23 September 2010
Meeting of the Budget Committee
11 October 2010
Strategy Group of the Energy Charter
04 November 2010
Meeting of the PEEREA Working Group
Today the Black Sea has become a key area within the context of energy relations between Europe and Eurasia. But despite the development of important energy projects, the region's considerable energy potential identified in earlier studies remains largely unfulfilled. If the Black Sea is to emerge as a major energy region, attention will need to be given to understanding clearly the energy opportunities and the challenges that currently confront the countries of the region.
On 27 July 2010, the Energy Charter Secretariat in cooperation with the organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organised a conference on Promoting Energy Security and Investment in the Black Sea Area: the Role of Multilateral Cooperation. The Conference focused on the following central question: how can the Black Sea region's full energy potential be achieved given the substantial barriers that have impeded energy projects over recent decades?
This important issue was addressed in the keynote speeches delivered by the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko, the EU Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism of Bulgaria Traycho Traykov, the Minister of Energy of Georgia Aleksandre Khetaguri, and the Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Selahattin Çimen.
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The Syrian Arab Republic became an Energy Charter Observer on 28 June 2010, when the Ambassador of Syria to the European Communities, H.E. Mr. Mohamad Ayman Soussan, signed the 1991 Energy Charter on behalf of his country.
The Secretary General of the Energy Charter, Ambassador André Mernier, today expressed his concern about recent developments with regard to the gas dispute between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. This dispute over payments for gas supplies and transit is a commercial matter. Still it is important to draw attention to the principle of uninterrupted transit, which is a core element of the Energy Charter Treaty.
On June 8, 2010, the Energy Charter Deputy Secretary General, Amb. Vladimir Rakhmanin delivered an opening statement at the High-Level International Conference on the mid-term comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action "Water for Life 2005-2015", which took place in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. (click here to download the text of this speech in Russian)
On 18-19 May the Secretary General André Mernier visited the capital of Uzbekistan to meet with high-level government officials and to discuss the ways for enhanced energy cooperation among the Central Asian republics.
PUBLICATIONS
(2010) This study looks at the outcomes of the changes which were taking place in the coal sector over the past decade.
(2010) This study examines the experience with White Certificates Schemes, which have been introduced in several countries.
(2010) This Regular Review was prepared by the Croatian authorities.
(2010) This report takes an in-depth look at the investment climate and market structure of Tajikistan's energy sector.
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