9:00 - 9:30

Registration

9:30 - 9:40

Welcome address: Mr. Dragoş Şeuleanu, Vicepresident CCIR

9:40 - 10:15

Opening remarks: Mr. Bogdan Bujor Teodoriu – State Councilor,  Mr. Virgil Muşatescu, Senior Energy Advisor - USAID Mission to Romania  and Mr. Jean Constantinescu, Chief of Party USAID - REP3

Mr. Ioan Andreica – Secretary of State, Ministry of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism: National Program for Thermal Rehabilitation of Buildings

10:15 - 10:45

“Sustainable Policies to Ensure Low Income Households Access to Energy”: Mr. Robert Archer - USAID

10.45 - 11:15

“Housing, Affordability, and Heat Consumption Patterns of the Population”

Ms. Luana Miruna Pop, Lecturer University of Bucharest

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 12.15

“Social Policies and Financial Mechanisms to Incresase Low – Income Households’ Capacity to Meet their Basic Energy Needs”, Mr. Dumitru Călinoiu, Director General, Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family

12:15 - 13:00

Discussions

13:00 - 14:00

Buffet-lunch

14:00 - 14:45

“Presentation and Analysis of Various Options for Financing Energy Access of Low-Income Households”, Mr. Michael Cain, Consultant IRG, USA

14:45 - 15:30

“Financial and Fiscal Facilities, Including Use of EU Structural Funds for the Thermal Rehabilitation of Multistored Apartment Buildings”: Mr. Aureliu Leca, Mr. Adrian Ciobanu and Mr. Jean Constantinescu – IRG, and Ms. Gina Petrescu – Ministry of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism

15:30 – 15:45

“Energy Policies of the Ministry of Administration and Interior as Support for Low-Income Households”, Aureliu Dumitrescu, Councilor, Minister of Administration and Interior

15:30 – 16.00

Discussions and Conclusions