being actively solicited by the Secretariat with the support of co-host governments and members of the Alliance's Advisory and Leadership Councils, and prospects are being identified from government, philanthropic, UN, business, and investment communities.

Anticipated outcomes from the high-level meeting include commitments from donor and implementing governments for concrete financial and policy/programmatic actions, as well as specific and significant commitments from leading corporations, foundations, investors, and other actors to mobilize the clean cooking sector and advance cost-effective market-based policies and programs that reduce the use of traditional cookstoves and lead to improvements in health, environmental, gender, and livelihoods. The Alliance will also release the final roadmap for Phase 2 of the initiative.

The Alliance will establish a database for the Summit that will track and publicize all financial, in-kind, andprogrammatic commitments made on behalf of the clean cooking sector by Summit participants. This will allow the Alliance to recognize donor and implementing parties for their commitments to the sector and commitment to address HAP, as well as provide running funding totals, and assess any gaps in support. In addition, the Alliance will quantify the health, gender, environment, and economic benefits arising from the commitments made at the conference.

The Alliance has successfully mobilized $50 million in grants to date for Secretariat-driven sector activities in research, policy, standards, awareness-building, and market development, and leveraged $200 million more in clean cooking funding and investments for the sector at large.

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