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LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH TEAM

LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH TEAM. Professor Jim Skea Konstanze Scharring SMMT 16 September 2002. OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION. What is the LowCVP ? What are the LowCVP’s aims? How will the LowCVP work? Who needs to be engaged? What is the launch timetable?

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LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH TEAM

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  1. LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIPLAUNCH TEAM Professor Jim Skea Konstanze Scharring SMMT 16 September 2002

  2. OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION • What is the LowCVP? • What are the LowCVP’s aims? • How will the LowCVP work? • Who needs to be engaged? • What is the launch timetable? • Consultation of potential members

  3. WHAT IS THE LowCVP? • The Partnership is a new advisory and action body • Its mission is • to promote the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels • to maximise the potential for UK business to gain competitive advantage from that shift

  4. WHERE DOES LowCVP COME FROM? POWERING FUTURE VEHICLES STRATEGY Automotive Innovation and Growth Team

  5. WHAT ARE THE LowCVP’s AIMS? • ENGAGEMENT • COLLABORATION • ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT • MEASUREMENT & FEEDBACK

  6. LowCVP AIMS 1 • ENGAGEMENT “to encourage industry and others to engage pro-actively in the move to low-carbon vehicles and fuels”

  7. LowCVP AIMS 2 • COLLABORATION: “to provide a forum in which stakeholders can work together in overcoming market barriers affecting the shift to low carbon”

  8. LowCVP AIMS 3 • ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT: “to provide a forum for Government, industry and others to liaise on upcoming policy developments and regulatory issues”

  9. LowCVP AIMS 4 • MEASUREMENT & FEEDBACK: “to provide independent input and feedback to Government on the progress and effectiveness of its programmes”

  10. HOW WILL THE LowCVP WORK? • BOARD with elected chair • WORKING GROUPS & TASK FORCES • SECRETARIAT • Outcome oriented workplan • Well-resourced secretariat • Capacity to conduct research • Close links to Government…

  11. LINKS WITH GOVERNMENT • Independent of Government, but … • Officials participate in meetings • Reports to and meets with Inter-ministerial Group on Low Carbon Vehicles and Fuels (DfT/DTI/DEFRA/HMT) • Liaises formally (and informally) with official level working group

  12. LowCVP TASKS • Policy & regulatory advice • R&D • Demonstration • Wider education and information

  13. Advice on targets ultra low carbon cars by 2020 manufacturing & supply chain Advice on programmes better links between the Government's low carbon vehicle programmes Centre of Automotive Excellence and Development help on the AIGT recommendation for the creation of a Centre of Automotive Excellence and Development to work on Low Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies SOME IMMEDIATE TASKS

  14. WHO NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED? • All organisations with a stake in the move to low-carbon vehicles & fuels • Finance and invest- ment community • Local government • R&D and academic community • Energy Saving Trust and Carbon Trust • Automotive industries • Fuel and energy industries • Motoring and consumer interest groups • Transport operators • Environmental groups

  15. BENEFITS OF ENGAGEMENT • PARTICIPATION in shift to low carbon • ACCESS to information and debate • COLLABORATION with partners • SHAPING ADVICE to Government DEVELOPING A SHARED AGENDA

  16. LAUNCH TIMETABLE • Phase I August – October 2002 • Scoping the partnership • Recruiting a Partnership Board • Phase II October – December 2002 • Recruiting membership • Partnership launch • Phase III January – March 2003 • Elect Partnership chair • First meeting • Set up secretariat

  17. QUESTIONS

  18. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS

  19. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS • PARTNERSHIP MISSION Promoting the shift to low carbon vehicles OR Helping people to engage in the shift as it takes place? Balancing priorities: Carbon reduction AND Competitive advantage?

  20. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS • PRIORITIES • What are the priorities? • Balancing • Policy advice • R&D • Demonstration • Education / Information

  21. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS • OPERATION • an effective Board / Chair • working groups / task forces • well-resourced secretariat • links to Government • communication

  22. CONTACT US LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP Launch Team 100 Park Village East London NW1 3SR lowcvp@psi.org.uk Tel.: 020 7468 2219

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