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Winrock & U.S. EPA Cook Stoves & Indoor Air
Recent progress, achievements and efforts
in the LPG for cooking sector
U.S. EPA | Winrock International | Webinar Archive
December 15, 2016
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Eastern Standard Time
(EST)
If you weren’t able to make it to the annual World LPG About the speakers:
Forum last month to hear about progress,
Ms. Alison Abbott
achievements and ongoing efforts in the LPG for
cooking sector, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
Alison is the Communications Director of WLPGA.
Efforts to promote and expand LPG access are
ongoing in countries across the globe, as one of many
important solutions for clean, efficient cooking. The
World LPG Association (WLPGA) has been a leader
in these efforts through their work with the Cooking
for Life campaign, among several other initiatives.
Join this webinar to hear results from global and
regional campaigns, as well as specific examples
of national-level LPG efforts in:
India – through the Indian Oil Corporation’s
Smokeless Villages initiative, and
Haiti - through SWITCH SA’s work developing
financial models to improve LPG affordability
for low-income households.
Webinar participation is free. For the web portion, a
high-speed internet connection is required. Please
note that the webinar technology allows attendees
to listen to audio through their computer or by
She manages the
association’s global communications strategy and is responsible for the
communications initiatives of the WLPGA for its members and stakeholders,
for the global rollout of the LPG Exceptional Energy brand. Alison also
coordinates the Women in LPG Global Network (WINLPG) which aims to
retain and support women in the industry, to lobby and promote the network,
and to educate young talent on the careers that the LPG industry can provide.
Mr. Michael Kelly
Michael joined WLPGA in 2006 as Director of Market Development. With
extensive international experience in environmental policy, public affairs and
communications, Michael has focused on the interface between business,
governments and civil society. He was previously policy manager for the
Environment & Energy policy portfolio at the International Chamber of
Commerce in Paris where he coordinated business delegations to UN
negotiations on environment, energy, climate change and sustainable
development. He was made WLPGA Deputy Managing Director in 2010.
Ms. Kalinda Magloire
Kalinda is a governance and development management specialist with over
ten years’ experience managing governance and institutional capacity building
projects in Haiti and abroad. She is CEO of SWITCH SA, a social enterprise
determined to massively convert Haitian households from charcoal to LPG. In
addition to manufacturing LPG cookstoves, SWITCH has developed different
financial models allowing low-income households to switch to cleaner energy.
A main focus of SWITCH is to empower women who are at the forefront of the
battle for cleaner cooking energy.
Ms. Renuka Shukla
Renuka is the Deputy Manager (LPG-Sales) for the Indian Oil Corporation,
successfully implementing various organization and government-driven
customer-oriented LPG schemes and initiatives like PAHAL, Ujjawala Yojna
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Date and Time: December 15, 2016 - 15:00 – 16:30
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(PMUY), and Give-it-up. She has over 14 years’ experience across retail,
telecom and oil and gas sectors, including four years in LPG sales and
distribution. With full enthusiasm and passion, she has undertaken the task of
making villages smokeless by ensuring 100% penetration of LPG.
Mr. David Tyler
David has worked in the LPG industry for over 35 years and now works as an
LPG consultant to major organisations including the WLPGA and European
Bank. He has deep experience of the global downstream LPG industry, from
primary storage facilities through to the consumer. He has run LPG
businesses in Asia and has consulted in every region of the world but he
focuses on Africa and Asia where most potential lies for LPG.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and Winrock International have been engaged in the household energy field for many years, including
through coordination of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) and its 590 Partners working in 117 countries from 2002-2012. Since the integration of
PCIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in 2012, Winrock and the U.S. EPA have continued working to increase the exchange of technical
information among public and private organizations working in the global household energy and health sectors through local capacity building, targeted
technical assistance and field studies and global knowledge sharing. The goal of these activities is to promote effective approaches that lead to increased
use of clean, reliable, affordable, efficient, and safe home cooking and heating practices.
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