MEDENER, the Euro-Mediterranean Platform for the success of the energy transition

On February 10, MEDENER, the Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy, organized its General Assembly, at the representative office of its Italian member, ENEA in Brussels.

ANME, National Agency for Energy Management in Tunisia saw on that occasion extended his mandate for one year Presidency, waiting for new candidatures in the coming weeks.

It was also an opportunity to take a rich balance sheet for 2015 and to present the 2016 outlook to accelerate the energy transition in the Mediterranean region.

This year 2015 marks a turning point for MEDENER, who was entrusted the coordination of the Union for the Mediterranean Platform on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, co-chaired by the European Commission and the Jordan, in partnership with RCREEE (Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency) and RES4MED (Association for Renewable Energy solutions in the Mediterranean). To support the energy transition in the Mediterranean, MEDENER has developed a work program to:

• Formulate a Mediterranean Energy Efficiency strategy with regional and national targets;
• Overcome Barriers of Buildings sector;
• Web based support tools such as information platforms in building sector;
• Develop an observatory by the establishment of indicators to measure energy efficiency and renewable energy, called MED-IEE to monitor energy policies.
• Develop energy transition scenarios for the deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the Mediterranean region.
• Establish resource center tools, methods and guides to good practices illustrating the monitoring and implementation of the legislative and regulatory framework of national plans for EE and RE (NEEAP and NREAP).
• Engage the private sector in financing projects accompanying the energy transition in the Mediterranean
• Strengthen public awareness and the development of the capacity-building of stakeholders and notably in the building sector, representing over 40% of energy consumption in the Mediterranean

Web site:  www.medener.org