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Saatja: "MBX CEQ Greening Government Initiative" <[email protected]> Teema: FINAL REMINDER TO REGISTER: September 20, 2022 Meeting of the Greening Government Initiative Kuupäev: 2022-09-16 06:28 FINAL REMINDER TO REGISTER: September Meeting of the Greening Government Initiative DATE: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 TIME: 9:00 – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (Please log into the Zoom call by 8:55 AM) Dear Colleague, We are looking forward to the Fifth Meeting of the Greening Government Initiative (GGI) on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 9 am – 11 am EDT. Representatives from over 40 countries have already registered, and we encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience. Please find attached the draft agenda for the event, as well as speaker biographies. As a reminder, the theme of this GGI meeting will be “Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets.” National governments frequently are the largest owner of vehicles in their respective countries. To reduce the environmental impacts from their publicly-owned and operated transportation fleets while also seeking opportunities to improve the overall efficiency of fleet management, many governments have set ambitious targets for converting government vehicles to hybrid or electric. In pursuing clean energy fleets countries share common challenges, such as market availability of zero- and/or low-emission fleet technologies and low-carbon fuel solutions that meet public sector mission needs; charging and energy storage infrastructure and other services to support vehicle-to-grid technology; and the accounting and reporting of asset-level fleet data. Please come prepared to discuss what challenges, approaches, and opportunities exist to green government fleets in your country. For this GGI event, we are delighted to feature speakers from Canada, Israel and Norway, who will share their approaches, experiences and learnings on greening their government fleets with us. There will be a robust Q&amp;A period following the presentations where we welcome others to share ideas as well. Please come prepared to discuss what challenges, approaches, and opportunities exist to reduce the carbon footprint of government vehicle fleets. GGI participants are encouraged to share this invitation with government colleagues, who work on public fleets and/or zero-emission vehicles, as well as other interested colleagues within their government ministries. As the meeting will be in English only, participants may also bring interpreters if necessary. RSVP and Registration - Click the link below to register for the meeting: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-6orj4tHn7Ix-VlnWbNue9GIRj- yXY If you have questions, please contact [email protected]. If your country has not already endorsed the GGI Concept Note and would like to join GGI as an official participant, your country is invited to do so now. The process is simple: when ready, a senior country official, who works on advancing green national government operations, may send a note to [email protected] to (1) state that your country “endorses” the Concept Note and (2) share the name, title, and contact information for your country’s designated point of contact for GGI. Upon receipt of that endorsement, your country will be welcomed as an official participant in GGI. THANK YOU! GGI is a first-of-its-kind community of practice that enables countries to exchange information, promote innovation and share best practices – to support global efforts to green national government operations and meet Paris Agreement commitments. Greening Government Initiative (GGI) Meeting Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets Tuesday, September 20, 2022 9:00 - 11:00 AM EDT AGENDA The Governments of Canada and the United States are hosting the fifth Greening Government Initiative (GGI) meeting for countries to exchange information, promote innovation, and share best practices in order to green government operations. The theme of this meeting will be “Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets.” National governments are frequently the largest owner of vehicles in their respective countries. To reduce the environmental impacts from their publicly-owned and operated transportation fleets while also seeking opportunities to improve the overall efficiency of fleet management, many governments have set ambitious targets for converting government vehicles to hybrid or electric. In pursuing clean energy fleets countries share common challenges, such as market availability of zero- and/or low-emission fleet technologies and low- carbon fuel solutions that meet public sector mission needs; charging and energy storage infrastructure and other services to support vehicle-to-grid technology; and the accounting and reporting of asset-level fleet data. We look forward to a robust discussion about what challenges, approaches, and opportunities exist to green government fleets in your country. 9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Caroline Nguyen Director for Global Public Sector Partnerships White House Council on Environmental Quality Executive Office of the President United States Jane Keenan Director, Centre for Greening Government Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada Canada 9:05 - 9:20 Opening The Honourable Mona Fortier Remarks President, Treasury Board of Canada Canada John Bass Under Secretary for Management U.S. Department of State United States  9:20 – 9:35 GGI Community Caroline Nguyen, United States News & Updates 9:35 – 10:45 Country Driving Change: Lessons from Greening Spotlights and the Government of Canada’s Fleets Q&A Christopher Lindberg, Canada Senior Analyst and Fleet Lead, Centre for Greening Government Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Environmentally-driven Management of Government Operations, and the "Alternative Future" Project Dekel Cohen, CPA, Israel Head, Assets and Logistics Division Israeli Accountant General Office Israeli Ministry of Finance The Story Behind EV Success in Norway Odd-Olaf Schei, Norway Senior Advisor, Division of Public Procurement, Sustainability The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management Moderator: Jane Keenan, Canada **We welcome questions and comments from attendees once all panelists have given their remarks** 10:45 – Wrap Up and Caroline Nguyen, United States 10:55 Next Steps **Attendees will be able to ask questions directly by raising their hand and unmuting their microphone during the meeting. There will also be an option for attendees to submit questions or comments by emailing [email protected] The moderator will ask as many of the submitted questions as time allows.** Greening Government Initiative Meeting, September 20, 2022 “Greening Government Fleets: Towards Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleets” Speaker Biographies The Honourable Mona Fortier is President of the Treasury Board of Canada. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa—Vanier in 2017, and is the first woman to represent the riding. She has previously served as Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance. Minister Fortier has always believed that she can best serve her community by getting involved and taking action. Her expertise covers the areas of health care, education, job creation, and francophone affairs. Prior to being elected, Minister Fortier worked as the Chief Director of Communications and Market Development at Collège La Cité and managed her own strategic communications-consulting firm. She has also served on several non-profit Boards of Directors, including for Montfort Hospital, Ontario’s Provincial Advisory Committee on Francophone Affairs, and the Shaw Centre. In addition, she has received numerous awards for her community involvement, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. Minister Fortier is focused on making life more affordable for Canadians, protecting the environment, and helping businesses prosper. She is a strong advocate for linguistic duality and always searches for the right balance between prosperity and social justice. As a mother of three, a University of Ottawa graduate, a community leader, and an entrepreneur, Minister Fortier knows that it is important to come together with an ambitious plan to build stronger and better communities while growing the middle class. John Bass was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 17, 2021, as the Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State. A career Senior Foreign Service officer, he served as Senior Advisor at the Foreign Service Institute from 2020-2021, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan 2017-2020, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017, Executive Secretary of the State Department from 2012 to 2014, and U.S. Ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012. He began his diplomatic career in 1988 and has also served in positions in U.S. missions in Iraq, Italy, Belgium, and Chad. 1 In Washington, Ambassador Bass’s assignments have included service on Vice President Cheney’s staff, as Chief of Staff and advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, as Director of the State Department’s Operations Center and in several assignments focused on European security issues. He has received numerous State Department performance awards. The son of a public servant and a U.S. Air Force officer, Bass was born and raised in upstate New York. A graduate of Syracuse University, he speaks Italian and French. Dekel Cohen, CPA, heads the Assets and Logistics Divisions at the Israeli Accountant General Office, in the Ministry of Finance. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer and member of the management board for several governmental bodies such as the Israel Land Authority. Dekel has also served as the Director and Vice Director at the Ministry of Finance Loans, Collection and Insurance Unit, as well as the Audit Unit at the Accountant General Office. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University with a dual degree in law and accounting. Chris Lindberg is the Senior Advisor for Fleets at the Government of Canada’s Centre for Greening Government. The Centre leads and coordinates federal activities towards zero-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient government operations. Chris leads the Centre’s activities to green the federal government’s air, marine and land fleets, including both conventional and national safety and security operations. Prior to this position, Chris worked on plastics and circular economy policies at Environment and Climate Change Canada and delivered sustainability services for various public and private sector organizations. Chris has a Master’s in Sustainable Community Development (Human Geography) and a Bachelor of Environmental Science from Simon Fraser University. Odd Olaf Schei is a senior advisor in Norway Directorate for Public Administration and Financial Management (DFØ) and directs sustainable procurement policy in the public sector in Norway. Odd Olaf has worked with environmental, sustainability and climate issues in both in the private and public sector in Norway for the last 15 years, especially within transport, energy, and logistics sectors, for organizations including Posten Norge, Eidsiva Energi and Bellona. Odd Olaf has worked with establishment of infrastructure for electric cars (e.g. eRoute71) and in 2011 he was the project leader for the establishment of Norway's “third first” fast charger for electric cars in Hamar, Norway. He contributed to the book Climate on the Strategic Agenda in Norwegian Business (Lars Bo Hansen et. al., Hegnar Media, 2010) and was co-author of a recent research paper on Emission-Free Construction Machinery (2020). Odd Olaf holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Business Administration from BI Oslo, with focus on marketing, sustainability and innovation. 2  Moderator Biographies Caroline T. Nguyen; Director for Private Sector Engagement and Global Public Sector Partnerships, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Caroline Nguyen leads on CEQ’s bilateral and multilateral engagements, collaborates with partner countries on global initiatives that focus on government sustainability and climate, and engages with the private sector in support of the Federal Sustainability Plan. Prior to her role at CEQ, Caroline was Managing Director for Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Latin America at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent U.S. foreign assistance agency focused on reducing poverty through economic growth. She oversaw the agency’s roughly $2 billion portfolio of compact investments in that geographic region, managing relationships with partner countries and providing guidance on programs consisting of capital investments and policy reforms. Caroline joined MCC after working with McKinsey & Company in Southeast Asia, where she advised governments and companies on topics related to infrastructure, education and economic regulation across the region. From 2011-2013, she was Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she advised on and negotiated policy proposals relating to national security and criminal law matters and worked with the White House on federal judicial nominations. Earlier in her career, she practiced law as a litigator at WilmerHale in Washington D.C. Caroline holds a BA in Social Studies, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, a MPA from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School. She is fluent in English, a native speaker of German, and is proficient in Vietnamese. Jane Keenan; Director of the Government of Canada’s Centre for Greening Government Jane Keenan has been contributing to environmental policy development for over two decades. Jane is currently the Director of the Government of Canada’s Centre for Greening Government within the Treasury Board Secretariat. The Centre is working with federal departments and agencies towards zero-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient government operations. Jane has also held leadership roles at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as well as at Environment and Climate Change Canada. In these roles she advanced domestic and international environmental policies related to climate policy and clean energy. Her outreach focused on the natural resource sector, Indigenous peoples as well as strategic engagement with the United States. Jane started her career with the Province of New Brunswick where she led the development of environmental legislation and regulations to improve air quality and reduce waste. Jane has a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University, a Bachelor of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Francis Xavier University. 3