RE-ACTIVATE SE4Jobs Expert Workshop Rabat

RE-ACTIVATE
Promoting Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the MENA Region

Optimizing Socio-economic Benefits of Sustainable Energy Technologies in Developing & Emerging Countries: Employment & Value Chain Promotion

Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Venue: Présidence de l’Université Mohamed V, Rabat/Morocco

Number of Participants: 30 max

Invitation to the Workshop: English version and French Version

Draft Agenda

Time                    Item                                                                                       Speaker
09.30 - 10.00	Opening of the workshop: Welcome of participants by the chair Objectives of the workshop Short round for Q&A, feedback by participants	Moderation: Mustapha Ayaita Steffen Erdle, GIZ
10:00-10:45	Short introduction of the SE4JOBS project: Background / rationale Conceptual / methodological approach Possible outcomes / impacts Short round for Q&A, feedback by participants	Moderation: Mustapha Ayaita Steffen Erdle, GIZ
10:45-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-13:00	The first stage of the SE4JOBS project: main results and the way forward	Moderation: Steffen Erdle
11:00-12:00	Good practice analysis of worldwide reference countries: Analytical framework for good practice identification, first empirical results	Klaus Jacob, Center for Environ-mental Policy Research (FFU)
12:00-12:30	Some key assumptions on entry points and the uptake potential of MENA countries: the case of Morocco and Tunisia	Johara Bellali/Karolin Blattmann, Adelphi
12:30-13:00	Options / perspectives for the development of a new policy tool box Each presentation 15 min, followed by Q&A	Klaus Jacob, Center for Environ-mental Policy Research (FFU)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00	Feedback and input statements from the field: Political strategies & overall policy guide-lines: energy, industry, employment … Current situation and territorial approach of RE/EE deployment; RE/EE-based value and employment creation Technological skills and human capacity building Private sector development and experiences International cooperation activities in the concerned policy fields Perspectives for employment generation in the framework of the energy transition Each intervention 5 min, followed by possibility for Q&A and discussion with participants	Moderation: Steffen Erdle Z. Ettaik/M. Machkori, MEMEEE M. Bentahar, ONME (TBC) S. El Manaa, MIT A. Touzani, ADEREE S. Chérif, STEG Profs. M. Ayaita, M. Amzazi, R. Cherkaoui, M. Benlemlih, N. Komiha, REU-NET A. Meftah, Cluster EMC N. Zeddou, Cluster Solaire Z. Sadik, Bureau Veritas V. Schick/U. Fimpel, GIZ J. Kuntze/B. Payard, GIZ A. Chtioui, GIZ Mohamed Berdai/Dieter Uh
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-18:30	Consolidation of results: Intl. field experiences and sector approaches: Sustainable economic development as well as private sector and employment promotion Relevance of the contributions, opportunities for cooperation with the SE4JOBS Project	Moderation: Mustapha Ayaita Hans-Joachim Zinnkann, GIZ Johanna Jagnow, GIZ Steffen Erdle, GIZ Hind Ilidrissi, RCREEE
17:30 – 18.00	End of the workshop: Conclusions and recommendations for the future work plan and the next steps	Moderation: Mustapha Ayaita 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 Wednesday, 20.00
  
• Presentations to be submitted by 8 June, publication online after the workshop
  
• Organization of transport and accommodation: Amal Bouhafra 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).