SE4JOBS: Training Workshop - Local Value and Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

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Local Value and Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Date: 26-27 October 2015

Participants: Middle management/expert level from Egyptian institutions in related policy fields, private sector representatives and scientific community

Location: Sonesta Hotel, Cairo, Egypt

Context

The SE4JOBS Project was launched in 2014 as a collaborative effort of six GIZ projects: the regional project RE-ACTIVATE and five sector projects dealing with different aspects of sustainable energy and socio-economic development. It also involves distinguished external experts and key partners of GIZ, especially from adelphi and the FFU. RE-ACTIVATE serves as a coordinator and "secretariat" of SE4JOBS.

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The SE4JOBS Project aims to federate and integrate available worldwide experience on how to strengthen the link between local socio-economic development and sustainable energy technologies. The focus is on local employment and income creation. The goal is to provide a set of specific, application-oriented instruments and recommendations helping policy makers and practitioners to develop better policy approaches and institutional settings for an optimal valorization of the socio-economic effects of sustainable energy technologies

In the first phase, the SE4JOBS project targets three countries, namely Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The development of the Toolbox was supported by workshops in Rabat, Tunis, Eschborn/Germany, and Beirut in 2015. The workshop in Cairo was another milestone on this way.

Objective of the Training Workshop

• Introduction to the Toolbox aim and structure
• Application of the toolbox to the case of Egypt: identification and assessment of key questions and challenges for a cost-effective and quality-based roll-out of sustainable energy
• Collection of insights and recommendations on how to harness Egypt’s job and potential in the field of sustainable energy
• Inform the development of of an that will offer possible pathways for strengthening the socio-economic benefits of sustainable energy in the country

Agenda

09:00 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 11:00	Opening of the workshop, welcome of participants Setting the scene–Opportunities and challenges of Egypt’s sustainable energy policy, with a particular focus on local value and employment Kristin Meyer, GIZ, Germany Ahmed Badr, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) SE4Jobs Project Introduction
11:30 - 12:15	SE4 JOBS Toolbox Introduction: Objectives, structure, content Klaus Jacob, FFU SE4Jobs Toolbox Introduction
12:15 - 12:30	Module "Assessment'(1): Exploring the issues relevant to the assessment of the RE sector in Egypt Assessment: Background, and good practice options Klaus Jacob, FFU SE4Jobs Toolbox Good Practice Analysis
13:15 - 14:45	Module "Assessment'(2):  Participant  which capacities are needed to assess current employment capacities along the value chain Presentation of a tool to assess employment replace Without capacities:GIZ and ELMA Dennis Tänzler/Karolin Blattmann Moderated discussion Johanna Jagnow/Kristin Meyer, GIZ Tool GIZ ELMA Tool GIZ EQuIP
15:00 - 16:45	Module “Actors”: Discuss the roles and responsibilities for strategic planning  Actors: background and good practice options Klaus Jacob, FFU  Presentation of selected tools to responsibilities for capacity building in the RE sector  Group work Dennis Tänzler Output of this session: Overview of actors and responsibilities engaged in RE employment in Egypt SE4Jobs Toolbox Module Actors
16:45 - 17:00	Recap and feedback

09:00 - 10:30	Module “Strategic Planning”: Learn about indicators to measure policy progress  Strategic Planning: background,  and good practice options Klaus Jacob, FFU  Presentation of a tool on monitoring policy progress: IRENA’s Evaluating RE  Which capacities are needed to establish and maintain monitoring and evaluation systems? 'Dennis Tänzler/Karolin Blattman' Moderated discussion SE4Jobs Toolbox Module Strategic Planning
10:30 - 11:00	Module “Policies and Instruments” (1): Develop suitable approaches to promote employment in Egypt based on existing structures  Policies and Instruments: background,  and good practice options Klaus Jacob, FFU  SE4Jobs Toolbox Module Policies
11:30 - 12:30	Module “Policies and Instruments” (2):  Presentation of instruments and Egyptian activities for qualification, competence building and training in the RE sector Which instruments are suitable to support training of a skilled workforce in the various segments of the RE value chain in Egypt? Rana Yacoub, KfW Yasser A. Khalil, Cairo University Abdelrahman Fatoum, TU Berlin – German Science Centre Cairo Output of this session: Entry points for qualification, competence building and training along the RE value chain in Egypt Approach KfW ITEC Approach Cairo Univ REMENA Approach TU Berlin MSc Engineering Presentation
12:30 - 13:00	Recap and evaluation Synthesis of workshop outputs Discussion of potential next steps 'Dennis Tänzler/Karolin Blattmann

Participant List and Report

Workshop Report Cairo

Participants' List

Main Conclusions

• This training workshop in Cairo has been the first of its kind and can be seen as the starting point for follow-up regional workshops and discussion on the topic of Local Value and Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
• The regular meetings and workshops will address specific sub-topics and key questions to be found in the SE4JOBS Toolbox and how to assess the jobs of existing policies
• The workshop has proved once again that bringing different stakeholders on the same table is a key issue to tackle this complex issue.

Reference

This article is part of the RE-ACTIVATE project. RE-ACTIVATE “Promoting Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the MENA Region” is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).