RE-ACTIVATE SE4Jobs Expert Workshop Tunisia

How to Foster Local Value and Employment: Good Practices for Optimizing Socio-economic Benefits of Sustainable Energy Technologies in Developing & Emerging Countries

Overview

Date: Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Venue: Novotel, Av. Mohamed V, Tunis/Tunisia

Number of Participants: 25

Invitation to the Workshop: English version and French Version

Workshop Report: English version and French Version

Draft Agenda

Time                    Item                                                                                       Speaker
09.30 - 10.00	Opening of the workshop: Welcome of participants Objectives of the workshop  Short presentation of participants Expectations towards the workshop	Moderation: NN Steffen Erdle, GIZ
10:30-11:00	Introduction to the SE4JOBS project and the question “what creates employment?” Objectives, state of advancement and expected results of the SE4JOBS project Proposals for a toolkit to support employment & value chain promotion through sustainable energies (based on identified good practices of global pioneer countries) Round for Q&A and feedback by participants	Moderation: NN Steffen Erdle, GIZ Klaus Jacob, Center for Environmental Policy Research (FFU) & Dennis Tänzler, adelphi All
11:00-11:15	Coffee Break
11:15-13:00	What do we know about enabling conditions for sustainable energy-based employment and value chain promotion?	Moderation: NN
11:15-11:35	Insights from good practice analysis of selected worldwide reference countries	Klaus Jacob, Center for Environmental Policy Research (FFU)
11:35-11:45	Preliminary assumptions on entry points and uptake potentials of selected MENA countries	Karolin Blattmann, adelphi
11:45-13:00	Feedback from participants followed by discussion	All
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30	Prospects for the development of a new toolkit to strengthen the socio-economic effects of sustainable energies for local populations	Moderation : NN
14:00-14:15	Introduction to break-out group discussions on lessons learnt and good practice tools to support SE-based local employment & value chain promotion	Steffen Erdle, GIZ
14:15-15:30	Breakout group discussions: Participants will divide into three groups dealing with key issue areas to help inform the toolkit development. Guiding questions: What is the state of knowledge about situational conditions influencing the sustainable energies & employment nexus? What are remaining gaps? What strategies are available that link sustainable energies, value creation & employment? What modes of coordination can be identified? Which supporting instruments including policies are already being used? How effective are they? What are potential shortcomings?	All participants
15:30 – 15:45	Coffee Break
15:45 -17:30	Joint reflection on break out group findings: Presentation of key findings by breakout groups Room for Q&A and discussion with participants	Moderation: NN Group representatives All participants
17:30 – 18.00	End of the workshop: Conclusions and recommendations for the future work plan and the next steps	Moderation: NN Steffen Erdle, GIZ

Additional information for participants:

• Technical tools available: beamer, pinboard, flipchart, “ZOP Koffer”
  
• Working languages: English and French; simultaneous translation available
  
• Recording, consolidation & dissemination of contributions by RE-ACTIVATE staff
  
• Lunch and coffee at the workshop, dinner with participants on Tuesday, 20.00
  
• Presentations to be submitted by 8 June, publication online after the workshop
  
• Organization of transport and accommodation: Ali Ben Abdallah from RE-ACTIVATE

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).