The Ministry of Energy and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Energy Charter Secretariat are co-organising the 11th meeting of the Energy Charter Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and South Asia (RECA), which will be held on 25 September 2015 at Issyk-Kul lake, Kyrgyzstan. The meeting will bring together the delegates from the member countries, regional and international organisations as well as observers from governments, businesses and academic institutions.
This Task Force was launched in 2007 by the governments of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in order to facilitate political dialogue to promote regional energy cooperation. Mongolia has also been an active participant of this Task Force since 2010. The meeting will focus on regional energy cooperation issues, including cross-border electricity trade, transit of energy resources and infrastructure projects to enhance integration of energy markets within Central and South Asia.
Meeting Materials
Welcoming Remarks
Kubanychbek Turdubaev
Minister of Energy and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
Ambassador Cesare De Montis
Head of EU Delegation in the Kyrgyz Republic
Ambassador Urban Rusnák
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Session 1: Fostering Regional Cooperation through Electricity Trade
Modernisation of Energy Charter Process: Implications for Regional Cooperation
by Kanat Botbaev, Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat
One Road, One Belt Strategy: Energy Transit Risks
by Han Wang, Deputy Adviser, National Energy Administration of China
Opportunities for Energy Trade in South Asia
by Durga Raina, President of Entecsol International, India
Session 2: Integrating Power Markets in Central Asia
Challenges of Regional Electricity Trade in Central Asia
by Michael Bekker, Deputy Chief of Party, Energy Links
Pricing of Electricity Transit in UPC Central Asia
by Khamidulla Shamsiev, Director, CDC Energiya
Upcoming changes in Kazakhstan power market and perspectives of EAEU common energy market
by Talgat Abilgazy, Deputy Director of Electricity Department, Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan
Session 3: Update on developments and best practices
Implementation of Datka-Kemin Transmission Project
by Akylbek Tumenbaev, Executive Director, JSC “National Grid of Kyrgyzstan”
Regional Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia – Gobitec and Asian SuperGrid
by Ganbaatar Enkhtuvshin, Director for Foreign Cooperation, Ministry of Energy of Mongolia
Best Regulatory Practices in Addressing Non-Payment in the Central Asian Energy Sector
by Anatole Boute, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong