ENERGY
PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT
TAKING STOCK: A DECADE OF PROGRESS
AND THE CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN
Promoting Regional Cooperation in Eurasia
Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Energy Industry Partnership Program
Washington, DC
September 9-10, 2002
Results of the 10 year program - Documents are in
PDF format
*Armenia
*Russia
*Georgia
*Ukraine
*Kazakhstan
*Uzbekistan
*Kyrgyzstan *Moldova
Final
Agenda for the Summit (PDF)
List of Participants (PDF)
Official Media Advisory (PDF)
The Energy Industry Partnership Program
(EIPP) recently completed its 10th year of
activities in Eurasia. To honor this occasion, a partnership summit was
conducted in Washington, DC for all of the major participants in the program
from both Eurasia and the U.S. The Summit meeting honored the voluntary
contributions of executives from Eurasia and US investor-owned utilities,
regulatory commissions, and trade associations who conducted on a pro-bono
basis, over 800 exchange visits, seminars, internships and training courses for
their partners in the nations of the Former Soviet Union since 1992. It is
estimated that the EIPP has provided over 10,000 training experiences for
participants from the region.
The
EIPP is a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the
United States Energy Association (USEA). Since 1992, the program
has provided a vehicle for U.S. utilities, regulatory agencies, and
energy associations to transfer their experience in market based energy systems
to their counterparts in Eurasia.
The objectives of the summit were to:
* Examine the progress toward energy market and regulatory reform over the past
decade in the Eurasia region;
* Assess common challenges impeding further sector reform and private
participation in the energy economies of Eurasia;
* Identify mechanisms to facilitate further information sharing among the
countries of the region on issues of common importance; and
* Share lessons learned in conducting this unique 10-year cross- cultural energy
information exchange program.
