EU-Eastern European Partners Cooperation in Energy Security The INOGATE Programme

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1 EU-Eastern European Partners Cooperation in Energy Security The INOGATE Programme B U I L D I N G P A R T N E R S H I P S F O R E N E R G Y S E C U R I T Y

2 INOGATE New ITS Project Overview by Khatuna Didbaridze Communication Expert Sustainable Energy For ENEF 2012

3 Targeted energy sectors Electricity Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Gas Climate Change Energy Statistics

4 INOGATE Policy Framework Baku Initiative Astana Declaration & Energy Road Map For ENP Region Eastern Partnership Energy Community Treaty Bilateral MoU Azerbaijan MoU Kazakhstan MoU Turkmenistan MoU Ukraine MoU Uzbekistan INOGATE

5 Projects & Supplies Aid People INOGATE in numbers Over 60 projects implemented Over 40 million EUR in small-scale emergency equipment and supplies 125 million EUR in technical assistance Policy changes & legislative support technologies Over 7,000 persons trained

6 INOGATE Project INOGATE Technical Secretariat (ITS) and Integrated Programme in support of the Baku Initiative and the Eastern Partnership energy objectives Overall objective - contribute to the progress of the INOGATE Partner Countries in the achievement of the Baku Initiative and the Eastern Partnership objectives Geographical area - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan (PCs)

7 NEW ITS Project - Components Component A Enhanced assistance in support of the Baku Initiative/Eastern Partnership as well as the Energy Community objectives Component B Enhance convergence of Gas and Electricity Markets on the basis of the EU internal energy market principles Component C Strengthen energy institutional governance in relation to sustainable energy, in particular by focussing on institutional capacity Component D Enhanced use and harmonisation of energy statistics in line with European standards

8 NEW ITS Project Inception visits Identify possible areas of cooperation for technical assistance Target groups ministries, regulators, TSOs, NSIs, civil society organizations, R&D and others Flexibility and demand-driven TA and knowledge transfer Ad Hoc Expert Facility (AHEF) guidelines at

9 Focus of the Project Creation of favourable investment climate for energy infrastructure and sustainable energy; Achieving tangible progress in the key areas set out in the Astana Roadmap: Energy market convergence, safety & security, sustainable energy and investment attraction. Delivering tangible and measurable results to the PCs

10 Component C, Sustainable Energy Results to be achieved: Improved capacity to implement and evaluate effective sustainable energy policies and action plans Networks to enhance the exchange of experiences and best practices on policies and regulatory frameworks Improvement in knowledge transfer as well as capacity building in the field of SE technologies

11 Component C, Sustainable Energy Outputs: Support to primary and secondary legislation enabling a favourable investment climate for RE and EE (AHEF tasks) Awareness raising assistance on the need for and benefits of increased energy efficiency & renewable energy use Institutional framework for sustainable energy Support to the monitoring of the Status Report (Baku Initiative Monitoring Framework)

12 Component C, Sustainable Energy Activities: Facilitating development of national investment goals for SE Facilitate investment in SE improved legal frameworks, awareness raising, capacity building and technical assistance AHEF tasks Awareness raising building demand among policy makers raising awareness among wider public

13 Component C, Sustainable Energy Activities (continued): Capacity building Training Needs Assessment (TNA) Study tours followed by workshops Proposed thematic focus of study tours and workshops: bio-energy, SE financing, SE awareness, SE legislation, strategy and policy, best practices in SE, national SE programs etc First study tour: bio-energy, October 2012, Slovakia

14 Thank you for your attention! More information: Visit web portal: Khatuna Didbaridze, Communication Expert, Sustainable Energy Tel: