1st Biofuture Platform All-Member Meeting
Thu, Jan 19
|Abu Dhabi
The present meeting´s main objective was to decide on the specific activities that the Biofuture countries and non-government participants will be working on, in line with the mandate given by its launch statement.
Time & Location
Jan 19, 2017, 7:00 PM
Abu Dhabi, IRENA Headquarters, Abu Dhabi - Emirados Árabes Unidos
About the event
The first all-member meeting of the Biofuture Platform was opened by Mr. Renato Domith Godinho, alternate focal point for Brazil and the Platform´s interim facilitator. After introductions, members shared the view that the present meeting´s main objective was to decide on the specific activities that the Biofuture countries and non-government participants will be working on, in line with the mandate given by its launch statement. It was agreed that the meeting´s conclusions would be circulated by the Facilitator to participating members for adjustments and then submitted electronically for the approval of all 20 Biofuture Platform countries.
IRENA DG WELCOMING STATEMENT
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