Promoting Energy Security and Investment in the Black Sea Area: the Role of Multilateral Cooperation
- Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Energy Yuriy Boyko, Minister of Fuel and Energy, Ukraine Selim Kuneralp, Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference
27 July 2010, Odessa, Ukraine
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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.
This highly successful event brought together over 150 participants from various countries and international organisations. Senior figures from government, industry, international bodies and non-governmental organisations presented their views on the key issues that lie before the Black Sea states and the international community in the promotion of energy security and investment in the energy sector.
Below, you can download the presentation materials from this conference.
PROGRAMME
Welcome and Opening Statements
Oleksandr Prokopenko
Secretary, Odessa City Council
André Mernier (speech, 13kb)
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos
Secretary General, Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation-PERMIS
Andreas von Below
Country Director Bulgaria, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Session One: Energy Challenges in the Black Sea Area
Chaired by Andreas von Below, Director, KAS/Bulgaria
Dario Chello
Director for Energy Efficiency and Investment, Energy Charter Secretariat
James Sherr
Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Valentina Pop
Reporter, Euobserver.com
John Roberts (slides, 0.5Mb)
Global Energy Security Analyst, Platts
Discussion
Session Two: Energy Investment Needs, Opportunities and Risks
Chaired by Jean-Marie Devos, Secretary General, Eurogas
Graham Coop (slides, 1.7Mb)
General Counsel, Energy Charter Secretariat
Liviu Muresan (slides, 0.65Mb)
Executive President of the Eurisc Foundation, Romania
Manfred Schrenk (slides, 0.76Mb)
Managing Director, Central European Institute of Technology (CEIT), Austria; Member of Board of the Energy Worldwide Holding
Michael Sipos (slides, 0.7Mb)
Managing Director, SPM International
Discussion
Session Three: The Role of International Organisations in the Black Sea Area Energy Challenges
Chaired by André Mernier, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Vladimir Rakhmanin (speech, 0.1Mb, in Russian)
Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Traian Chebeleu
Deputy Secretary General, BSEC
Michael Thomadakis (slides, 0.1Mb)
Chairman, Energy Charter Investment Group
Matteo Colangeli (slides, 0.1Mb)
Senior Banker, EBRD
Ann Eggington (slides, 0.4Mb)
Head of Division, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Directorate of Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency
Discussion
Plenary Session: Multilateral Policy Responses to Energy Challenges in the Black Sea Area
Chaired by Selim Kuneralp, Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference (speech, 11kb)
Yuriy Boyko (slides, 1.3Mb, in Russian)
Minister of Fuel and Energy, Ukraine
Günther Oettinger (speech, 45kb)
EU Commissioner for Energy
Traycho Traykov
Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, the Republic of Bulgaria
Aleksandre Khetaguri
Minister of Energy, Georgia
Selahattin Çimen
Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Republic of Turkey
Discussion