Partnership

Pacific WomanEnergy poverty is one of the most pressing issues of this century. It’s a problem of technology, of infrastructure, of economics, of culture, and of politics—and it impacts over a billion people in the Asia-Pacific region alone.

Solving this problem requires solutions from the top-down and the bottom-up—everything from global finance to village-level technologies. The Partnership was formed specifically to build platforms for cooperation, exchange, innovation, and project development in this area. We’re bringing together key stakeholders from business, finance, government, and NGOs for a singular purpose: to drive action.

Our goal is clear: we aim to provide energy access to 100 million people in Asia and the Pacific Region by 2015.

How is the Partnership structured?

The Energy for All Partnership functions as a network, with a core consisting of working groups, a steering committee, and a secretariat.

  • Working Groups address specific geographic, technological, and thematic challenges to extending access to energy.
  • The Steering Committee provides guidance and high-level inputs on the strategy, operations, and the sustainability of the Partnership.
  • The Secretariat supports the steering committee and working groups, and facilitates knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, communications and outreach.

Working Groups

Working Groups form the core of the Partnership. Led by convening organisations, working groups bring together a wide range of partners to collaborate on specific technological, thematic, or geographic issues. Working group activities, which range from knowledge management and technical exchanges to project development, will generate the action needed to help us meet our goal.

The Partnership currently supports seven working groups:

New working groups will be established in response to demand from partners and demonstrated need. Are you interested in convening a Working Group? Contact the Energy For All secretariat.

Steering Committee

The steering committee comprises key partners from the donor community, financial institutions, foundations, government, the private sector and other expert contributors. Current members include:

  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • e8
  • E+Co
  • ReEx Capital Asia
  • The National Electrification Administration of the Philippines
  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
  • SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
  • Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS)
  • The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
  • The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • World LP Gas Association (WLPGA)

Secretariat

The secretariat coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Partnership, supports the steering committee and working groups and manages communications and outreach.

The secretariat is hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and facilitated by ETC the Netherlands and Approtech Asia. Officially based at ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines, the secretariat includes experts in key locations throughout the region.

Special Advisors Group

This group of outstanding leaders in the field provides ongoing strategic advice as well as extends the potential of the Partnership. They act as ambassadors and champions by helping to embrace new institutions as collaborators, partners and agents contributing expertise and resources to advance the objective of energy for all in Asia and the Pacific.

Dr R.K. Pachauri, Director-General of TERI and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was appointed the first Special Advisor to the Partnership in 2009.