Following the mandate of the Ministers of OLADE, the Executive Secretary of OLADE, Victorio Oxilia, accompanied by representatives of Cuba (Liliana Garcia and Aníbal Álvarez Atanes Eusebio), Ecuador (Juan Diego Jacome) and from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Cesar Mercado), CIDA - OLADE Cooperation Project Manager, Byron Chiliquinga, and Consultant from the Sub-regional Office of OLADE for the Caribbean, Conroy Watson, conducted an official mission to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in order to identify areas,... [+]
The Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE has announced the next official release of the Simulation and Analysis Model of the Energy Mix, SAME, which aims to provide a comprehensive and executive overview of the benefits that sustainable energy policies imply to the improvement of the energy – economic and environmental indicators in a country or region in the medium to long term.
The SAME will enable energy sector planners to carry out the following analysis, among other activities:
1. Projections of feasible and consistent status of the energy mix for a future year,... [+]
The Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, held in Costa Rica, from March 4 to 7 2013, the First Dialogue /Workshop on Gender and Power in the Central America, as part of the cooperation project with CIDA.
The event, co-organized in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Red ENERGY (composed of over 50 member organizations), was attended by high-level delegates from various Ministries of the energy sector and civil society. The purposes were: train civil society and State officials on gender concepts and tools to... [+]
The Energy Ministers of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at a meeting held on March 1, 2013 (41 Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development - Energy), in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, have approved the application of OLADE’s methodology for Energy Balances and use of OLADE’s Information Systems in the Countries of the Sub-region (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Granada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago).... [+]
OLADE, with support from the Canadian Cooperation held several national workshops on "Challenges, Opportunities and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)" in Nicaragua (February 19), Honduras (February 28) and Guatemala (March 6). The aim of the workshops was to promote dialogue, exchange of information and receive input from different national stakeholders for the preparation of a national strategy to leverage corporate social responsibility in the energy sector of the three Member Countries.
More than 168 representatives of public institutions, private... [+]
The Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, extends a warm greet due to the International Women's Day (March 8th), to every woman working in the Permanent Secretariat, the Ministries and Secretaries of Energy, and the equivalent departments in all the Member Countries and the Participant Country, Algeria; as to every woman working in international agencies and organisms OLADE works with.
The contribution of women to the development of modern life, through their intellect, work, treatment and the way of seeing and act in the world, is creating a new paradigm of civilization, taking more attention to the needs and limitations of mankind and the environment.
For this occasion we are pleased to inform that the Permanent Secretariat, with the support of the Canadian... [+]
Today the Permanent Secretariat of OLADE has decreed three days of institutional mourning ( March 6, 7 and 8, 2013) and the staff paid tribute to the memory of President Chavez .
The Organization expresses its deepest condolences on the death of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias, and manifest its deepest sympathy to the Venezuelan people and Government, as well as to the relatives of the President due to the deep sadness whichs is felt as a sentiment of general desolation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
OLADE Executive Secretary, Dr. Victorio Oxilia, and the professional in charge of the Sub-regional Office of OLADE in the Caribbean, Mr. Conroy Watson, participated in the preparatory meetings of the 41st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) - CARICOM Energy, carried out in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, with the support of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.
OLADE’s representatives made a presentation on the status of OLADE’s actions in the Caribbean and the prospects for cooperation with... [+]
ENERLAC Magazine is published every year by OLADE in order to disseminate technical knowledge, studies and reflections on the regional energy sector by academia, professionals and representatives of institutions responsible for public policy in the Member Countries of the Organization. The purpose is to promote discussion and exchange of experiences among stakeholders. To this end, ENERLAC collects technical articles concerning topics relevant to the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean in an editorial, but without thematic restrictions.
In the 2012 edition of ENERLAC, the various authors... [+]
On Thursday February 21, the consultant Alicia Vallejo made a presentation on the Dialogue about the Treatment of socio-environmental aspects of Hydropower projects in Latin America and the Caribbean to the staff of the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE.
The study was conducted during the months of November and December following the case study method, based on information provided by hydropower companies of the Member Countries of the Organization, highlighting their experiences on issues of social and environmental management related to the installation and operation of that type of plant of various sizes in the... [+]
Following the mandate of the Ministers of OLADE, the Executive Secretary of OLADE, Victorio Oxilia, accompanied by representatives of Cuba (Liliana Garcia and Aníbal Álvarez Atanes Eusebio), Ecuador (Juan Diego Jacome) and from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Cesar Mercado), 
The Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, held in Costa Rica, from March 4 to 7 2013, the First Dialogue /Workshop on Gender and Power in the Central America, as part of the 
The Energy Ministers of the countries of the Caribbean Community (
OLADE Executive Secretary, Dr. Victorio Oxilia, and the professional in charge of the Sub-regional Office of OLADE in the Caribbean, Mr. Conroy Watson, participated in the preparatory meetings of the 41st Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) - 
ENERLAC Magazine is published every year by OLADE in order to disseminate technical knowledge, studies and reflections on the regional energy sector by academia, professionals and representatives of institutions responsible for public policy in the Member Countries of the Organization. The purpose is to promote discussion and exchange of experiences among stakeholders. To this end, ENERLAC collects technical articles concerning topics relevant to the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean in an editorial, but without thematic restrictions.