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MENAREC 5 (Middle East and North Africa Renewable Energy Conference)
Overview
The MENAREC 5 Declaration
The MENAREC 5 Opening Film
MENAREC 5 Film
Speakers & Presentations
Day 1 - 15th of May 2012
Plenary session 1.1 - Opening Ceremony
Plenary session 1.2 - Renewable Energy: Prospects and challenges of regional cooperation
Workshop 1 - What are the policy options for an accelerated deployment of renewable energy in the EU-MENA region?
- Mrs. Christine LINS, Executive Secretary, REN21: Global Renewable Energy Policy Perspectives
- Mr. Steffen ERDLE, Expert, UfMS Energy Division: The MSP Process: Helping Create Sustainable Energy Markets in the Mediterranean Area
- Mr. Mario RAGWITZ, Deputy Head of Competence Center Energy Policy and Energy Market, Fraunhofer ISI, Federal Republic of Germany: European exper iences in designing policies for renewable energy: Where do we stand today?
- Mrs. Amel BIDA, Acting Executive Director, RCREEE: RE policy development in the MENA region
- Mr. Toufik MOULINE, Director General, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies, Kingdom of Morocco: Quel cadre d’interactions et de synergie pour réussir l’intégration euro-méditerranéenne en matière d’énergies renouvelables ?
Workshop 2 - Traing, R&D and innovation: How to allow for technology acquisition in the MENA region?
- Mr. Badr IKKEN, Director, IRESEN, Kingdom of Morocco: Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies
- Mr. Robert PITZ-PAAL, Co-director, DLR Institute of Solar Research, Federal Republic of Germany: enerMENA - Towards a Sustainable Implementation of Solar Thermal Power Plants Technology in the MENA
- Mr. El Habib EL-ANDALOUSSI, Deputy team leader, PWMSP: The EU funded project "Paving the Way for the MSP" Knowledge Transfer / Capacity Building
- Mr. Albrecht TIEDEMANN, Expert, RENAC, Federal Republic of Germany: Innovative formats for further education in the sector of Renewable Energy
- Mr. Tahar SAHRAOUI, Head of Studies, Director General of the Ministry for Higher Education, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria: Projet de Coopération Scientifique Algéro-Allemande La Centrale Solaire Thermique en Tour
Workshop 3 - How to allow for industrial integration and job creation in renewable energy projects in the MENA region?
- Président de l’atelier: M. SQUALLI, Président, Association Marocaine des Industries Solaires et Eoliennes (AMISOLE)
- Mme FATIMI, Ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et des Nouvelles Technologies, Maroc: Energies renouvelables : L’intégration industrielle au coeur de la stratégie énergétique nationale
- Mme Rabia FERROUKHI, Senior Expert, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA): REValue: Renewable Energy Jobs
- Mme Ulrike LEHR, Expert, GWS Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung: Création d’emplois dans le secteur des énergies renouvelables en Tunisie
- M. Ilias HAMDOUCH, Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), Maroc: Intégration industrielle : composante clé du Plan Solaire Marocain
- M. Luis CRESPO, President, European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA): Macroeconomic impact of Solar Thermal Electricity Sector in Spain
- M. Thierry de MARGERIE, Président, Alstom Maroc
- M. Jonathan COONY, Expert, Banque Mondiale, The Worldbank: The Moroccan Climate Innovation Center (CIC)
- M. Jorge Servert del RIO, CEO, STA Solar and Mme. Paz Nachon LOPEZ, accenture: The Moroccan Climate Innovation Center (CIC)
- Mme Georgeta VIDICAN, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute (DIE): Enhancing domestic capabilities in renewable energies in MENA: Supporting private sector development and employment
Workshop 4 - For a sustainable development through renewable energy in the MENA region: what kind of sectorial integration?
- Mrs. Myriem TOUHAMI, Programme Manager, UNEP: RE integration into Sectoral Plans (case study PROSOL) and Barriers to RE Applications in the MENA Region
- Mr. Said MOULINE, Director General, ADEREE, Kingdom of Morocco: For a sustainable development through renewable energy in the MENA region : what kind of inter-sectorial integration is needed?
- Mr. Kurt WIESEGART, Project Manager, MEDENEC: MEDENEC II
- Mr. Cedric PHILIBERT, Senior Analyst and Solar Energy Expert, IEA: An integrated approach to renewables
- Mr. Brahim BENHAMOU, Director Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Laboratory, Cadi Ayad University, Kingdom of Morocco: Air Refreshment by Passive Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings
- Mrs. Nada ROUDIES, Director of Regulation, Development and Quality, Ministry of Tourism, Kingdom of Morocco: La durabilité au coeur de la Stratégie du Tourisme Marocain ‘Vision 2020’
Workshop 5 - State of the art of renewable energy technologies and suitable otpions for the MENA countries
Day 2 - 16th of May 2012
Plenary session 2.1 - Renewable Energy: Financing
Plenary session 2.2 - Prospects and challenges for a regional EU-MENA grid and market integration



















