|
|
|
|
* Atleast Project Title is Required.
|
Project No. |
EWG 03 2023A
|
Project Title |
APEC Workshop on Promoting Sustainable Energy for Small Farmers towards Climate Friendly Agri Value Chains
|
Project Status |
Project in Implementation
|
Publication (if any) |
|
Fund Account |
APEC Support Fund
|
Sub-fund |
ASF: Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon and Energy Resiliency Measures (EELCER)
|
Project Year |
2023
|
Project Session |
Session 1
|
APEC Funding |
100,000
|
Co-funding Amount |
11,000
|
Total Project Value |
111,000
|
Sponsoring Forum |
Energy Working Group (EWG)
|
Topics |
Energy
|
Committee |
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
|
Other Fora Involved |
|
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved |
|
Proposing Economy(ies) |
Viet Nam
|
Co-Sponsoring Economies |
Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Mexico; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
|
Expected Start Date |
01/10/2023
|
Expected Completion Date |
31/10/2024
|
Project Proponent Name 1 |
Pham Quynh Mai
|
Job Title 1 |
Deputy Director General
|
Organization 1 |
Ministry of Industry and Trade
|
Postal Address 1 |
Not Applicable
|
Telephone 1 |
(84-24) 22202525
|
Fax 1 |
Not Applicable
|
Email 1 |
Not Applicable
|
Project Proponent Name 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Job Title 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Organization 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Postal Address 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Telephone 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Fax 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Email 2 |
Not Applicable
|
Declaration |
Pham Quynh Mai
|
Project Summary |
In 2022, the APEC Leaders have reaffirmed their commitments to addressing today’s challenges, including climate change, extreme weather and natural disasters, food security, and sustainable energy transitions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring energy resilience, access and security in the region. They are also committed to promoting agricultural development, including in rural areas, and promote long-term food security by ensuring our agricultural and food systems are more resilient, productive, innovative and sustainable. In that sense, we would like to propose a 2 day hybrid workshop with the aim of promoting sharing information, experiences, best practices and case study in how to promote sustainable energy for small farmers towards climate friendly agri-food chains.
|
Relevance |
Issues: According to a joint report by the UN FAO and International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA), “energy and food systems are deeply entwined. About 30% of the world’s energy is consumed within agri-food systems. Energy is also responsible for a third of agri-food systems’ emissions of greenhouse gases” and that energy consumption in agri-food systems increased by more than 20% between 2000 and 2018.[1] Therefore, it is essential that both systems should be transformed for increasing demand for both food and energy while still committed to environmental sustainability and inclusivity in the long term. In that context, it is worth noting that about two-thirds of the developing world’s 3 billion rural people live in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares. Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services[2]. They might have low awareness of sustainable energy toward climate friendly agri-food value chains, limited capability in implementation without concrete and practical support. Such efforts and commitments required strong concerted action by decision makers in governments, private sectors, international organizations, financing, academia and non-governmental organizations, which remains a great challenge in identifying a practical approach and implementation. This project will focus on identifying the challenges, exploring approaches and implementation, potential cooperation areas through sharing information, experiences, best practices and case studies. Eligibility and Fund Priorities: The project seeks ASF - Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon and Energy Resiliency Measures (EELCERM). It is deemed eligible since it meets the criteria, namely: (i) focus on activities which will contribute to enhancing energy access, which was underlined by APEC leaders in 2016, 2017and 2020; and (ii) the project will meet capacity building needs for APEC developing economies Capacity Building: It is reported that over 2.5 billion people worldwide rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, present patterns of energy use in agri-food systems point to regional disparities, lack of access to modern energy (especially in the developing world) and continuing dependence on fossil fuels[3]. Bear that in mind, this project will focus on provide capacity building to developing economies in particular to promote adoption of sustainable/renewable energy in agri-food chains, which would significantly benefit agricultural industry in general, small farmers, women, in particular.
[1] https://www.fao.org/3/cb7433en/cb7433en.pdf [2] George Rapsomanikis, 2015. The economic lives of smallholder farmers. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [3] https://www.fao.org/3/cb7433en/cb7433en.pdf
|
Objectives |
This project aims to provide capacity building for member economies, especially developing ones in how to figure out practical approaches in implementation and possible cooperation areas to enhance adoption of sustainable energy for agri-food values chains through sharing information, experiences, best practices and case studies. |
Alignment |
Alignment to APEC: This project is in line with the APEC 2022 Leaders’ Declaration that states “our commitment to promote strong, balanced, secure, sustainable and inclusive growth. We recognise that more intensive efforts are needed to address today’s challenges, including climate change, extreme weather and natural disasters, food security, and sustainable energy transitions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring energy resilience, access and security in the region” and that “We recall our commitment to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption, while recognising the importance of providing those in need with essential energy services”. It is also in line with the Leaders’ commitments to “expedite and intensify our work to promote agricultural development, including in rural areas, and promote long-term food security by ensuring our agricultural and food systems are more resilient, productive, innovative and sustainable”. Alignment to Forum: This project is in line with the EWG’s strategic plan 2019 – 2023 that states “Strengthen coordination and cooperation through sharing best practices, accelerating innovation and promoting the deployment of advanced technologies, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleaner and more efficient fossil fuels, hydrogen, and nuclear energy for interested economies, adhering to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and peaceful use”. With the focus on sustainable/renewable energy in agri-food chains, it would help to promote renewable energy for long term sustainability in the region. It is also in line with the EGRNET’ mission to facilitate an increase in the use of new and renewable energy technologies in the APEC region. |
TILF/ASF Justification |
|
Beneficiaries and Outputs |
| Outputs | Descriptions | | A Physical Workshop | An ex-ante evaluation to the participants will be conducted prior to the Workshop to gather information as substances of two outputs. The evaluation is expected to explore participants’ expectation of the workshop, current status of development in their economy/ organization/ province, the issues of their interest and concern, etc. The workshop is proposed to take place in the 2nd quarter in 2024 (possibly in early April 2023) in Hanoi, Viet Nam. We would like to propose a physical workshop in accordance with the current context. All APEC member economies’ representatives will be invited to attend as speakers or participants. The purpose of the workshop is promote sharing from speakers/experts/Economies’ representatives on identifying, addressing challenges that small farmers (possibly including women) in remote areas encounter across agri-food chains with various aspects such as on how to harness resources (technologies, innovation, credits, e-commerce, etc.), with aims of pursuing the project’s objectives as stated in the Project Objective in the PP. The draft program: The workshop will cover issues such as: (i) an overview; (ii) identifying and addressing challenges related to promotion of sustainable energy for small farmers toward climate friendly agri-food value chains, (iii) exploring tools to implement (policies, finance, technologies, manpower, etc.); (iv) sharing experiences from economies/organizations in promoting/implementing sustainable energy in agri-food value chains with focuses on various aspects such as case studies in policies, finance, technologies, manpower, etc.,; (v) a focus on women; (vi) sharing/discussing among participants with particular issues or cases; (vii) making recommendations. Following the workshop, the post-workshop evaluation will be implemented to collect information about speakers’/participants’ participation to measure the efficiency, effectiveness and performance of the workshop. | | Workshop Summary Report | The Report will contain presentations provided by speakers as well as present substantive content such as the best practices, recommendations. At least 6 recommendations will also be presented in the Report. The Workshop Summary Report is expected to be 15 pages at minimum for the main content. The Workshop Summary Report will cover: (i) an introduction; (ii) background; (iii) key issues covered in the workshop; (iv) recommendations. There are possibley annexes but not counted in the main 15 pages). The Workshop Summary Report Report will be published as an APEC publication as informed in the Dissemination section. | Outcomes: 1) Increased participant knowledge on sustainable energy for small farmers; 2) Increased understanding regarding practical approaches in climate friendly agri-food value chain; 3) Increased knowledge dissemination regarding possible cooperation areas on climate friendly agri-food value chain; etc. The outcomes will be measured by a post-workshop evaluation/survey, details as in Section C, item No. 11. The post-workshop evaluation will collect information based on the format agreed in the Guidebook and includes a question “that asks participants to identify which best practice or recommendation related climate friendly agri-food value chain, that they may consider most relevant and applicable to their own economy. Beneficiaries: The project will primarily aim to target: 1) Governments’ officials who are involved in regulating, implementing polies in energy, renewable energy and agriculture in both central and local levels with at least 1 year experiences; 2) Representatives from associations related to agriculture and energy, renewable energy, energy technologies. (For example, those could include central or provinces’ agriculture associations; small farmers associations; renewable energy associations; and relevant counterparts in other economies). 3) Representatives from banks (should be those who are involved in departments of energy/renewable energy and agriculture. For example, in Viet Nam those could be from the Bank of Agricultural and Rural Development; and those from the departments in agriculture and energy from other banks) . 4) The General Information Circular (GIC) will state targeted participants to assist economies to nominate individuals with relevant skillsets, roles and from stakeholder agencies in the public and private sectors. 5) The APEC Non-Member Participation Process will be followed, and delegates are approved by the EWG prior to the workshop. |
Dissemination |
The workshop’s documents will be shared by PO via online drive before the Workshop, and made available in the APEC Meeting Document Database after the Workshop. The Workshop Summary Report (minimum of 15 excluding annexes) will be shared on the APEC Website as an APEC publication. Other Vietnamese Ministries’ websites (e.g.: the Ministry of Industry and Trade) could also be used to disseminate the information with a hyperlink to the APEC website. A press release on the Workshop will be published in Vietnam’s media mass (Viet Nam News, Viet Nam News Agency, Economics Times, etc.,). It will also be sent to business associations, research centers, etc. to attract attention to the event to encourage people to visit the documents online. There is no intention to sell outputs arising from this project. All the reports and related communication materials will comply with APEC Publications, IP, and Logo Guidelines. The workshop summary report will be published as an APEC publication. It will be noted that personal data (name, gender, economy, social media handles, name of employer, etc.) of project participants (including speakers, experts, and contractors) does not appear in any APEC Publication or APEC project report (such as Summary or Final Reports) produced in relation to this project. |
Gender |
| Targets | | Female Participants (%) | 50% | | Female Speakers/Experts (%) | 50% | Referring to the Guide on Gender Criteria for APEC Project Proposals in the Guidebook on APEC Projects, please tick the pillar or pillars that this project supports, in promoting women’s economic empowerment: | | 5 Pillars (you may tick more than one) | | 1 | Access to Capital and Assets | | | 2 | Access to Markets | | | 3 | Skills, Capacity Building, and Health | X | | 4 | Leadership, Voice and Agency | | | 5 | Innovation and Technology | X | According to FAO, women make up 43 percent of the global agricultural labour force, yet they face significant discrimination when it comes to land and livestock ownership, equal pay, participation in decision-making entities and access to credit and financial services. Given their major participation in agri-food value chains, the workshop will explore on women-related issues to promote their efficient roles. PO is committed to collecting sex disaggregated data for all speakers and participants (not only those funded by APEC) at the project event. This data will be included when submitting a Completion Report to the Secretariat upon completion of the project, as well as providing guidance to future POs on their own gender parity targets. |
Work Plan |
| Timeline | Tasks | Deliverables | | Sep – Oct 2023 | Commence procurement process related tasks, such as develop terms of reference (TOR) and contract for the contractor | TORs, contracts, undertakings | | Nov – Dec 2023 | Conduct ex-ante evaluation’ to gather information | An ex-ante evaluation | | Jan – Apr 2024 | Prepare the logistics arrangements to implement the project (incl. deciding the meeting format and venue, agenda, invitation, …) | Logistics arrangements | | Jan 2024 | develop General Information Circular (GIC) including both agenda and nomination form’ | GIC | | 1 Apr 2024 | Submit the APEC Project Monitoring Report | APEC Project Monitoring Report submitted | | Apr 2024 | Organize a 2-day Workshop Conduct a post-workshop evaluation | A 2-day Workshop A post-workshop evaluation | | Within a month after the workshop | Produce the Summary Workshop Summary | Workshop Summary Report | | Jul 2024 | Submit the Workshop Summary Report | Workshop Summary Report | | Dec 2024 | Submit the APEC Project Completion Report and supporting documents to the Secretariat | APEC Project Completion Report | | 6-12 months after project end date | Participate in the Long-Term Evaluation of APEC Projects (LTEAP) | LTEAP | |
Risks |
| No. | Risks | How will it be managed? | | 1 | Quality of speakers | The Organizers will work closely with economies to nominate and invite the most suitable speakers for the workshop. Invitations to speakers and participants will be delivered at least 2 months prior to the workshop to make sure that conflicts of engagement will be addressed. | | 2 | Right participants | To make sure that the right participants are nominated to attend the Workshop, the Organizers will consult with co-sponsoring and APEC member economies to set criteria for participants. Participants should be governments’ officials, relevant associations, and their members. The invitation will be sent through ATC, AFS, and PPFS. For the host economy, the workshop is free open to the relevant associations and their members. | | 3 | Quality of the Workshop Summary Report | The consultant will be the key person to be in charge of developing the workshop summary report. She/He will have about 1 month to draft the workshop summary report, and then circulate the draft for comments among speakers and participants, send the draft to PPWE for further comments to revise it before having it endorsed. The PO will also make sure to review the workshop summary report before sending out to relevant sub-for a. | | 4 | Pandemic situation which cause unable to travel abroad’ | The workshop will be proposed to switch to virtual if time permits. | |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
| | Evaluation Focus | Indicators | Target Goals | Evaluation Method | Reporting Method | | Outputs | 1. Workshop | 1. No. of participants (excl. speakers/ experts) | 60 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 2. % of participating men/women (excl. speakers/experts) | 50/50 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 3. No. of speakers/
experts engaged | 6 – 8 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 4. % of speakers/
experts (men/women) | 50/50 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 5. No. of attending economies | 10 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 6. No. of travel eligible economies | 10 | Event Attendance List | Completion Report | | 7. Content developed and deployed | April 2024 | Certification by PO | Completion Report | | 2. Workshop Summary Report | 1. No. of pages | 20 - 25 | Certification by PO | Email to the Secretariat | | 2. Submission to the Secretariat | 15 Jul 2024 | Submission to the Secretariat | Email to the Secretariat | | 3. No. of recommendations made | At least 5 | Submission to the Secretariat | Email to the Secretariat | | Out-comes | 1. Increased participant knowledge on sustainable energy for small farmers | 1. % of participants report substantial knowledge increase | 75% | Ex-ante and ex-post evaluations | Completion Report | | 2. . Increased understanding regarding practical approaches in climate friendly agri-food value chain | 1. % of participants report substantial knowledge increase | 75% | Ex-ante and ex-post evaluations | Completion Report | | 2. Developing APEC economies report substantial knowledge increase | 75% | Ex-ante and ex-post evaluations | Completion Report | | 3. Women report substantial knowledge increase | 75% | Ex-ante and ex-post evaluations | Completion Report | | 3. Increased knowledge dissemination regarding possible cooperation areas on climate friendly agri-food value chain | 1. % of participants report potential knowledge dissemination back in their economies | 75% | Ex-ante and ex-post evaluations | Completion Report | | Others | | | | | | |
Linkages |
EWG will be the group which oversees this Project and will be responsible for disseminating information about the Workshop to APEC member economies. The outcomes of the Workshop will be submitted to EWG for consideration and further action. The ATC, AFS, and PPFS will also be consulted and called for cooperation during the development and implementation of this project. |
Sustainability |
Following the workshop, participants are expected to have more in-depth knowledge and experiences how promote sustainable energy across agri-food chains To make sure that the workshop meets its objectives, the organizer will report to and seek approval from EWG for the recommendations in particular and the workshop summary report in general. Based on the recommendations from member economies, the organizer will consider proposing new activities/initiatives to follow up the outcome of the project. The Organizer also considers proposing the phase 2 of the project based on the participants’ recommendations. The networking will be used to review the implementation of recommendations. |
Project Overseers |
Ms. PHAM has directly involved and contributed to the economic and trade integration of Viet Nam over the last 20 years. She has involved in APEC cooperation in the past years and served as Viet Nam SOM in 2015 and 2016; and Viet Nam Alternative SOM in last 2017. Ms Mai has been Viet Nam Senior Official to APEC since 2018. |
Cost Efficiency |
|
Drawdown Timetable |
|
Direct Labour |
| No. | Specific Tasks for Consultant | No. of Hours | | 1. | Review and propose to PO on Workshop location | 10 hours | | 2. | Work with speakers and discussants in drafting, revising and finalizing agenda (40 hours) | 40 hours | | 3. | Develop General Information Circular for the Workshop | 10 hours | | 4. | Take notes at the Workshop | 15 hours | | 5. | Develop and finalize Workshop Summary Report with recommendations | 95 hours | | 6. | Prepare draft Evaluation Surveys for the project – the survey circulated to participants prior to the event is prepared by the Contractor | 20 hours | | 7. | Gather Workshop Attendance List to be included in the Completion Report, speakers’ and moderators’ CVs and biographies and non-member participant list | 10 hours | | 8. | Work as a coordinator in all substantive matters such as coordinate the invitation of international and local speakers/ moderators/ participants, identifying back-up speakers for the event etc. (30 hours) | 40 hours | | Total: | 240 hours | |
Waivers |
| Waiver | Justification | | Simultaneous interpretation | Vietnamese speakers and local participants are invited to the Workshop, many of them are not English speaking and not good at English. The Project Overseer seeks APEC funding to cover the fees of simultaneous interpretation for the Workshop. Simultaneous interpretation is very important for this project since many Vietnamese are experts in the field, however, not many of them are English fluent. The Organizer will prioritize to invite Vietnamese speakers with good command of English but cannot guarantee. The waiver is just for speakers who are not fluent in English speaking. | |
Are there any supporting document attached? |
No
|
|
Attachments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|