Under the High Patronage of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI

Rabat Energy Forum - 20-21 September 2012

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Plenary Ministerial Session
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H.E. Mr. Fouad Douiri, Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Kingdom of Morocco

    
The highly successful Rabat Energy Forum, which took place on 20-21 September 2012, was co-organised with the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, under the high patronage of His Majesty the King of Morocco Mohammed VI. This event focused on the key energy issues in MENA countries and the relevance of the Charter for the development of the region's energy market. The Forum brought together more than 250 high-level representatives of governments, energy companies, financial institutions, international organisations and academia from 30 countries. Participants put forward suggestions aimed at enabling the creation of a competitive integrated regional energy market in the Middle East and North Africa.

Click here for the text of the Concluding Declaration of the Rabat Energy Forum

  

Presentations

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Panel
Amb. Ron Strikker
H.E. Mr. Saad Edine El Othmani
H.E. Mr. Neoklis Sylikiotis
Amb. Selim Kuneralp
H.E. Dr. Awad A. Ibrahim
H.E. Mr. Hasan Murat Mercan
Mr. Detlef Dauke
H.E. Mr. Youssef Amrani, Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Kingdom of Morocco
Dr. Mohammed Moussa Sobeih
Dr. Marwansyah Lobo Balia
Mr. Howard Chase
Dr. Said Nachet
Prof. Adnan Amkhan Bayno
Dr. Walid Al-Deghaili
Mr. Pedro Moraleda
Mr. Zafar Samadov
Mr. Guido Prud’homme
Ms. Patricia Veevers-Carter
Mr. Nadjib Otmane
Mr. Konstantin Staschus
Mr. André Merlin
Mr. Ahmed Baroudi
Mr. Fabrice Fortin
Mr. Gilles Lafleuriel
Mr. Florian Encke
H.E. Mr. Fouad Douiri
Amb. Selim Kuneralp
Mr. Mohammed Yahya Zniber, H.E. Mr. Fouad Douiri, Amb. Selim Kuneralp, Amb. Urban Rusnák
Amb. Urban Rusnák
Mr. Mohammed Taoufik Adyel

  

Plenary Ministerial Session

  
Welcome and Opening Statements

H.E. Mr. Fouad Douiri (PDF, 0.17Mb, in Arabic)
Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Kingdom of Morocco

Amb. Ron Strikker (PDF, 0.02Mb, in French)
Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Kingdom of Morocco

H.E. Mr. Saad Edine El Othmani
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Kingdom of Morocco

Amb. Selim Kuneralp
Chairman, Energy Charter Conference

  
1991 Energy Charter Signing Ceremony

   
Introductory Remarks

Amb. Urban Rusnák (PDF, 0.05Mb, in French)
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

   
Keynote Speeches

H.E. Mr. Neoklis Sylikiotis (PDF, 0.09Mb)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Cyprus, EU Energy Council President

H.E. Dr. Awad A. Ibrahim
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Libya

H.E. Mr. Hasan Murat Mercan
Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

Mr. Detlef Dauke
Director General for Energy Policy, Germany

Dr. Marwansyah Lobo Balia
Secretary General of the National Energy Council, Indonesia

Dr. Mohammed Moussa Sobeih (PDF, 0.15Mb, in Arabic)
Assistant Secretary General, League of Arab States

  
Recommendations of the Energy Charter Industry Advisory Panel

Mr. Howard Chase
Chairman of the Industry Advisory Panel

 


 

Forum Moderators

Dr. Said Nachet, Former Energy Director, International Energy Forum

Prof. Adnan Amkhan Bayno, MENA Chambers

    
Session 1: Energy Requirements for the Middle East and North Africa: Investment, Opportunities and Risks

   
Dr. Walid Al-Deghaili (PDF, 1.9Mb)
Sustainable Development and Productivity Division, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Mr. Pedro Moraleda (PDF, 0.8Mb)
Director General, Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Energie

Mr. Zafar Samadov (PDF, 0.5Mb)
Senior Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat

Mr. Guido Prud'homme
Representative (Morocco), European Investment Bank

Ms. Patricia Veevers-Carter (PDF, 1.6Mb)
Energy Manager, MENA Region, World Bank

Prof. Adnan Amkhan Bayno (PDF, 2.1Mb)
MENA Chambers

Discussion

   
Session 2: Conditions for a Regional Integrated Energy Market

    
Mr. Nadjib Otmane (PDF, 0.15Mb, in French)
President, Association of the Mediterranean Regulators for Electricity and Gas (MEDREG)

Mr. Konstantin Staschus (PDF, 4.0Mb)
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSOE)

Mr. André Merlin (PDF, 0.5Mb)
Chief Executive Officer, MEDGRID

Mr. Ahmed Baroudi (PDF, 0.35Mb)
General Manager, Société d'Investissements Energétiques

Mr. Fabrice Fortin (PDF, 1.6Mb)
Senior Commercial Adviser, Shell Upstream International

Mr. Gilles Lafleuriel (PDF, 1.8Mb)
Elia Group (TSO)

Mr. Florian Encke (PDF, 0.06Mb)
Senior Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat

Discussion

    
Session 3: Sustainable Energy Development - Water and Energy

    
Mr. Ali Fassi Fihri (PDF, 3.5Mb, in French)
Head of National Office for electricity and Water, Morocco

Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN)

Mr. Hans-Gerd Hühn (PDF, 3.6Mb, in French)
Advisor, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Mr. Saïd Mouline
Director General, Agence Nationale pour le Développement des Energies Renouvelables et de l'Efficacité Energétique (ADEREE)

Ms. Gabriela Prata Dias (PDF, 0.7Mb)
Senior Expert for Energy Efficiency, Energy Charter Secretariat

Discussion

    
Session 4: Towards Strengthened Regional Energy Cooperation

    
Amb. Sotiris Varouxakis
Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean

Sen. Lhou Lmarbouh
Special Rapporteur on Energy, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)

Ms. Miriam Bardolet (PDF, 1.3Mb)
DII GmbH

Mr. El Habib El Andaloussi (PDF, 8.5Mb)
EU-Funded Project: "Paving the Way for the Mediterranean Solar Plan"

Mr. André Merlin (PDF, 0.8Mb)
Chief Executive Officer, MEDGRID

Mr. Youssef Rouissi (PDF, 0.9Mb, in French)
Deputy General Manager, Banque de Financement, Attijariwafa Bank

Discussion

    
Concluding Session: Concluding Declaration of the Rabat Energy Forum

    
TEXT OF THE CONCLUDING DECLARATION (PDF, 0.06Mb)

Mr. Mohammed Yahya Zniber
Secretary General, Department of Energy and Mines
Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco

H.E. Mr. Fouad Douiri
Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Kingdom of Morocco

Amb. Selim Kuneralp
Chairman, Energy Charter Conference

Amb. Urban Rusnák
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

Mr. Mohammed Taoufik Adyel
Head of Division, Economic and Legal Studies
Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco