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History Purpose Partners and Membership and Functions The Partnership brings together public decision­makers, representatives of the private sector Partners and and civil society as well as international agencies with expertise in bioenergy. Membership Partners GBEP structure

GBEP and its Partners comprise 23 countries and 15 international organizations and institutions: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Fiji Islands, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America, African Energy Commission (AFREC), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Inter­American Development Bank (IDB), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Foundation, World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA).

A further 29 countries and 13 International Organizations and institutions are participating as Observers: Angola, Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, About GBEP Programme of Work Toolkit Virtual library Events News Links FAQs Contact Us

History Purpose and GBEP Steering Committee Functions Partners and The Steering Committee governs the overall framework, policies, procedures and Membership activities of the Partnership. It provides strategic guidance to the Partnership and GBEP structure periodically review the programme of collaborative activities undertaken by the Steering Committee Partnership, including a review of the organizational structure if necessary, and Technical Working provide direction and instructions for actions to the Secretariat. Decisions on Group accepting new partners are taken by the Steering Committee. The Committee meets usually twice a year, at times and places to be determined by its appointed representatives.

Italy and Brazil are the Chair and the Co­Chair of the Partnership. Chair: Francesco La Camera, Director General, Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea, Italy; Co­Chair: João Genésio de Almeida Filho, Director General, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil

Francesco La Camera Francesco La Camera is the Director General of Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage and Relations with the European Union and International Organizations Department at the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea. He led the EU and Italian negotiation teams at UNFCCC COP 20 Lima, and currently leads international affairs in the Ministry and the greening of EU Structural Funds. He represented Italy in many international experts groups and councils at UN­ECE, UN­CSD, UNEP, OECD, EU, EEA. Prior to working in the Ministry of Environment, he served as economic analyst at the Italian Ministry of Budget and Planning, and worked as a member of the Italian EIA Commission (Environmental Impact Assessment). Author of several reference books in Italy on economic and environmental assessment instruments (CBA, EIA, SEA), sustainable development and environmental economics, he has been one of the major experts for the preparation, promotion and adoption of the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions.

João Genésio de Almeida Filho João Genésio de Almeida Filho is a Brazilian diplomat with experience in cooperation in science and technology; multilateral fora specialized in cocoa, sugar and coffee; and political affairs in Africa, having served in South Africa for seven years and twice having been Chargé d´ Affaires in Zimbabwe. Afterwards he was appointed to set up the IBSA and BRICS Division in the Ministry of External Relations (MER). He wrote his thesis in the Advanced Studies Course of the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy on IBSA, which was published under the title O Forum de Diálogo Índia, Brasil e África do Sul: Análise e Perspectivas (2009). In 2011, he served as Minister­Counsellor for human rights and humanitarian affairs in the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Up to the end of 2016, he occupied the post of Deputy Consul­General of Brazil in Geneva. Currently he is the Director of the Department of Energy of the MER. Mr. Almeida has academic degrees in both Law and Philosophy.

Relevant documents:

Co­Chairs Summary of the 20th Steering Committee meeting 1 December 2017 home ­ contact us © FAO/GBEP 2018 Gambia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Jamaica, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe, African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), European Environment Agency (EEA), Global Environment Facility (GEF), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Organization of American States (OAS), Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), World Bank and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Current GBEP Partners and Observers account for the majority of bioenergy produced in the world. GBEP Partners alone account for the vast majority of modern bioenergy, including liquid biofuels.

Source: GBEP Secretariat, based on IEA 2007 data home ­ contact us © FAO/GBEP 2018