1st CPLP Energy and Climate Seminar

08:45     Welcoming the Participants

09:00     Opening Session

              Zacarias da Costa, Executive Secretary of the CPLP

              Esterline Gonçalves Género, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of São Tomé and Príncipe in the CPLP

              Sandoval Feitosa, President of RELOP

              Isabel Cancela de Abreu, Executive Director of ALER

09:30     The progress of COP28 and the road to COP30 in Brazil 

              Gonçalo Cavalheiro, Interim Coordinator of the Lusophone Center of the Climate Transparency Platform

              Francisco Sambo, Planning and Cooperation Director at Mozambique's Ministry of Land and Environment

10:30     Coffeebreak

11:00     Strategies for the energy transition in the CPLP countries 

             Gabriel Makengo, Director of Energy - São Tomé and Príncipe

             Jerónimo Cunha, Director General of the Directorate General for Energy and Geology - Portugal

             Rito Évora, National Director for Industry, Commerce and Energy - Cape Verde

             Iazalde Jeremias, Head of the Energy Planning Department at MIREME - Mozambique

             Carlos Handem, General Director of Energy - Guinea-Bissau

             Pedro Manuel Afonso, Chairman of the Board of Prodel - Angola

13:00     Lunch

14:00     The role of the regulatory framework in promoting access to finance 

              Sandoval Feitosa, Director General of ANEEL

              Mariam Masini, Legal Consultant and Regional Coordinator for Lusophone Africa of the African Legal Support Facility

              Enrico dal Farra, GET.transform Program Partnership Coordinator

              Renato Guerra Almeida, Partner Miranda Law Firm

15:00     Private sector financing mechanisms

              Albano Manjate, National Director Assistant for Monitoring and Evaluation - Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique

              Gilson Pina, National Planning Director - Cape Verde Ministry of Finance

              Alexandre Siciliano, Head of the Energy Transition and Climate Department, National Bank for Economic and Social Development of Brazil

              Epifânia Gove, Head of the Energy Desk at BCI - Banco Comercial e de Investimentos, SA de Moçambique

16:00     Business strategies for the energy transition

              Manuel de Assunção Borges de Barros, Chief Executive Officer of Sonangol Gas and Renewable Energies

              Olga Utchavo Madeira, Director of Renewable Energy at Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P.

              Nuno Bastos, Strategy and M&A Director at Galp

              Norberto Larriba Blay, Chairman of the Management Board of APP Águas Ponta Preta

              Manuel Mota, Partner Ernst & Young Audit & Associados, Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader for Portugal, Angola and Mozambique

17:30     Closing Session