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REEEP REGIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
REGION TO HOLD THIRD REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING
The Department
of Sustainable Development (OAS/DSD) will hold the Third
Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean
Region of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).
The meeting will be held on September 04, 2008 from 9:00 am to 12:00
pm at the Centro de Industriales in Mexico City, Mexico.
The objective
of meeting is to analyze the impact of current and past REEEP
projects implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean region in
order to review and update the program’s regional priorities in
financing, policy and regulation. Energy sector leaders from Mexico
and Latin America will be invited to attend this event.
REEEP is a
global public-private partnership that structures policy and
regulatory initiatives for clean energy, and facilitates financing
for energy projects. To date, REEEP has funded more than 84 projects
in 44 countries. These projects address market barriers to clean
energy in the developing world and economies in transition. The
partnership is backed by more than 260 partners representing
national governments, businesses, development banks and NGOs.
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Payment for Ecological Services
To respond
to trade-related capacity building development needs in the
area of environmental management, the DSD is working towards
improving market-based approaches to the conservation of
biological diversity, through the support of Payment for
Ecological Service Payments (PES).
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