Workshop on the Socio-economic Impacts of Renewable Energy (2)

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Socio-Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy

Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Venue: Capital Suite 15, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Workshop report : link

Workshop Agenda: link

Workshop Event sheet: link

Agenda

13:45-14:00	Welcome coffee
14:00-14:30	Welcome and introductory remarks on the report, "Welcome and Introductory Remarks" Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA and Steffen Erdle, GIZ
Session 1 14:30-15:30	Benefits of Renewable Energy: Measuring the Economics Moderated by Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA Setting the scene: Measuring renewable energy benefits, Alvaro Lopez-Peña, IRENA Renewable energy jobs, Arslan Khalid, IRENA
	Open Discussion	How do the results compare with other studies? What is the value added of the study carried out by IRENA? What are the economic variables that affect the model most? And how were these addressed? What are the implications for policy-makers?
Session 2 15:30-16:30	Benefits of Renewable Energy: Options for Maximizing Local Value and Employment Moderated by Ziad Jaber, RCREEE Setting the scene: Promoting local employment and value creation - tools and policies: International good practices for employment through sustainable energy - Steffen Erdle, GIZ Socio-economic impact of renewable energy in Lebanon – Joseph Al Assad, LCEC
	Panel Discussion	Insights from the field and feedback from practitioners: the public sector Mohamed El Sobki, New and Renewable Energy Agency (NREA), Egypt Joseph Al Assad, Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) Lebanon  Ayanda Belinda Nakedi, Eskom Renewables, South Africa Insights from the field and feedback from practitioners: the private sector Raed Bkayrat, First Solar Bruce Douglas, Global Solar Council Emad Ghaly, Siemens
	Q&A Session
16:30-17:00	Coffee Break
Session 3 17:00-18:00	Renewable Energy Benefits: Impact on Livelihoods Moderated by Steffen Erdle, GIZ Setting the scene: Improving livelihoods through decentralized renewable energy, Dagmar Zwebe, SNV
	Panel Discussion	Dagmar Zwebe, SNV Silvia Escudero, EUEI PDF Divyam Nagpal, IRENA
	Q&A Session
	18:00	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).