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Overview

The Secretariat of the German-Tunisian Energy Partnership is a project funded by the German federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and implemented by the GIZ. It is a communication platform between the the Tunisian Ministry of Industry and Energy and the German federal Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWi). Its office opened 2013 in Tunis.

Mission

The Secretariat shall provide the different working groups of the partnership with logistic and technical support. The secretariat is meant to ease the collaboration between German and Tunisian stakeholders such as scholars, private or public actors. The secretariat is meant to be the “face of the partnership”.

Activities

The Secretariat leads various activities: it organises meetings of the steering committee and the working groups and the German-Tunisian Energy Day. The German-Tunisian Energy Day is an annual conference gathering key private and public actors from both countries to discuss subjects related to energy matters. The secretariat also provides technical support to public and private entities in Tunisia. For example, it has provided support to the Tunisian national energy supplier STEG at the elaboration of a new grid code for renewable appliances. It also works in close collaboration with the private sector, supporting companies in the field of renewable energy to strengthen their associative structures