Key APEC Developments
of Relevance to EWG
APEC Secretariat
Presented by
Penelope Howarth, Program Director, APEC Secretariat
EWG49 - June 2015, Gyeongju, Korea
Copyright © 2015 APEC Secretariat
Agenda
This session covers:
1. Philippines Host Year Priorities
2. Changes to the Guidebook on APEC Projects
3. Scoring template
4. ABAC representations on Energy
5. SOM FoTC on Urbanisation
Host Priorities
APEC 2015: BUILDING INCLUSIVE ECONOMIES, BUILDING A
BETTER WORLD
Priorities:
•
Investing in Human Capital Development;
•
Fostering Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs) Participation in Regional and
Global Markets;
•
Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities; and
•
Enhancing the Regional Economic Integration Agenda.
Changes to the Guidebook on APEC
Projects – Edition 10 (Feb 2015)
• Operational Account (OA) renamed to General
Project Account (GPA);
• Including funding caps for GPA and TILF funds;
• Changed the Concept Note template in line with
evaluation and fund name changes
• Multi-year projects text reviewed
• Incorporated Guidelines on Capacity Building
Changes to the Guidebook on APEC
Projects – Edition 11 (June/July 2015)
• Chapter 5 Applying for Funds: updated to reflect the
new concept note assessment process agreed by BMC;
• Chapter 3 Funding and Accounts: updated to reflect
the commencement of the APEC Support Fund: SubFund on Mining, as well as the depletion of available
funding for the sub-funds on Science and Technology,
and TFAPII;
• Guide on Gender Criteria: replaced with updated
version agreed by the Policy Partnership on Women
and the Economy.
Concept note assessment
process – scoring template
See Attachment A:
• EWG members required to score each project against
set criteria
• EWG Secretariat aggregates the scores submitted and
submits to APEC Secretariat
See Attachment B:
• Committee members required to score each project
against set criteria
• 20 points of the Committees’ score comes from the
EWG score
ABAC representations on
Energy
See Attachment C
• ABAC consistently raises green growth and energy
security issues in their reports to APEC Economic
Leaders
• ABAC may seek to engage in EWG meetings and
activities in the future
SOM FoTC on
Urbanisation
See Attachment D
• In 2014 APEC Leaders endorsed the APEC Cooperation
Initiative for Jointly Establishing and Asia-Pacific
Urbanisation Partnership
• APEC Ministers agreed to set up a SOM Friends of the Chair
(FoTC) on Urbanisation to guide future work
• SOM FoTC on Urbanisation Terms of Reference were agreed
at SOM2 2015 and the first FoTC meeting will be held at
SOM3
• Purpose to ‘Coordinate and develop a work program and
strategies to encourage the achievement of sustainable city
development and urbanization’
SOM FoTC on
Urbanisation
SOM FoTC on Urbanisation’s role includes:
• Establish a cooperative network of sustainable cities in the
APEC region
• Encourage establishment of a sub-fund to support
sustainable urbanization
• Coordinate with relevant APEC and external for a to avoid to
avoid duplication and foster potential benefits
• Engage with Policy Support Unit
• Report back to SOM regularly and make recommendations.
Any questions?