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Parallel Session 14: Clearing the Air: Evidence for energy Transition

01:30 pm - 03:00 pm
Auditorium Hall 4

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Participants will learn how evaluation evidence can strengthen energy transition projects by informing financing approaches, improving results measurement, supporting integrated energy planning, and addressing affordability and sustainability challenges. They will gain practical lessons on using evaluation findings to enhance the effectiveness and long-term impact of development investments.

Opening Remarks 

Carmen Nonay, Managing Director, Complaints-resolution, Evaluation, and Integrity Unit  (CEIU), AIIB

Lead Presenter and Moderator

Eskender Zeleke, Head of Independent Evaluation, AIIB 

Panelists

Emmanuel Pondard, Head of Evaluation Division, EIB

Houqi Hong, Principal Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB

Shireen El-Wahab, Associate Director and Principal Evaluation Manager, IEvD,  EBRD

Session Coordinator: Jeanne Pineda-David

Speakers

Carmen Nonay

Managing Director, Complaints-resolution, Evaluation and Integrity Unit

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Emmanuel Pondard

Head of Evaluation

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Eskender Zeleke

Head, Independent Evaluation, Complaints-resolution, Evaluation and Integrity Unit

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Houqi Hong

Principal Evaluation Specialist, Independent Evaluation Department

Asian Development Bank

Shireen El-Wahab

Associate Director and Principal Evaluation Manager, Independent Evaluation Department (IEvD)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)