From 27 November to 1 December, the first training workshop on CLEWs integrated analysis took place in La Paz, Bolivia. Organized by UNDESA, UNDP and Bolivia’s Social and Economic Policy Analysis Unit, with technical expertise of the Royal Institute of Technology and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the session engaged 15 government officials from the Social and Economic Policy Analysis Unit, the National Load Dispatch Committee, the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service, the state-owned oil and gas company YPFB, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons.
During the workshop participants took part in hands-on exercises focused on the energy system as a starting point to familiarize themselves with the CLEWs framework. Three key policy areas were explored through the exercises: i) energy exports, ii) the impacts of large new end-users (such as copper mines) on the power system and iii) the climate sensitivity of the power system. On the final day, the preliminary results from scenario-modelling exercises were presented to senior government officials. They discussed specific policy questions involved in analysing cross-sectoral issues in support of sustainable development.