Workshop on the Socio-economic Impacts of Renewable Energy
Workshop on Maximising Socio-economic Value Creation
Date: Monday, 19 January 2015
Venue: Capital Suite 14, World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Workshop report : English version
Agenda
13:30-14:15 |
Welcome coffee | |||
14:15-14:30 |
Welcome and introductory remarks on the report, "The socio-economic benefits Of solar and wind energy"
Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA Anita Richter, GIZ | |||
Session 1 14:30-16:30 |
Maximising socio-economic value creation through policies (e.g. deployment, investment promotion and technology transfer, strengthening firm level capabilities, education & training, research and innovation) Moderated by Ulrike Lehr, GWS | |||
Presenter |
Overview on relevant policy fields and implementation, Ulrike Lehr, GWS and Barbara Breitschopf, ISI Fraunhofer– 20min Perspective on tradeoffs and priority setting for value creation policies, Steffen Erdle, GIZ – 10min | |||
Country experiences |
Planned |
Country experiences – 40 min | ||
Discussion |
For county representatives What are the main elements of existing national strategies (e.g. renewable energy deployment, investment promotion and technology transfer, strengthening firm level capabilities, education and training, research and innovation) with regard to domestic value creation?
From your perspective, which policy elements (e.g. renewable energy deployment, investment promotion and technology transfer, strengthening firm level capabilities, education and training, research and innovation) are most promising for local value creation? Which government activity helped to set up a good business environment for your renewable energy activities? Are there any elements which you see as lacking or would like to amend? | |||
16:30-17:00 |
Coffee Break | |||
Session 2 |
Methodologies for assessing socio-economic impacts and criteria for the selection of the right tool Moderated by Diala Hawila, IRENA | |||
Panelist |
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Open Discussion | ||||
18:15-18:30 |
Concluding remarks |
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). |