[Stoves] FW: Application for Innovation Expo at Clean Cooking Forum, November 5-7 2019, Nairobi

[Nikhil Desai]

Paul:

Are you going? What is this all about? Two months to the event, and the
program is still basically undefined -
https://www.cleancooking2019.org/program/ . "Innovation Expo"?  "B2B
Matchmaking"? Site visits? Gimme a break!

I am irritated that ESMAP and Chevron, EU and Shell, support a silly title "the
sector’s flagship event".

UNF never learned that just getting a bunch of people together doesn't
constitute a "sector", and that the past "flagship events" turned out to be
farces.

Even here, one of the sponsors is Ger.Invest, "a European programme that
aims at mobilising investments in decentralised renewable energy projects.".
So presumably it's not all about gas; maybe renewables electricity for
cooking and solar, biomass cooking as well.

In another post you bemoaned "It is typical that there is extremely little
discussion about or by the CCA on the Stoves Listserv.   It has been that
way  a long long time. "

Any thought why? Could it be that stovers gave up on UNF for help with
anything - money or intellectual leadership, what with the booklet produced
by the MIT D-Lab in 2017, or the failure of the Dutch-financed, Deutsche
Bank-run business financing initiative, or even the promise that
"international standards" would lead to a miraculous avalanche of clean
cookstoves?

And that CCA gave up on stovers because, after all, UNF are merely
contractor guns-for-hire, and none of its financiers - USEPA no longer,
probably nor even DfID and the Norwegians - wanted anything to do with the
work that stovers have spent lifetime careers on?

Honesty is in short supply in Washington. But memories are elastic; short
or long, depending on convenience.

Things can go wrong. Mistakes in cost and schedule estimates are legion; I
spent decades on the engineering and regulatory, financing, procurement
roots of it.

It is safe to now say that whatever my vicious attacks on GACC, I have been
vindicated. GACC was an EPA show, an unholy marriage with the UN Foundation
and a conspiracy - yes, I have no hesitation in my bluntness - with the WHO
and the Gates Foundation.

But that is par for the course in Washington. Big moral dreams are sold
here for the sake of careers. Sometimes with absolute integrity - EPA
staff, UNF directors, Berkeley killers-for-hire (sorry, that's what Kirk's
attributions amount to).

Then the cycle turns. Has to. Cynicism is the fuel of compromises and
renewal in Washington.

I am hoping that with EPA and DOE out of the way, CCA can figure out some
other way of operating as an effective voice in Washington. Their money and
capacity can still be put to some good  use.

Nikhil



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Nikhil Desai
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*Skype: nikhildesai888*



On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:58 PM Anderson, Paul <psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Stovers,
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> The message below just arrived.   It is addressed to “Dear Partner” (I am
> one), but you can become a partner rather easily and the invitations is
> then relevant for you.
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> I hope that many Stovers will attend.   I probably will, but am not yet
> sure.
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> This is a good topic to discuss on our Stoves Listserv.
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> Paul
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> Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD
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> Exec. Dir. of Juntos Energy Solutions NFP
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> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu       Skype:   paultlud
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> Phone:  Office: 309-452-7072    Mobile: 309-531-4434
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> Website:   www.drtlud.com
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> *From:* Clean Cookstoves Investment <investment at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 13, 2019 2:48 PM
> *To:* Clean Cookstoves Investment <investment at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Cc:* Peter George <pgeorge at cleancookingalliance.org>; Seema Patel <
> spatel at cleancookingalliance.org>; Akanksha Rai <
> arai at cleancookingalliance.org>; Shrikant Avi <
> SAvi at cleancookingalliance.org>
> *Subject:* Application for Innovation Expo at Clean Cooking Forum,
> November 5-7 2019, Nairobi
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> Dear Partner,
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> On the back of the invitation for the Clean Cooking Forum
> <https://www.cleancooking2019.org/> in Nairobi on November 5-7, 2019,  we
> would like to invite your organization to apply to exhibit your product or
> service or campaign as part of the *Clean Cooking Innovation Expo* which
> will showcase a range of innovations driving (or having the potential to
> drive) the clean cooking sector forward.
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> Further details such as eligibility, selection criteria and application
> guidelines can be found at
> https://www.cleancooking2019.org/about/innovation-expo/. The deadline for
> submission is Monday, August 30, 2019.
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> We look forward to your participation at the Forum.
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> *Clean Cooking Forum *
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> Under this year’s theme of “Investment. Innovation. Impact," the Forum
> will feature interactive plenary and breakout discussions with global
> leaders in the sector, Business-to-Business Matchmaking, site visits, and
> an Innovation Expo. The Forum will be a unique opportunity to accelerate
> the investment, innovation, partnerships, political commitments, and
> policies needed to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030.
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> To register for the Clean Cooking Forum, please visit
> https://www.cleancooking2019.org/register/
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> Best,
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> Clean Cooking Alliance
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