Tentative Programme 20-21 January 2015 Guadeloupe Fort Royal Conference room Creole Beach Hotel Le Gosier
Tentative Programme
08:30 – 9:00 Registration of participants 09:00 –10:00
Opening Ceremony Welcoming speech Mr. Victorin LUREL President of Regional Council of Guadeloupe Presentation of Caribbean Export Development Agency Ms Pamela Coke Hamilton CEDA Executive Director Presentation of BizClim and its activities on Renewable energy (To be
confirmed) Mr M’hamed Cherif, BizClim Manager 10:00 -10:45 Press conference Route du Rhum Conference Room
10:00 -10:30 Refreshment break 10:30-12:15
Project presentation (40 m)
Objectives and expected results
− Which kind of SME’s? − Which kind of business
Main issues relating to the development of private sector in REN Incubation Fund concept – How does it work?
− Main characteristics − Financial structuring of ENR projects
Ms Monique BOLMIN, Legal Expert, Team leader, ITC Consulting Mr Hughes Antoine GUINOISEAU – CEO of CDEN - Developer and equity investor
Discussion on the different presentations of the morning session (40 minutes)
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch break
Programme 20 Jan 2015 Morning
Programme 20 Jan 15 Afternoon
13:45 -15:30 Mapping in Renewable Energy in the Caribbean (40 m)
− ENR PPP enabling environment in the Caribbean − The Caribbean renewable opportunity
Dr Indra Haraksingh – UWI (tbc)
PME REN field activities
− Energy efficiency, energy audit
Ms. Loreto Duffy-Mayers - Regional Programme Manager - Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Action - Advanced Programme (CHENACT- AP) –tbc
− ME REN business models: Small scale vs. large scale projects: Dr. Albert Binger : SIDS Dock - tbc
− Bio energy technology options : waste – bio digestors Ms Régine St Croix – Manager RS Caribbean
15:30 –15:45 Refreshment break 15:45- 17:00
Development phase of ENR projects
− Business plan in the Wind Energy sector − Business plan in the Geothermal energy sector − Business plan in the Solar energy sector
Presentation of a case study in the Caribbean
Experience and lessons learned in other ACP Regions
Discussion on the different presentations of the afternoon sessions
19:00 -21:00 Business networking Cocktail (by invitation)
08:30 – 9:00 Registration of new participants 09:00 –10:40
Funding mechanisms in the Caribbean − Presentation of regional mechanisms
Caribbean Export / CDB /IDB/SIDS-DOCK Presentation of Multilateral & Private Funds
INTERREG IV- Région Guadeloupe /EUD/Bank Output-based-aid mechanisms
Ms Carmen Nay – GOBPA-WB (tbc)
10:40 -11:00 Refreshment break 11:00-12:15
Establishment and operation of an incubation Fund (35 min) − Project finance mechanisms in REN
Hughes Antoine GUINOISEAU
− Management of an investment Fund GEEREF/ SCAF/BID Fund GPOBA
− Legal structure of an investment Fund Ms Monique BOLMIN, Legal Expert, Team leader, ITC Consulting
Discussion on the different presentations of the morning session (40 minutes)
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch break
Programme 21 Jan 2015 Morning
13:55 -15:30 Mobilizing finance & Expertise (online platform)
Presentation of the online platform
Bidnetwork (tbc) Ms Nathalie Chevon Director Synergile (tbc)
The perspective of the equity investor
Mr Paul van Aalst, Technical adviser, ITC Consulting
15:30 –15:40 Refreshment break 15:40- 17:00
Round table Discussion on the feasibility of the Fund
Recommendations / Conclusion Dialogue SME’s and international operators
Caribbean Export Development Agency Baobab Tower, Warrens, Barbados Mailing Address: P.O. Box 34B, BARBADOS. BB14000 Tel: +1(246) 436-0578 Fax: +1(246) 436-9999 E-mail: [email protected]
Programme 21 Jan 15 Afternoon