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INOGATE Technical Secretariat

Strengthening relations and the energy trade between the EU and 11 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

INOGATE originated in the mid-1990s to support the (EU) regarding Interstate Oil and Gas Transportation to Europe, with particular focus on oil and gas pipelines running from and through Eastern Europe and the (the region between the Black and the Caspian seas) to the EU countries. BSI Case Study – Inogate Technical Secretariat bsigroup.com/our-services/international-projects

“Much of the work involved providing capacity building and advisory services, as well as delivering training and facilitating overseas study visits to the UK and other European countries.” Ana Nunez Lopez – BSI Lead Project Manager

Energy market integration Much of the work involved providing Soon the EU could become less reliant on capacity building and advisory services to Russia for gas imports (39 per cent of EU Following the Initiative in 2004 (a policy the INOGATE countries, as well as delivering natural gas imports came from Russia dialogue which sought to better integrate training and facilitating overseas study visits across transit countries such as and the energy markets of participating countries to the UK, so standardization professionals in 2013), able to trade with INOGATE with the EU energy market) and the Astana from the INOGATE partner countries and staff partners and others. These countries could Declaration of 2006, INOGATE evolved. working for government energy ministries also use European and international It became a broader international energy could learn how BSI runs its gas and electricity standards to improve the quality of their cooperation programme between the EU standards Technical Committees. Other visits energy products and infrastructure, become and , , Belarus, , were organized so that INOGATE delegates more efficient and increase their energy , , , could learn how EU Member States use exports, while continuing to build ever , Ukraine, and their gas standards. closer ties with the EU. . attended meetings as an INOGATE partner, but was not a beneficiary, Gap analysis while the Russian Federation was an observer. We also developed a roadmap for INOGATE “We developed a roadmap for partner countries, after looking closely at INOGATE also aimed to help the 11 partner INOGATE partner countries, their existing standardization system and countries to reduce their dependency on comparing it to the systems in place in after looking closely at their fossil fuels and imports, improve the security the EU. This identified gaps between both existing standardization system of their energy supply and mitigate overall systems and we advised on steps needed climate change through the adoption of and comparing it to the to bring them closer. renewable energy technologies. systems in place in the EU.” “This was particularly important for Moldova, System standardization Georgia and Ukraine, because they’ve signed “From February 2012 until the INOGATE Association Agreements with the EU in 2014, programme ended in April 2016, BSI was which include a Deep and Comprehensive tasked with finding out how INOGATE partner Free Trade Agreement, and means they Did you know? countries could improve standardization in must adopt European standards in gas and INOGATE is one of the longest-running their electricity and gas systems to better electricity as part of its ratification,” EU-funded energy technical assistance facilitate trade with the EU,” says Ana Nuñez Ana Nuñez Lopez adds. programmes. Founded in 1996, it ran Lopez, BSI Lead Project Manager. for 20 years.

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