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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

NEEDED: Energy Policy with Thrust on Youth Development

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Acting Assistant Commissioner for Alternative Source of Energy in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Paul Kiweli gives a keynote address during the Eastern Africa Youth Conference on energy and climate change in Dar today.
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Acting Assistant Commissioner for Alternative Source of Energy in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Paul Kiweli speaks to reporters shortly after the official opening the Eastern Africa Youth Conference on Energy and Climate Change in Dar es Salaam today.
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Information Officer from UN Information Centre (UNIC),  Stella Vuzo speaks to reporters in a brief questions and answers session after the official opening of the climate change conference to youths in Sub Saharan Africa.
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Invited youths from different countries listens attentively the conference in Dar es Salaam  Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre.
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Invited dignitaries in a group photo.
By Moblog Team, Dar es Salaam
Countries in Sub- Saharan Africa has been told to formulate similar policy implementation that creates opportunities and full involvement of youths in the energy and climate change programs to foster social and economic development in the region. Moblog can report.
Acting Assistant Commissioner, for Alternative Source of Energy in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Paul Kiweli who reads the speech of the Minister for Energy and Minerals Professor Sosthenes Muhongo, during the official opening of the Eastern Africa Youth Conference on Energy and Climate Change said that despite Tanzania shares challenges of increasing modern energy access and similar policy implementation shortfalls with most nations in Sub Saharan Africa.
“However, the country has some unique opportunities related to its abundant resources and co-existent underdevelopment, which can be turned into opportunities in pursuit of its modern energy access targets,” he said.
He said that in its energy future, Tanzania has an opportunity to exchange lessons within the region on issues in which opportunities and challenges cut across energy and climate change and full involvement of youth in the programs and actions.
Kiweli said that, in this context, Tanzania hopes that youth regional conference and the global meeting that might follow will have tremendous input to the climate change issues and energy sector.
He further said that the UN agenda of sustainable development for energy and environment is moved forward for the development of all including youths who are the key engine for economic growth in the region.
Kiweli noted that Tanzania recognizes the importance of energy in promoting national development and economic growth that ensures full participation of youth in the implementation process.
“Tanzania is also committed to ensuring that, there is significant improvement in the energy sector performance and in order to achieve this vision, priority is accorded to increasing access to modern energy services by ensuring availability, reliability, quality, cost effective and safety,” he said.
He went on to say, Tanzania enjoys a rich abundance of natural resources, including energy resources such as natural gas, biomass, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, coal and uranium.
Eastern Africa Youth Conference on Energy and Climate Change attracts participants from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi and South Africa. The conference sponsored by the government of Tanzania, Norway and other development partners.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Day Two: East Africa Regional Model UN continues

It's the second day of the East Africa Regional Model UN Conference and the delegates are all fully prepared and excited in representing their countries. The day began by the the president of the EARMUN calling the roll call and then the countries gave their introductory speeches.
From there on after lunch the delegates were sent to their caucuses where they discussed with other delegates the topics of their respective caucuses.

















Monday, October 7, 2013

OPENING ADDRESS BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR OIL AND GASES MR.PAUL KIWELE ON BEHALF OF HON.PROF MUHONGO.



EASTERN AFRICA YOUTH CONFERENCE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
OPENING ADDRESS BY HON. S. MUHONGO, MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND MINERALS

TO THE
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE POST 2015: YOUTH ENVISIONING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT JULIUS NYERERE INTERNATIONAL CONVETION CENTRE –DAR ES SALAAM ON 07TH OCTOBER, 2013
                            
Hon. Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator,
Excellencies Ambassadors & Government Leaders and Members of Diplomatic Corp.
Mr. Jacob Mogendi- Coordinator General Eastern Africa Model UN 2013.
Mr.Shadrak Msuya-Secretary General, Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania,
Mr.Lwidiko Mhamilawa –President General Assembly –East Africa Regional Model UN.
Representatives from the Civil Society Organizations,
Distinguished Participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure and honour for me to officiate the opening of Eastern Africa Youth Conference on Energy and Climate Change.

Allow me to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Government of Norway and United Nations Tanzania other development partners for the support you have availed to the youth to organize this Conference. I personally express my sincere gratitude to participants who have come from outside Tanzania, youth from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi and South Africa.  The presence of you all here is a sign of commitment and dedication to ensure Energy and Climate Change initiatives are set to wards sustainable development inclusive of youth voice.
United Nations Agenda of sustainable development for energy and environment is moved forward for the development of all. I hope you will enjoy your stay in this sea-side city of Dar Es Salaam.  As you may know already, Tanzania is endowed with a great deal of tourism attractions.  Therefore, I would encourage you to stay on for a few days after the conference so that you may visit some of the natural beauty of our country.

This gathering as I am told is a result of several conferences of youth, called Model United Nations General Assembly, whereas Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania has been conducting Regional Model UN in different regions of Tanzania later Tanzania Model UN and now Eastern Africa Regional Model United Nations, this shows how youth are devoted to ensure not only national development but also international cooperation and integration.
To gather such population is not easy task, number of youth leaders have been involved and so build up even more , this demonstrate high level of commitments and exceptional talents vested to them ,Mr. Coordinator General Congratulations with your team for such a perfect work done.
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Tanzania is honoured to host this Eastern Africa regional conference because we share the belief that without reliable energy, there cannot be sustainable development.  It is based on this belief that Tanzania recognizes the importance of energy in promoting national development and economic growth.  Tanzania is also committed to ensuring that, there is significant improvement in the energy sector performance.  In order to achieve this vision, priority is accorded to increasing access to modern energy services by ensuring availability, reliability, quality, cost-effective, efficiency and safety in an environment friendly manner. Also we know sub Saharan Africa are mostly affected by climate change despite of little emission as compared to Developed and most industrialized countries ,In order to control the Climate change both adaptation, mitigation and cross cutting issues must be implemented and the Kyoto protocol set emission standard be met by high polluters. Youth voices be inclusive in the ongoing global discussions on Climate Change and the coming COY and COP19,I wish to see the resolutions reached on Climate Change issues after this conference are fully presented in the COP 19 discussions, The coordinator General kindly set a way to present the resolution with some of the conference participants to COP19 Warsaw Poland coming November,2013.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Tanzania enjoys a rich abundance of natural resources, including energy resources such as natural gas, biomass, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, uranium. Total installed capacity Hydro 561MW, Thermal 877.24MW –from natural gas, heavy oils, and biomass.

Energy Resources potential for the case of Hydro is about 4.7GW,  Natural Gas 33Trilion cubic feet (Tcf) proven reserves and Coal reserves about 1,200 million tones, Wind speed up to 9.5m/s and geothermal more than 650MW.

With the exception of biomass that is unsustainably exploited, the level of exploitation of other resources is quite insignificant compared to the proven potential. Resources like wind, geothermal, uranium and wave energy are yet to be fully assessed. Although Tanzania is endowed with enormous energy resources, access to modern energy services is still very low or non-existent in most rural areas. About 18.4% of the population has access to reliable electricity supply, of which only 6.6% is available to rural population however, the Tanzania Power System Master Plan, (2010 – 2035) anticipates increase in electrification from the curent 18.4% to at least 75% by 2035.

Multiple opportunities and challenges face the energy sector that will be required to maximize the benefits and reduce the costs of energy services for households, livelihoods, mobility, public institutions, commercial, industrial and productive activities.  The opportunities include:
   i.          Growing of electricity demand between 10 to 15 % per year. This requires more investments in power sector to be consistent with the Power System Master       Plan to meet the rising demand.
 ii.          Need to expand the transmission network and interconnect with neighbouring countries in order to provide for energy trading and improve the reliability of supply.
iii.          Need to expand the distribution network.
iv.          Increased investment opportunities in exploration for oil and gas;
  v.          Development of natural gas transmission network to reach the main markets;
vi.          Development of coal resources;
vii.          Development of geothermal energy sources for power generation;
viii.          Development of wind power schemes for the generation of power and other uses.
ix.          Development of petrochemical industries to meet the demand for chemical and fertilizers for agricultural.

On the other hand Challenges include:
     i.        Over dependence of traditional biomass;
   ii.        Limited Infrastructure that doesn’t cope with the increased demand for gas;
  iii.        Over dependence of imported fuel from abroad and the price volatility;
  iv.        Lack of adequate financial resources to implement priority projects in the energy sector;
    v.        Limited resources that can run the sector efficiently and sustainably;
  vi.        Low level of access to modern energy services (esp. electricity in the rural areas)
 vii.        Poverty – low purchasing power for the majority of population
viii.        Inefficiency in energy transportation and end use.

Despite all this, Tanzania shares challenges of increasing modern energy access and similar policy implementation shortfalls with most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the country has some unique opportunities related to its abundant resources and co-existent underdevelopment, which can be turned into opportunities in pursuit of its modern energy access targets.

Ladies and Gentlemen

In its energy future, Tanzania has an opportunity to exchange lessons within the region on issues in which opportunities and challenges cut across Energy sector and Climate Change and full involvement of youth in energy programs and Climate Change discussions and actions.
The government aims at strengthening the following;

  1. Human skills and Institutional capacity: To achieve a transformation of the energy economy to broad affordable access to energy services will require good policy, human skills and effective institutions built around effective policy delivery.
2.   Energy Governance: A key current and future issue of energy governance in Tanzania, central to sustainability is how to balance cost recovery with equity (access and affordability). In addition, the energy policy and independent regulatory instruments and robust and effective systems are needed for modern energy access; efficiency of delivering useful energy services, biomass energy value chains. As we speak the government has come up with Biomass Strategy Draft which is going to be useful in the biomass sector.

3.   Technology leapfrogging in delivering access: much of Africa is not locked into technologies for access to energy services for domestic, livelihoods and productive uses. Opportunities exist for new technologies that are low-carbon, efficient and right-sized. A question remain on how can climate, investment and other resources chasing energy access promote adequate, clean, affordable and efficient services be mobilized as a key input to a technological leapfrog the Tanzanian and African economic development agenda.

4.   Behavioural attributes of beneficiaries of modern energy access: No doubt that the poor people manage their energy services efficiently within the constraints of the fuels and appliances they have access to. This is common around the world where wasteful practices are the norm and good energy management is not.  With energy efficiency being related to both technologies and behaviour, the Tanzanian energy access plan, if planned and executed well, could harness the indigenous behavioural attributes of the poor.

In the above context, Tanzania hopes that this youth regional conferences and the global meeting that might follow as follow up activities will have tremendous input to the climate change issues and energy sector.
Let me call upon all participants to use this meeting to share your views and experiences from current initiatives, programmes and projects on energy and Climate Change and bring out examples of success and suggestions for improvement. 

I would like to conclude my speech by extending my sincere appreciation to the Government of Norway for the generous support to this youth conference; your contribution and commitment to the Sustainable Energy for ALL is highly appreciated. I will also like to register my appreciation to the close cooperation with the UN and specifically with UNDP on various energy programmes.  I believe UNIC in particular for the support that they offered to the youth.
Last but not least allow me to register our profound appreciation to our Youth Team from all the regions through country coordinators and under the coordination of Coordinator General, also Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania for continuing representation and involvement of youth through its programs.

With these few remarks, it is now my pleasure and privilege to declare this Eastern Africa Youth regional Conference (Eastern Africa Regional Model United Nations) officially opened.

I wish you fruitful deliberations.



Thank you for your Attention.


OFFICIAL OPENING OF EARMUN 2013

Julius Nyerere international convention centre

Participants during official opening of East Africa Regional Modal United Nations(EARMUN 2013),at Julius Nyerere international convetion centre,Dar es salaam.The Eastern Africa Regional Model United Nations (EARMUN) is a simulation of the United Nations General Assembly whereby young people at the age of 18-35 from different backgrounds in Eastern African countries (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) and South Sudan, D.R.C, Zambia, Somalia and Ethiopia as well as other countries get an opportunity to practice diplomacy, leadership and the workings of the United Nations. The conference is also joined with observers from UNA Norway and UNA Sweden and other invited guests.

PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY GENERAL EARMUN 2013 IN Tanzania

Some participants in photo group,with distinguished guests,After official opening of EARMUN 2013

From left Jacob Mogendi EARMUN 2013 Coordinator General,Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka Minister of Lands , Housing and Human Settlements Developments,Lwidiko Edward Mhamilawa President of EARMUN 2013.


Energy Pannel discussion in session..(earmun 2013) pannelist

1. Prof. Romanus Ishengoma- SUA

2. Ahmed Mohammed Buke-Kenya

3. Eng. Isidory Fitwangile -MEM

4. Shadrack Msuya - Tanzania
5. Abbas Katogo- UNPDP Programe specialist
6. Meswaleh Mboga - Kenya Mun


At EARMUN with delegates and hon.Pro.Anna tibaijuka

RAY.P.KILIHO
TANZANIA
Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania Volunteer Management Department, 2012 - present Head of Department

Delegates of EARMUN 2013,sharing their views on current issues of  Africa,this was during Lunch time

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