Public Procurement of Energy Efficiency Services: Getting Started in World Bank Operations

November 10 2010

ESMAP's Energy Efficient Cities Initiative (EECI) and the Energy Efficiency Thematic Group (EETG) invite you to a BBL on

Public Procurement of Energy Efficiency Services:
Getting Started in World Bank Operations

Thursday, November 18, 2010
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Room MC5 - 100 | World Bank
1818 H Street, NW | Washington, DC | USA

Chair
Rohit Khanna, Program Manager, ESMAP

Speakers
Jas Singh, Senior Energy Specialist, SEGES (ESMAP)
Anke Meyer, Senior Energy Efficiency Specialist (Consultant)
Ashish Bhateja, Senior Procurement Specialist, OPCPR

Closing Remarks
Gevorg Sargsyan, CTF Program Coordinator, SEGEN

Last year, ESMAP published a report, entitled "Public Procurement of Energy Efficiency Services: Lessons from International Experience", which looked at use of energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) has been effectively done in other countries under public procurement rules and budgeting procedures. The report assessed program and project case studies from more than 15 countries to offer recommendations on how countries can begin thinking through some of these challenging issues.
(The downloadable pdf version of the report can be found online. If you want to purchase a hard copy of the book, please click here.)

Since then, ESMAP has been working with regional and procurement staff to operationalize the report's findings. This BBL would present ESMAP's new guidance note "Public Procurement of Energy Efficiency Services--Getting Started" which focuses on using ESPCs under World Bank investment operations using Bank procurement guidelines. The guidance note builds on the previous report by providing a guide on procurement and financing options for using ESPCs under Bank operations.

Rohit Khanna will open the BBL and present the speakers. Jas Singh, TTL for this work, will present ESMAP's new guidance note and summarize the main points and options. Anke Meyer will then present draft bidding documents from a proposed project in Armenia that has been developed with ESMAP support. Ashish Bhateja will offer his views of use on performance contracting under Bank procurement in general, challenges and potential pitfalls. Finally, Gevorg Sargsyan will provide closing remarks. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion.

For more information, or for visitor's passes, please contact: Alain Ouedraogo aouedraogo2@worldbank.org | Gloria Whitaker gwhitaker@worldbank.org

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