MENAREC 6 Regional Conference

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REGIONAL PROJECT RE-ACTIVATE	Event	MENAREC 6 Regional Conference
	Place	The Regency Hotel - Kuwait
	Date	4-6 April 2016
	Responsible

Summary of the Event:

Type of Event	Session on : Socio-Economic and Environmental Benefits of Renewable Energy
Objective(s)	To discuss the socio-economic and environmental impact and benefits of RE, based on current national and regional experiences and outcomes of ongoing and concluded studies
Participants	Different stakeholders from public and private sectors, research institutions, developing agencies and international players and diplomates.
Number of Participants	30-40
Discussion Points	Interrelation between energy mix, energy access and climate change and its impact on the socio-economic aspects. Recommendations to improve the implementation of RE projects The socio-economic dimension of RE and EE and its impact Importance of including socio-economic aspects also in the legal framework Important of promoting investments and its impact on the socio-economic aspects
Main Outcomes	The session concluded that regional cooperation and cooperation between stakeholders is necessary to bring in new participants and to boost the future of RE.

Contribution of RE-ACTIVATE:

Presentation	Panalists: Ragia Ferroukhi (IRENA), Ibrahim Abdul-Galil, Ziad Jaber (RCREEE) and Radia Sedaoui (UNESCWA)
Animation/Moderation	Dr Ahmed Badr (RCREEE)
Financial/Organizational Contribution	RE-ACTIVATE
Further Information (Energypedia or DMS link)	MENAREC Conference Agenda Day 2 Agenda Conference Report

Reference

This article is part of the RE-ACTIVATE project. RE-ACTIVATE “Promoting Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the MENA Region” is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).