[{"bbox": [96, 178, 1164, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "**Clean Energy and Climate:** activities will focus on the implementation of the EU-India Working Programme, implementing the EU-India CECP, as agreed in the Energy Panel of December 2021 and likely to be updated in the next Energy Panel in autumn 2023, complemented with ad hoc activities contributing to the implementation of the CECP and, where relevant, activities agreed in the High Level Dialogue on Climate Change."}, {"bbox": [96, 311, 967, 339], "category": "Text", "text": "**In addition to the above core and cross-sectoral activities, specific activities may include:-**"}, {"bbox": [96, 364, 1164, 498], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1 Capacity building of Indian stakeholders through studies, training, speakers' events, webinars, workshops and expert exchange visits presenting EU best practices with gender and human rights-based approach in fields such as renewable energy (including offshore wind, renewable hydrogen, and solar), energy efficiency, advanced biofuels and energy storage, (smart) grid integration and financing, climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as diversification of the global supply chain for the energy sector."}, {"bbox": [96, 498, 1164, 601], "category": "Text", "text": "1.2 Technical assistance to nodal ministries, regulatory and technical exchange through studies, events, workshops, expert exchange programmes, etc in the areas of offshore wind, renewable hydrogen, solar, storage, advanced biofuels, energy efficiency, smart grids, carbon markets and other priorities agreed under regular review meetings between India and EU Member States."}, {"bbox": [96, 603, 1164, 682], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3 Mapping investment opportunities catalysing public and private investments in clean energy through supporting business-to business meetings, participating in sector specific events in India and Europe facilitating exchange of first hand information between EU and Indian experts including the participation of women."}, {"bbox": [96, 682, 1164, 734], "category": "Text", "text": "1.4 Organise annual high-level events in coordination with nodal ministries including EU-India Green Hydrogen Forum, Offshore Wind Forum etc."}, {"bbox": [96, 736, 1164, 842], "category": "Text", "text": "1.5 Provide technical assistance to National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) through the Centre of Excellence for Offshore Wind and Renewable Energy in close coordination with Denmark; Identify technical institutes in Europe in the offshore wind sector to collaborate with NIWE to foster institutional partnerships between the EU and India and to promote skills development."}, {"bbox": [96, 867, 1164, 1080], "category": "Text", "text": "**Sustainable Finance** activities will include providing technical assistance for designing relevant policies and innovative financial instruments through public/private banks promoting blended and innovative financing structures (green bonds, municipal bonds, sector specific bonds etc) in India. Sustainable finance instruments will be supported across multiple sectors to address both environmental and development challenges. Potential sectors include: sustainable agriculture, resilient infrastructure, agroforestry, natural resource management etc promoting livelihood opportunities, especially for youth and women e.g. photovoltaics in the agri scetor, decentralised renewable energy applications for livelihoods (for instance solar cold storage); financial instruments for urban local bodies/ panchayats to foster sustainable lifestyles."}, {"bbox": [96, 1106, 1164, 1212], "category": "Text", "text": "2.1 Capacity building for Indian stakeholders (bankers, regulators, think tanks, public/private banks, women's and people with disabilities organisations, general public) through sustainable finance collaborative events, studies, trainings, seminars, webinars, workshops and peer exchange (e.g. climate-related risk management, disclosures, regulation, biodiversity, sub-sovereign and municipal climate finance, others)."}, {"bbox": [96, 1212, 1164, 1320], "category": "Text", "text": "2.2 Develop knowledge products including environment, social and governance tool-kits, defining disclosure commitments, market studies to be used by financial institutions to comply with the climate finance requirements; policy briefs, case studies, etc. Knowledge products would be developed focussed on learning from global best practices, international structures and adapting/contextualising it for the Indian market."}, {"bbox": [96, 1320, 1164, 1372], "category": "Text", "text": "2.3 Technical assistance/support to dedicated banks at State/city level to develop models, prototypes for innovative and feasible sustainable finance instruments sector specific bonds, green bonds, etc."}, {"bbox": [96, 1372, 1164, 1424], "category": "Text", "text": "2.4 Assisting EU financial institutions to enhance their portfolio in sustainable finance in India through technical assistance to strengthen banking procedures in India to be climate-oriented."}, {"bbox": [96, 1424, 1164, 1479], "category": "Text", "text": "2.5 Organising women focussed workshops, including women trade unions, seminars, exchange visits, networking events, supporting the Greening of Finance by Women (GroW), a professional network launched by AFD."}, {"bbox": [96, 1504, 1164, 1611], "category": "Text", "text": "**Agro-ecology for resilient and competitive food systems:** activities will include an assessment of the quality, availability, distribution and suitability of seeds, seedlings and other farm inputs (shops and nurseries) underpinning more resilient, sustainable, regenerative farm practices in the targetted geographic zone (indicatively Rajasthan); a scoping of most profitable, biodiversity-friendly and climate-smart production alternatives with gender and human"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 34"}]