Cooperation and LDCs, Special Programmes Group United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) ENHANCING RURAL LIVELIHOODS THROUGH ENERGY SERVICES IN NEPAL MR. KIRAN MAN SINGH National Programme Manager Rural Energy Development Programme (REDP), Kathmandu, Nepal Yasuni-ITT – The ECUADOR SOLUTION DR. FRANCISCO CARRION MENA Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Representative of the President of Ecuador to the Yasuni ITT Initiative BENAZIR HOUSING TECHNOLOGY -A Poor Person’s House in the Age of Climate Change! MR. ZIA ul-ISLAM (Co-Presenter) Chairman, Peoples Housing Cell Government of Sindh/Pakistan, and Chief Minister’s Special Assistant MR. MASOOD LOHAR (Co-Presenter) National Coordinator GEF Small Grants Program UNDP PAKISTAN SOUTH-SOUTH GLOBAL ASSETS AND TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE SYSTEM (SS-GATE) DR. LIN JIAN President South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange System |
| 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm | Panel Discussion and Q & A Summary of Discussion - MR. KEITH KLINE (Moderator) Awarding of the Plaques of Appreciation |
Panel of Solution Presenters
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MR. KIRAN MAN SINGH
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DR. FRANCISCO CARRION MENA
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MR. ZIA ul-ISLAM
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MR. MASOOD LOHAR
| BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Currently working with the UNDP Pakistan as the National Coordinator GEF Small Grants Program Pakistan. With a delivery of 330% and over $ 4 million co-financing the Pakistan program stands out in the crowd of 121 GEF SGP country programs all over the world and the performance is rated as “outstanding”. He is also the National Project Manager of $2.5 million “Benazir Energy Efficient Disaster Resistant Low Cost Housing Project” and moving spirit behind the research on energy efficient low cost housing in Pakistan. Before joining the UNDP, Masood worked with corporate sector for almost a decade on Corporate Social Responsibility and Educational Publishing. He was affiliated with Eni Pakistan, the Italian Oil and Gas Company, and Oxford University Press Pakistan. Masood is a creative writer and currently working on his novel “The Original Sinner”.
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MR. KEITH KLINE
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