The Forum will facilitate an international dialogue on providing universal energy access and on the multiple co-benefits of increasing energy efficiency. Core themes to be addressed at the conference include:
- Agreeing on a common understanding of energy access
- Agreeing on a strategy to ensure universal access to modern energy services and increase energy efficiency by reducing energy intensity by 40% until 2030
- Identifying indicative targets and policies in support of these objectives
- Prioritizing key national and regional actions on energy access and energy efficiency

The Forum will bring together heads of state, policy-makers, experts, civil society and the private sector to discuss how to overcome energy poverty and how to move from declarations of intention to tangible action on the ground.

The discussion on these topics will serve to propose an international architecture on how to ensure universal energy access and reduce energy intensities. It will help map the related work of key stakeholders and define their roles and responsibilities. Based on this mapping, the development of an action-oriented roadmap will be initiated.

The event will coincide with the launching of the Global Energy Assessment. ICSHP will be invited to the meeting to discuss global energy cooperation, especially on clean renewable energy co-operation of small hydropower. ICSHP intends to invite the leadership of the hydropower industry, experts and business managers to pay a group visit.

For more information please visit: http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=1001185 or contact: zhouxiao@inshp.org.