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Minutes of the EU4Energy Action Management Group Meeting
10/12/2019
Chaired by
(NEAR), the EU4Energy Action Management Group Meeting brought all the
implementing partners of EU4Energy.
From the IEA:
(Head of Division);
and
from the EnCS:
from the ECS:
and from Ecorys:
From the EU side,
(NEAR),
(NEAR),
(NEAR)
t (ENER).
The focus of the meeting was a) to take stock of progress achieved under the project (at its 4th year)
and b) to have an overview of the next activities. (See attached slideshows for possible further reading.)
In the introduction,
underlined amongst several issues the need for implementing
partners to cooperate closely with the EUDs on the ground.
We had rich and fruitful discussions on progress achieved all across the EU4Energy components.
EU4Energy Data & Policy (International Energy Agency):
At present, the project is in the middle of its fourth year. The first three years saw a strong inception
phase, followed by two years of events and capacity building designed to inform their current
“deliverables phase”. The IEA held 13 policy fora, covering 14 topics, three training weeks, and had
strong levels of participation at each event, averaging about 80 participants per fora, with strong
participation from the statisticians. The IEA also noted that their statistics capacity building has an
impact, with significant improvement in terms of harmonization with international standards,
particularly in the 6 EaP countries. Energy Efficiency indicators work has also seen improvement, with
countries making marked progress in using the IEA template and expanding available sector-level data
sets. The fourth year marked a transition to the two main deliverables: country roadmaps and in-depth
reviews (IDRs), both of which are directly informed by the three previous years of inception missions,
policy fora, and statistics capacity building.
As year four has gotten underway, the IEA held their first IDR mission to Georgia in October. It went very
well and the IEA
. The IEA
. Work on the rest of the roadmaps
will continue through 2020-2021. Meanwhile, data continues to play a significant role in both
deliverables, and will continue to do through the end of the Programme.
. This has also
proven to be a strong peer-learning method – something that the focus countries have been asking for.
Additionally, the data component aims to maximise the sustainability of the Progress achieved by the
countries via an additional energy statistics training to strengthen the capacity of the junior staff.
The ongoing discussions with the EU4Energy Statistics Network help identifying the main work areas still
requiring support in the future. In the future, the countries will need a strong focus on honing energy
efficiency indicators, in addition to continuing to improve evidence-based energy policymaking, further
strengthening ties between statisticians and policymakers.
EU4Energy Governance project in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus (Energy Charter Secretariat):
Armenia
.
Azerbaijan
.
Belarus
.
EU4Energy Governance project in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (Energy Community Secretariat):
For Georgia
.
For Moldova
.
For Ukraine
Within implementation of the project, EnCS also organised a number of High Level Policy Talks and
capacity building activities.
Next major activities :
Ukraine:
•
;
Georgia:
•
Moldova:
•
Possible ideas for the future:
.
Georgia and Moldova
EU4Energy Communication project (Ecorys):
Activities (April to November 2019)
EU Sustainable Energy Awards for Eastern Partnership (EUSEW 2019): A new award category
was created and opened to the six Eastern partner countries;
EUSEW photo contest - “The future of energy”: 124 eligible photographs received, and 30 best
photos selected for public vote;
Press tour: A regional press tour to Ukraine for 11 journalists from the region from 10th to 12th
June;
Energy efficiency stand: Built and managed EE stand and piloted four events: Europe Days in
Chisinau and Cahul in May, EUSEW 2019 launch in Mykolaiv and Energy Day in Sumy in June;
Editorial production: News alerts (155), Feature stories (9), photo albums (13), and animated
photo stories (5), radio broadcasts (5), factsheets (21);
Social media challenges. Babushka energy efficiency competition from 9th to 24th September
garnering 625 entries to the competition were received from 431 individuals;
Press breakfast: Yerevan: with Energy Charter on 17th October;
Activities (2020)
Editorial content: news alerts, social media posts, feature stories, photo albums, radio
broadcasts (Babushka in the studio);
Press breakfasts with implementing partners;
Stand-alone energy efficiency game;
Babushka
social media challenge (April 2020), and second round of
sustainable energy award
2020 (June);
EaP treasure hunt;
Areas of cooperation within EU4Energy
Repackaging news and social media content;
Reposting of events, publications, etc.;
Press breakfasts;
Feature stories.
ANNEXES
EU4Energy Data (International Energy Agency):
Table 1. National energy balance format in relation to European & International Standards
A) By country
Status
Country
2012 baseline
Current status
(INOGATE) ¹
(EU4ENERGY) ²
EaP
Armenia
EaP
Azerbaijan
EaP
Belarus
EaP
Georgia
CA
Kazakhstan
CA
Kyrgyzstan
EaP
Moldova
CA
Tajikistan
CA
Turkmenistan
EaP
Ukraine
CA
Uzbekistan
B) By country groups ³
Eastern Partnership (EaP)
Not harmonised
Partly harmonised
Harmonised
Central Asia (CA)
Not harmonised
Partly harmonised
Harmonised
EU4Energy countries
Not harmonised
Partly harmonised
Harmonised
Notes:
1) Based on INOGATE-project documents
2) Based on the latest annual EU4Energy data assessment (also included in the Progress report of the 3rd year)
3) n=10, i.e. Turkmenistan excluded from the evaluation as information not available
Table 2. Progress on energy efficiency indicators since the start of the EU4Energy Programme ¹
2017 baseline
Current status
(EU4Energy) ²
(EU4Energy) ²
No information or no disaggregated energy efficiency indicators available
Energy efficiency data available for at least 1 sector ³
Country compiling data using the IEA template
Five different indicators available for at least 2 sectors ⁴
Notes:
1) Based on the annual EU4Energy data assessments (also included in the Progress reports of the 1st and the 3rd year)
2) n=10, i.e. Turkmenistan excluded from the evaluation as information not available
3) Industry, residential, transport or service sectors
4) The quantitative measure is defined in the EU4Energy contract, but should not be seen as the end-goal of the work on energy
efficiency indicators. However, achieving this level indicated the country has the capacity and and data available for substantial
work on energy efficiency indicators.
Ideas for future work topics
(results of the poll from the 7th ESN, 6/12/2019)
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
-
Georgia
-
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
-
Moldova
Tajikistan
-
Turkmenistan
-
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
-