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Second Regional Consultation for the Developing the GMS Energy Strategy

The Second Regional Consultation Workshop to Develop the GMS Energy Strategy was held on 28-29 May 2007 at Bangkok, Thailand. Forty-two (42) representatives from the GMS governments, civil society organizations, private sector, academe, multilateral and other international development organizations participated in the discussion regarding the current progress of the Energy Strategy Study.

Integriertes Ressourcen Management (IRM-AG) of Austria, the project consultant for the study, presented the initial results of the least-cost analyses for various scenarios using the planning model MESSAGE (Model of Energy Supply Systems Alternatives and their General Environmental Impacts). Representatives from the governments and other stakeholders provided feedback regarding the assumptions and data used. Inputs on how to further improve the study were also given by the participants and the next steps for the project was discussed.

A summary of the proceedings will be posted on this webpage shortly.

Additional feedback and comments on the Interim Report are welcome. Click here to view the Interim Report [ PDF: 1,339kb | 211 pages ] and the Powerpoint Presentation [ PDF: 630kb | 67 pages ] prepared by the project consultants - Integriertes Ressourcen Management (IRM-AG) of Austria. Please send all comments by 15 June 2007 to gmsenergystrategy@adb.org or fax to +632 636 2232.

Click here to view other documents from the Second Regional Consultation:

• Workshop Program [ PDF: 123kb | 3 pages ]



• List of Workshop Participants [ PDF: 100kb | 3 pages ]



• Paper on the Valuation of Some Environmental Costs Within the GMS Energy Sector Strategy [ PDF: 1,343kb | 18 pages ] by Måns Nilsson, Stockholm Environment Institute

View opening remarks by:

• Chavalit Pichalai [ PDF: 69kb | 2 pages ]
  Deputy Director General, Energy Policy & Planning Office
  Ministry of Energy, Thailand



• Arjun Thapan
  Director General, Southeast Asia Regional Department
  Asian Development Bank