LEAP Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

Summer 2010, Benin

Currently being organized for the UNDP NCSP

Past Workshops

Masters Course: Modeling and Scenarios for Energy Planning
2009-2010, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

This course provided both theoretical background and practical course work on the concepts of energy and environmental planning. 

In addition to using LEAP for teaching purposes, for the practical course work several students used LEAP for developing case study scenario analyses at both the regional and national scale.  The case studies developed using LEAP included scenarios of Tasmania, Sicily, South Africa, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela.

• Organizers:  Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Professor: Maurizio Gargiulo  
• Course Assistant: Rocco De Miglio

August 2010, Ascuncion, Paraguay
OLADE Executive Development Program in Energy Planning

The Latin American Energy Agency (OLADE) recently organized an Executive Development Program in Energy Planning aimed at energy professionals from the Southern Cone of South America.  The program was organized with local support from the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Paraguay, and the Asuncion National University, and supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The instructors included leading experts on energy and sustainability from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay. A total of 36 professionals from Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil participated.  The course covered a variety of topics related to energy and sustainability including the applications of the LEAP modeling system.  The program will be repeated in late August for participants from Central America and Mexico in Guatemala City, in cooperation with the Guatemala Ministry of Mines and Energy and the University Galileo.

• 36 Participants
• Organizers: OLADE
• Funder: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Participant Countries: Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.
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June 2010, Bariloche Argentina
9th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

• 29 Participants
• Funder: COMMEND/SEI
• Participant Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela.
• Trainers: Nicolas di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, Hector Pistonesi (FB), Charlie Heaps (SEI)

June 2010, Seoul,  Korea

One day workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Korea

• Organized by: The Korean Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center (GGIR)
• Trainers: : Charlie Heaps
• 7 staff in attendance from GGIR

This one day workshop was held to follow-up on the The International Conference on Post-Kyoto Climate Change Mitigation Modeling, which was organized in Seoul in June 2010 to provide a forum for climate modeling experts from around the world to discuss greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction analysis. In particular the Conference addressed advancement of GHG reduction analysis modeling in the Post-Kyoto GHG Reduction Regime and facilitated cooperation to improve infrastructure for continued developing country participation in GHG reduction modeling.

June 2010, La Habana, Cuba

Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Cuba as preparation for their Second National Communication

• 18 staff in attendance 
• Funded by: GEF/UNDP
• Organized by: National Climate Change Group, Center for Environmental Studies at the University of La Habana (CEMA)
• Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal and Jose Somoza

May 2010, Mexico City, Mexico

Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Mexico

• Ten participants from the INE participated 
• In addition to LEAP training exercises, the group worked on a baseline scenario for a new Mexico model 
• Organized by: The National Institute of Ecology (INE)
• Trainers: Charlie Heaps and Victoria Clark

May 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany

LEAP Workshop

• Ten participants from EDF (Electricite' de France), EIFER Institut among others.  
• Organized by: EIFER (European Institute for Energy Research)
• Trainer: Atom Mirakyan

March 2010, Nassau, Bahamas

Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in the Bahamas as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Twelve staff from BEST and other governmental organizations participated including the Bahamas Electricity Corporation and the University of the Bahamas.  
• Organized by: Bahamas Environment Science and Technology Commission (BEST)
• Trainer: Charlie Heaps

January 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia

Advanced Training Course on Integrated Energy Planning and LEAP

• 21 participants from Indonesia were in attendance. 
• This training workshop was conducted as a part of the CASINDO collaboration, which aims to establish a self-sustaining and self-developing structure that will enable sound policies for renewable energy and energy efficiency in Indonesia. It is coordinated by the Dutch foundation ECN and the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
• Trainer: Charlie Heaps

August 2009, Maputo, Mozambique

Second Workshop on Using LEAP in Mozambique

• Eight participants from the Ministry of Energy, the Mozambican Electricity Company, and the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Company were in attendance. 
• In addition to the training exercises, the participants worked with several versions of the Mozambican LEAP model.
• Organized by: Ministry of Energy
• Trainer: Peter Mulder

July 2009, Santiago, Chile

Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Chile as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Twenty four participants from various academic and Governmental organizations in Chile. 
• Organized by CONAMA (National Comission of Environment of Chile) .
• Trainers: Nicolas di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri (Fundacion Bariloche)

July 2009, Podgorica, Montenegro

Regional Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Seven participants from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lebanon
• Funder: UNDP
• Trainer: Charlie Heaps (SEI)

June 2009, Quito, Ecuador

Seminar on Application of LEAP to Countries of Latin America the Caribbean as part of the Project "Energy Forecast in Latin America and the Caribbean - Scenery to 2032" 

• Fourteen participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Republica Dominicana, Uruguay, OLADE and the World Bank.
• Funder: OLADE and the World Bank
• Trainer: Anibal Dobrusin

The objective of this workshop was to disseminate
knowledge of the technical outlook on the training of staff
members of ministers and government entities who are
responsible for activities related to strategic planning
and formulation of energy policies.  The seminar is aimed at
using LEAP for merging  energy balances, models from OLADE
and forecast models as a tool for evaluating alternative
energy supply and consumption in the long term.

June 2009, Bariloche, Argentina

8th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

• 20 Participants
• Funder: COMMEND/SEI
• Participant Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
• Trainers: Nicolas di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, Hector Pistonesi (FB), Charlie Heaps (SEI)

February 2009, Manama, Bahrain

Workshop on GHG Mitigation Assessment using LEAP

• 25 participants from Bahrain including members of the National Communications team, staff and students from the University of Bahrain, staff of UNDP and various Bahrain Government representatives.
• Funder: Bahrain General Directorate of Environment
• Trainer: Charlie Heaps (SEI)

June 2008, Bariloche, Argentina

7th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

• 21 Participants
• Funder: COMMEND/SEI
• Participant Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
• Trainers: Nicolas di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, Hector Pistonesi (FB), Charlie Heaps (SEI)