Sustainable management of energy resources is a high priority area for subregional and regional cooperation.

The region has access to tremendous conventional and renewable energy resources.

(f) Providing support for building and strengthening national, subregional and regional capabilities for the exploration and compilation of data on natural resources and energy

Area light

Regional sources

Local and Regional Energy Related Environmental Issues (1995)

Overall, efforts will be made to support the mainstreaming of information and communication technologies and gender issues into all aspects of the subprogramme.

Furthermore, regional and subregional cooperative arrangements, backed by international support, could enhance the development of energy corridors, an efficient transit transport system and increased regional trade turnover.

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has supported a network on new and renewable energy resources and technologies in the Arab region.

In Africa, the fifth regional TPN for the development and promotion of new and renewable energy source was launched in May 2004 in Kenya by the country Parties of the region.

Suggested modality subregional cooperation mechanism North East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting (NEASPEC)

4. To initiate the creation of a mechanism of consultations with respect to implementing projects on energy resources transportation, including those of the Caspian Sea region.

In view of the region's commitment to increase the share of renewable energy in power generation in the region to 10 per cent by 2010, ASEAN had agreed to promote public private partnerships to encourage the development of alternative energy sources.

Collective oil rationing, energy conservation and regional stockpiling could also be considered.

Despite the high costs of transporting energy fuels, energy markets have been increasingly integrated regionally as well as world wide.

Subprogramme 1 Integrated policies for the management of regional resources for sustainable development

(l) Develop school curricula for indigenous peoples in cooperation with other Governments at the regional level in order to maximize the sustainable use of resources in this area

During the last two bienniums, the Regional Office had strengthened its human resources capacity in various programmatic areas.

The level of TRAC 1.1.2 resources allocated to a region are based on its corresponding pro rata share of total TRAC 1.1.1 resources for all regions.

These resources are proposed for 2,232 work months of regional and interregional advisory services.

Industrial energy was 71 per cent cheaper than the regional average, costing only 11 United States dollars per megawatt.

However, regional groups can make a bigger contribution, thereby making resources from outside the region unnecessary.

The process of strengthening regional hubs whereby the functions of the regional programmes and the SURFs are being merged into practice teams has begun in Bangkok, Bratislava, Colombo, and Johannesburg.

Trade and transport facilitation may be incorporated into regional integration processes such as the adoption of ICT, multimodal transport, financial instruments and regional energy markets.

(c) Capacity building of regional and subregional institutions.

The current legislation earmarks TRAC 1.1.2 resources at the regional level based on a region's pro rata share of total TRAC 1.1.1 resources for all regions.

(a) To take the necessary measures to mobilize and diversify the financial and other resources for the Regional Programme in order to further enhance its responsiveness in the light of the needs and priorities of the Arab region

A relatively small proportion (10 to 15 per cent in terms of total resources) is undertaken at the regional and subregional levels.

6. Also requests the Secretary General to ensure that the Director of the Regional Centre is, as far as possible and within existing resources, locally based in order to revitalize the activities of the Regional Centre

Differences in capacity within and between regions provide opportunities for regional capacity buildingapacity building focused to ensure a capability to detect regional trends.

33. In addition to the regional programme initiatives outlined above, the RBEC Regional Support Centre also includes the one subregional resource facility (SURF) allocated to the region in the 1998 1999 budget.

Japan and the Russian Federation will cooperate in the development of international cooperation in the area of energy in the Asia Pacific region, in the belief that it will promote energy security as well as contribute to the solution of global warming issues and, in turn, to the stability and socio economic development of the region.

A relatively small proportion (10 to 15 per cent in terms of total resources) is undertaken at the regional and subregional levels.

Individual projects funded under the global programme will be developed in consultation with the SURFs, the regional centres, the regional bureaux, BCPR and the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships.

This vision should include regional cooperation in research, production and distribution of energy, to secure equitable access and efficiency.

Management of transboundary water resources could be assisted through bilateral, regional or subregional arrangements, with support for capacity building from international financial and other institutions, using integrated water resource management as a reference.

Since the region is so rich in resources, change could be readily achieved in a more regionally integrative and tension defused environment.

funding sources and mechanisms to channel resources to the local, national and sub regional levels

The RBAP region pioneered the concept of the subregional resource facility (SURF) during the fifth regional programme.

How to change current trends in resource mobilization, given that regions and countries with the greatest needs have limited ability to commit these resources themselves

Affected country Parties can benefit from the experience and resources of the relevant subregional and regional organizations.

However, in addition to the likely depletion of such resources, prevailing energy production and consumption patterns in the region are inefficient, and some 20 per cent of the population in rural and urban poor areas does not have adequate access to energy services, which hinders their development opportunities.

5. Encourages national and regional initiatives on new and renewable energies to promote access to energy, including new and renewable sources of energy, for the poorest and to improve energy efficiency and conservation by resorting to a mix of available technologies, taking into full account he provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation concerning energy for sustainable development

6. Encourages global, regional and national initiatives on new and renewable energies to promote access to energy, including new and renewable sources of energy, for the poorest and to improve energy efficiency and conservation by resorting to a mix of available technologies, taking fully into account the provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation concerning energy for sustainable development

5. Encourages national and regional initiatives on new and renewable energies to promote access to energy, including new and renewable sources of energy, for the poorest and to improve energy efficiency and conservation by resorting to a mix of available technologies, taking into full account the provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation concerning energy for sustainable development