FDC is presenting about the E4ALL Partnership this week in Tonga which is part of the agenda for the Pacific Energy Ministers Meeting and related Regional Energy Officials Meeting 2009 (PEMM-REM) 20 to 24 April 2009. More details of the event are available at: http://www.sopac.org/PEMM-REM+2009
The new Energy for All Partnership (E4ALL) was established at the inaugural meeting of its Steering Committee in Singapore on Friday 27 March. E4ALL is a partnership of key stakeholders under the leadership and support of the Asian Development Bank, and facilitated throughout its establishment phase by FDC. FDC was contracted by ADB to conduct a stakeholder consultation process, facilitate two practitioner-level workshops in 2008, and draft the Establishment Plan for the Partnership. E4ALL will be formally launched at the Asia Clean Energy Forum in Manila from June 17-19. One of the Steering Committee partners, WBCSD, also promotes E4ALL on its web site: “Energy for All” Aims to Reach 100 Million People”
The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) (Singapore) Ltd recently hosted a gathering at the Peranakan Museum in Singapore on 23 March 2009 to officially open the Asia Regional Office. Further details, about the Singapore opening are available from:
• Opening Program
• Opening remarks by FDC Executive Director Craig Wilson
• Opening remarks by Ambassador Ong Keng Yong
• FDC Press Release: Singapore Opening
• Media Coverage: The Straits Times
The Bottom-up Governance and Leadership Program for Women in the Pacific (BGLP) conducted a Training of Trainers workshop for Program Affiliates in Nadi Fiji from Thursday April 2 to Friday April 3. Affiliate representatives were trained in modules including: Governance, Leadership, and Democracy, Ethics and Corruption. Further information is available from the Bottom-up Governance and Leadership Program for Women in the Pacific (BGLP) website at http://www.bglp.org/.