06-14-2012 Practitioner Network call summary Working Group Updates: Standards (Yasemin Erboy): The group has been

n in talks with IRENA and IRECO on their work on standards, and will be circulating a survey to assess priorities among the Network. Minigrids (Terry Mohn): The group is working on a template to gather information on mini/microgrids attributes; the template will be available for anyone working on minigrids. To access the template, contact Tripta Singh at tsingh@unfoundation.org. Sustainable Energy for All updates, commitments and launch of the Practitioner Network report There will be a day-long Energy Day at Rio on June 19th, focusing on different aspects of SE4All, specific panels on energy access and targeted applications. Rio + Social will also be held on this day, with media and twitter coverage. We encourage you to follow these messages and share them within your networks. The UN Foundation will hold a side event on June 18th, where the Practitioner Network recommendations will be officially launched. Copies will be made available at the event, where Gisele Bundchen (international supermodel, UN Goodwill Ambassador) and Dr. Kandeh Yumkella (Director General, UNIDO) are expected to make remarks. 1,500 hard copies of the recommendations document will be available early next week, and the report will be posted on the website as a PDF. Contact Yasemin Erboy at yerboy@unfoundation.org for more details. Its not clear how energy will be represented in the Rio Outcome Document; the energy access piece is still being finalized. Sustainable Energy for All is a key theme of the conference, and we will be using it as a platform to highlight the initiatives three objectives and showcase commitments that have already been made some by Practitioner Network members. If you would like to make a commitment, please visit http://sustainableenergyforall.org/commitments to fill out the template, and please let us know so we can track your commitment. Many countries have already opted into the initiative, and after Rio we will be working more closely with you in terms of supporting energy access at a country level. Practitioner Network member presentations Greg Watson, MIF Climate Scope Climate Scope will be deployed at Rio on June 19th. Its goal was to tackle access to information, which is a major barrier in getting energy access to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). Climate Scope is a guide to rank every country in Latin America based on: policy frameworks, clean energy investment and finance by source, and low carbon business value chains. The database is free and available for download and customization to fit everyones needs. For more information, visit www.climatescope.fomin.org, or email gregoryw@iadb.org. Saurabh Lahoti, Ennovent Ennovent seeks to accelerate innovation and financing BoP solutions in India, scaling sustainable enterprises. Ennovent also looks at how the enterprise can grow and make an impact. Ennovent runs business plan competitions (called challenges), provides networking opportunities, and showcases good investment opportunities to established investors, looking at health, education, food and water. For more information, please see the attached slides, visit http://www.ennovent.com/ or email saurabh.lahoti@ennovent.com.

Past Meeting Reports Ashden Awards (Sarah Butler-Sloss) Richenda Van Leeuwen (UNF) chaired the session on energy access. The Gold Award was given to Indian microfinance institution SKDRDP, who has reached 1.8 million households and is planning on scaling up. The other international awardees were Barefoot Power, GIZ, IBEKA and iDE/Hydrologic. Applications for the Ashden Awards 2013 are now starting, with particular emphasis this year on microfinance institutions, avoided deforestation and linkages with agriculture. To access more information or nominate organizations, please visit http://www.ashden.org/ or email sarah.bs@ashdenawards.org. ADBs Asia Clean Energy Conference (Terry Mohn) Over 850 people from 55 countries attended the conference, with good discussions on energy access, governance and regulation, as well as policy, technology and finance. Please visit www.asiacleanenergyforum.org to access the meeting minutes. SOCAP (Niki Armacost) SOCAP Sweden featured Practitioner Network members and highlighted the need for entrepreneurs at different stages and appropriate financing. SOCAP US is coming up in October, and we are working on panel topics featuring practitioners and investors in the energy stream. Africa Europe Energy Partnership, Cape Town (Aneri Patel) More than 300 attendees discussed providing an additional 10,000MW hydro, 5,000MW wind and 500MW solar energy to Africa, with the goal of powering 100 million people by 2020. Increased biofuels, smart grid technology transfer from EU, climate change adaptation were discussed. Please visit www.aeep-forum.org for more information and to access detailed minutes USAID Energy Grand Challenge Powering Agriculture (Aneri Patel) The event highlighted energy linkages with agriculture, including creating positive feedback loops, transport, post-harvest processing, waste to energy applications, and cold chains. Please visit www.poweringag.org for more information. Upcoming events Microgrids Conference, September 6th, UN Foundation offices in Washington, DC. Will be a daylong conference with ~60 participants, representing both domestic and international applications in developed and developing country contexts. For suggestions for speakers or issues for the agenda, contact Madhavi Ganeshan at mganeshan@unfoundation.org. 1st Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference, November 1-2, Accra, Ghana. Visit www.ruralelec.org/422.0.html#c5792 for more details. Panel on Sustainable Energy for All, African Affairs Committee of UNA-SNY Young Professionals, June 26, New York, NY. For more information, visit www.unasouthernny.org/youngprofessionals or email ypafrica@unasouthernny.org. REMINDER: there is only a month left until the Zayed Future Energy Prize application period closes; please remember the SME, NGO and high school categories in particular. For more information, visit http://www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com/en/prize-categories/.