Pilot project Global Bio Energy Partnership sustainability indicators in Ghana

November 2011

Pilot project:

Global Bio-Energy

Partnership (GBEP)

Sustainability

Indicators in Ghana

Emiel Hanekamp

Partners for Innovation BV &representative of NL Agency

Realising sustainability

Global Bio-Energy Partnership (GBEP)

Sustainability Indicators in Ghana

0 Contents

1.Introductions NL Agency and Partners for Innovation BV

2.Introduction GBEP

3.Pilot project: GBEP Sustainability Indicators in Ghana

4.Your expert opinion on Sustainability Indicators in Ghana

5.Questions

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1.0 NL Agency

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– NL Agency falls under the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.

– The organisation implements programmes, regulations and laws for 11 departments and 17 clients outside the government.

– The mission of NL agency is: the excellent implementation of international, innovation and sustainability policy.

– Focussing on: Sustainability

Innovation

International business

Cooperation


Sustainability Indicators in Ghana4

1.1 Sustainable biomass/biofuels programs

– Global Sustainable Biomass Fund

• Subsidy budget: 12,5 M€ (no tenders to come)

• Goal: Support Developing Countries producing sustainable biomass for energy, to be able to access local and international markets.

• Focus countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Colombia, Nicaragua, Mali, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa

– Sustainable Biomass Import

• Subsidy budget: 7,5 M€ (no tenders to come)

• Goal: Support the increase of sustainable biomass from major biomass producing countries, for energy generation in the Netherlands.

• Focus countries: Canada, Brazil, Ukraine, Baltic States and Russia



1.2 Pilot Projects contractedCrop Number

Algae 2

Agricultural Residues

3

Jatropha 15

Palm Oil 8

Nuts 4

Oilseed 5

Sugar (Cane, Sorgum & Palm)

6

Wood

Bamboo

7

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Number of projects

22

13

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3

14

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America



1.3 Examples of supported projects

1. Improving sustainability of cane ethanol through mainstream marketing - Brazil (Solidaridad)

2. CIIB-Certification system addressing indirect impacts of biofuels -Brazil (WWF-international, RSB, Ecofys)

3. Development candlenut and castor biomass supply chains –Indonesia (Fauna and flora international, PT Export leaf Indonesia)

4. Towards Sustainability certification of Jatropha Biofuels in Mozambique (Jatropha Alliance, Partners for Innovation)

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1.4 Partners for Innovation

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– Consultancy firm in Amsterdam (Netherlands) since 2004

– Experienced staff (>15 years) with many years in international projects


– Expertise subjects:

Governmental clients:– Private sector clients:

1. Sustainable biomass

2. Product innovations

3. Energy and Climate policies

European Commission, Dutch

Ministries of Environment and

Economic Affairs, Municipalities of The

Hague and Amsterdam and etcetera

E+Co, Jatropha Alliance, SunBiofuels,

GreenResources, Bio2Watt, Sara Lee,

Desso, DAF Trucks, MaxiCosi (Dorel),

SITA and etcetera




1.5 Sustainable biomass services

– Our ambition: help biomass actors to be successful

– Our services:1. sustainability pre-certification services2. business plan development3. feasibility studies4. market potential studies5. policy studies6. capacity building7. carbon footprints and CDM carbon credit development

– Country coverage: Europe: EU and UkraineSouth America: Argentina, Brazil and ColombiaAfrica: Mozambique, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Madagaskar and TanzaniaAsia: Indonesia and Vietnam

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1.6 Examples of executed projects in Africa

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1. Supporting JSL Biofuels Madagascar SARL (jatropha plantation and biofuelsproducer) with: business plan development, acquiring funding and evaluation of sustainability; 2009-2010.

2. Supporting Jatropha biofuel producers in Mozambique with: evaluation of sustainability, selection of certification system, development of a roadmap towards certification and a carbon footprint; 2009-2011; see www.jatropha-alliance.org or www.agentschapnl.nl/biomass.

3. RECIPES study: Inventory of current situation and Renewable Energy market potential for 2020 in 15 developing countries like Niger, Ghana, Uganda, South-Africa and Cameroon; European Commission; 2005-2007

4. Supporting Bio2Watt a South-African company developing 2-4 MW biogas installations with: evaluation of sustainability, acquiring funding for their activities and CDM carbon credit development; 2009-2012.



2.0 Introduction Global BioEnergy Partnership

– GBEP was agreed by the G8 in 2005 and launched on 11 May 2006 in New York at the CSD-14

– GEBP is a Global platform providing a forum to develop effectivepolicy frameworks for bioenergy

– Current GBEP partners include: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China,Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Mauritania,

Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Spain, Sudan,Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, USA, ECOWAS, European Commission, FAO, IDB, IEA, UNCTAD, UN/DESA, UNDP, UNIDO, UN Foundation, WCRE and EUBIA.

– GEBP secretariat is hosted by FAO in Rome (Italy)

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2.1 GBEP Sustainability Indicators

– In-depth process for selecting and developing GBEP SI

o Start of process: March 2009

o Lead: Task Force on Sustainability (with three working groups)

o Criteria and principles for the indicators:

� Relevance: measure sustainability, universal application

� Practicality: complexity of data collection, data availability

� Scientific basis: credibility, objectivity, transparency

� Geographic scale: national level policies

– 24 Sustainability Indicators (SI) on:

8 Environmental aspects

8 Social aspects

8 Economic aspects

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2.2 The 24 GBEP Sustainability Indicators

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2.3 Three examples of the GBEP Indicators

Annual harvest of wood resources by volume and as

a percentage of net growth or sustained yield, and

the percentage of the annual harvest used for bioenergy

3. Harvest levels

of wood

resources

ENVIROMENTAL PILLAR

Effects of bioenergy use and domestic production on

the price and supply of a food basket, which is

nationally defined collection of representative

foodstuffs, including main staple crops.

10. Price and supply

of a national

food basket

SOCIAL PILLAR

Gross value added per unit of bioenergy produced and

as a percentage of gross domestic product

19. Gross value

added

ECONOMIC PILLAR

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3.0 Pilot GBEP indicators in Ghana

– Enhancing capacity in Ghana on using GBEP bio-energy sustainability indicators as a tool to:

o Assess the sustainability of the Ghanaian bio-energy sector

o Develop sustainable bio-energy policies

– Learning lessons on how to use the indicators

o Enhance their practicality for policymakers

o Spread experiences in ECOWAS region and learning in GBEP

– Office of the Vice President of Ghana: Tanko Hamza, Biofuel

Energy Deputy Liaison officer

– Ecowas - ECREEE: Bah Saho, Renewable Energy Expert

– Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment: Ralph Brieskorn,

International Policy Manager Biofuels

– NL Agency: Bregje van Keulen, Advisor Biobased Economy

– Partners for Innovation: Emiel Hanekamp, senior consultant

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Goals:

Project

partners:



3.1 Planned activities

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Nov-Dec 2011 Jan-May 2012 Jun-Jul 2012 Aug 2012

• Stakeholder identification

• Policy inventory

• Selection of indicators

• Selection of institutions / universities

• Report & presentationof results at GBEP and ECOWAS

• Assessment of dataavailability

• Definition of data collection strategy

• Identification of long-term use requirements

• Stakeholder meetingsto discuss approachand results

• Workshopswith policymakers aimed at sustainable bioenergydevelopment



4.0 Selected GBEP Sustainability Indicators

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4.1 Selected GBEP Sustainability Indicators

We need your expert opinion!

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MORE INFORMATION:

Thank you for your attention!

NL Agency biomass programs: www.agentschapnl.nl/biomass

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GBEP pilot Ghana: [email protected]

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Pilot project Global Bio Energy Partnership sustainability indicators in Ghana