Caribbean Regional Sustainable Energy High Level Seminar

  Nassau, the Bahamas. July, 23  2008.

The Department of Sustainable Development, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are collaborating to convene the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Energy High Level Seminar on July 23, 2008.   On the following day, July 24, 2008, a Seminar entitled Opportunities for Renewable Energy in the Caribbean, sponsored by the Government of the United States will be convened. 

The synergy of these two events provides the possibility of gathering the main energy and agro-energy stakeholders of the Caribbean for a regional effort to promote the implementation of the CREBAP and to facilitate the expansion of sustainable energy development throughout the Caribbean.

The Caribbean Regional Sustainable Energy High Level Seminar is designed to offer a forum to high level participants from Caribbean Governments and the donor community for identifying: (i) key impediments to promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency alternatives; (ii) priority technical and capacity building needs, and (iii) opportunities for rationalizing and improving coordination among the many entities working in the region.  CREBAP will be presented as an effective instrument to address these issues. The objectives and organizational framework of CREBAP will be outlined and offered as a regional approach to address the many challenges in this area. More...

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