‘Bioenergy Policies
for Sustainable Development in Africa’
Date
and Time:
25-27 November 2008
Location:
Bamako, Mali - Hotel Olympe International
Programme:
The main objective of this workshop is to contribute to the development of sound and successful bioenergy policies in Africa.
For this, it is necessary to share the findings of on-going policy initiatives in Africa and to discuss future developments with high-level decision-makers from Africa with the aim to promote the development of bioenergy policies in Africa. Today, it is widely accepted that coherent bioenergy policies in Africa are urgently needed on national, regional and international level to:
Exploit the benefits of innovative bioenergy solutions with respect to sustainable rural development and improved livelihoods, increased energy access and income generation, alternative markets for agricultural products, security of energy supply, and diversification of energy sources
Avoid the dangers of negative social and environmental implications, with regards to land competition, land ownership, insufficient value creation for local farmers, and the ‘fuel versus food' debate.
In order to contribute to the workshop objectives the workshop programme will include a RSB Regional Consultation for West Africa on 26 November.
TUESDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2008
Opening Session
09:00-09:10
Welcome Address by the Host Organisation Dr. Ibrahim Togola, Mali-Folkecenter
09:10-09:20
Welcome Address by the Round Table on Sustainable Biofuels
Annie Sugrue, Round Table on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB)
09:20-09:30
The EC Project COMPETE - Activities and Results
Dr. Rainer Janssen, COMPETE Project Co-ordinator, WIP, Germany
09:30-10:00
Official Opening Addresses
Representative from Mali Government, Ministry of Energy Representative from Mali Government, Ministry of Agriculture
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
Session 1: Bioenergy Policies and Strategies in Africa Chairs: National Director of Energy and Stanford Mwakasonda, University of Cape Town - ERC
Session 2: Bioenergy Initiatives for Sustainable Rural Development in Africa Chairs: National Director of Agriculture and Dr. Rocio Diaz, Imperial College, UK
Discussion Round on ‘Financing Sustainable Biofuel Projects in Africa’
15:20-15:15
Coffee Break
Session 3: The Trade-offs of Bioenergy in Africa – Ensuring Sustainability Chairs: General Director of Mali Biocarburants and Touria Dafrallah, ENDA, Senegal
Round Table (08:30 – 10:00) Bioenergy Policy Development for Africa The COMPETE Declaration on Sustainable Bioenergy for Africa
08:30-09:45
Round Table Discussion Chair:
Ismaïl Touré, Chairman of AMADER, Mali and Dr. Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Ibrahim Togola, Mali-Folkecenter
Panellists:
- Mr. Hamata Ag Hautafaye, Ministry of Energy, Mali
- Mr. Mamadou Sangare, Union of Jatropha Cooperatives, Mali
- Dr. Angel Daka, COMESA, Zambia
- Dr. Rocio Diaz, Imperial College, United Kingdom
- Dr. Veronika Dornburg, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
09:45-10:00
Conclusions Round Table
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
Regional Consultation West
Africa
Round Table on Sustainable Biofuels
(10:30 – 18:00)
Global Principles and
criteria for sustainable biofuels production
Version Zero (pdf-document)
Introduction to the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels and introduction of the principles and criteria as defined through the consultative process
The Experience of multi-stakeholder standardization projects
11:30-13:00
Break-out Session: Criteria for Environmental Performance
In smaller groups, draft criteria related to environmental sustainability of biofuels will be discussed. Main topics include:
Protection of High Conservation Value areas (biodiversity, ecosystem services…)
Sustainable management of water and soil
Greenhouse Gas balance
Impacts of land use change (direct and indirect) on biodiversity and GHG balance
Biotechnologies
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:30-15:30
Break-out Session: Criteria for Social Performance
In smaller groups, draft criteria related to social impacts of biofuels will be discussed. Main topics include:
Community consultation
Labor and land rights
Rural development
Food security
15:30-17:00
Break-out Session: Implementation
In smaller groups, issues related to implementation will be discussed, e.g. barriers to implementing sustainability criteria, the roles of various actors in the supply chain, the way to implement sustainability on small scale production.
