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Eu4energy Governance 2017 Pilot Newsletter EU4Energy EU4Energy Governance 2017 Pilot Newsletter In this Issue About EU4Energy EU4Energy is a new European Union initiative to follow the successfully completed About EU4Energy INOGATE Programme (1996-2016). It is designed to support evidence-based energy policy-making in the six countries that make up the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region: Institutional Setting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The overarching goal is to support partner countries in reducing their energy dependence and intensity, bolstering Country Work their resilience and opening up new opportunities for efficient low-carbon economies that Programmes for further advance citizens’ well-being. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus The Energy Charter Secretariat is delighted to participate as an implementing partner, as all six EaP countries are also signatories to the Energy Charter Treaty, a multilateral agreement Calendar of Upcoming for energy cooperation covering investment promotion and protection, trade, transit, energy Events efficiency and dispute resolution. In the News The EU4Energy Programme is funded by the European Union Contact Spacing Map was created by the Energy Charter EU4Energy PMU with FreeVectorMaps.com EU4Energy Institutional Setting Several international organisations are working closely with the Ministries of Energy and/or other relevant stakeholders in partner countries to provide support in identifying their needs and objectives as well as in carrying out policy recommendations. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is responsible first for improving energy data quality and its use in decision- and policy-making, particularly on the demand side (Component I); second, for shaping regional discussions and policy pathways in the security, sustainability and market realms across neighbouring partner countries (Component II); and third, for creating a go-to web-portal hosting publically accessible statistics and more comprehensive sources of information for each focus country (Component IV). At the same time, the Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) and the Energy Community Secretariat (EnCS) are responsible for Component III: providing support in improving the legislative and regulatory environment in the participating countries’ energy sectors in line with their EU obligations and/or with EU best practice. While the Energy Community Secretariat delivers technical assistance to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, the Energy Charter Secretariat does so to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Communication and visibility is carried out by EU NEIGHBOURS east Info Centre through Component V. Country Work Programmes for 2017 Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Calendar of Upcoming Events Stakeholder Consultation on energy efficiency in buildings and energy-related September Armenia products 2nd Meeting of the Working group on elaborating the Law on energy efficiency October Azerbaijan National capacity-building Workshop regarding the Law on energy efficiency October 2nd Meeting of the Task-force on energy efficiency Belarus 3rd Meeting of the Working group on elaborating the Law on energy efficiency November Azerbaijan Stakeholder Consultations on the Law on energy efficiency end November 3rd Meeting of the Task-force on energy efficiency Belarus Final Workshop to present results on Guidelines for enforcing energy December performance standards in buildings and for developing energy performance Armenia standards for energy-related products December High-level Policy Roundtable Belarus December High-level policy Roundtable Armenia Jan.-Feb. 2018 High-level policy Roundtable Azerbaijan They’re Talking about Us! Contact EU4Energy in the news Bilyana Chobanova EU4Energy Project Manager - ECS +32 2 775 98 53 Belarus: EU4Energy to support investment in energy efficiency [email protected] EU NEIGHBOURS east 12.06.2017 Anna Nosichenko Financial and Administrative Assistant - ECS EU4Energy Programme in Belarus: support in the development and realisation of +32 2 775 98 21 energy policy on the basis of best EU practices for attracting investment in energy [email protected] efficiency (in Russian) Article in the magazine “Energy and Management” EU4Energy PMU- Energy Charter №(96)-2017 Secretariat Boulevard de la Woluwe, 46 Belarus B-1200 Brussels, Belgium [email protected] www.energycharter.org .
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