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Programme

Day 2: 12 February 2014

8:00 am Registration

AUC Main Conference Entrance

9:00 am
Welcome and Official Opening

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Moderation

Philippe Niyongabo
Head of Energy Division, Africa Union Commission (AUC)

Welcome Remarks

Mr. H.E. Elham Ibrahim (Host)
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission (AUC)
Mr. H.E. Gary Quince
Head of Delegation of the European Union to the African Union

Opening Remarks

Mr. Aboubakari Baba-Moussa
Director, Infrastructure and Energy Department, African Union Commission (AUC)
Mr. Franz Marré
Head of Division 313, Water, Energy, Urban Development, Geosciences Sector, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

10:15 am
The Road from 2010 to 2014 – Developments of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Speakers

AEEP Origins and History
AEEP Objectives and Set-up
AEEP Dialogue: HLM’s, other Fora
AEEP Operations: Stakeholder Consultations, RECP
Co-Chairs and AEEP Secretariat

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Presentation “The Road from 2010 to 2014 - Developments of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership”
PDF, 1.6 MB

10:45 am
Achieving the AEEP 2020 Targets: Status Report 2013

Presentation and Discussion of the AEEP Status Report

Session Chair

Mr. Wolfgang Moser
Head of Unit VII.5d Development, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria

Speaker

Mr. Jon Marks
Chairman, Cross-border information, CBI

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11:15 am
Expert Press Conference

Venue: Media Briefing Room

Coffee Break

11:45 am
Synergies – Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP)

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Mr. Philippe Niyongabo
Head of Energy Division, African Union Commission (AUC)

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Presentation “Synergies - PIDA and AEEP”, PDF, 674 kB

12:15 pm Group Photo Session

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm
Thematic Panel in Plenary
“Chicken and Egg?” – Enabling Environment and Energy Investment Projects

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Panellists will discuss the concrete links between energy project investments and the required favourable environment, in which such investments can thrive. The discussion will focus on the different perspectives stakeholders have, with project developers requiring attractive conditions on the one hand, and policymakers expecting viable projects on the other.

Moderator

Dr. Mike Enskat
Senior Programme Manager, GIZ

Panellists

3:00 pm Coffee

3:30 pm
Thematic Parallel Sessions

Session 1
Energy Access

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall

Panellists will present and discuss lessons learnt from successful roll-out and scale-up of energy access business models and programmes across various energy access sub-sectors.

Session Chair

Mr. Rajcoomar Bikoo
Acting Director General, Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities, Mauritius

Moderator

Mr. Ishmael Edjekumhene
Director, Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment (KITE), Ghana

Panellists

Mr. Lennart Deridder
Head of Sector, Energy Policy, Directorate General Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO), European Commission
Dr. Jean Pierre Kedi
Director General, Electricity Regulator (ARSEL) Cameroon
Mr. Mahamadou Karamoko Diarra
Energy Access Coordinator, Mali Folkecenter, Mali
Mr. Nico Peterschmidt
CEO, Inensus, Senegal
Mr. Carsten Hellpap
Programme Manager, Energising Development Partnership (EnDev), Germany
Ms. Gifty Tettey
Deputy Director, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Ghana

Session 2
Energy Security and Regional Integration

Venue: Conference Room 1

Panellists will discuss the relevance of energy infrastructure development and regional integration, in particular through cross-border transmission lines and power pools, for energy security in Africa and Europe.

Session Chair

Mr. Aboubakari Baba-Moussa
Director, Infrastructure and Energy Department, African Union Commission (AUC)

Moderator

Mr. Winfried Zarges
Sector Manager, GIZ African Union Commission (AUC) office

Panellists

Session 3
Financing Energy Projects, with a focus on Renewable Energy
(Joint session in collaboration with IRENA)

Venue: Conference Room 2

Building on the earlier discussion on the links between enabling environment and energy project investments, this panel will discuss the implications of and for public and private financing and related instruments, including risk mitigation.

Session Chair