Socio-Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy
Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Venue: Capital Suite 15, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Workshop report : link
Workshop Agenda: link
Workshop Event sheet: link
Agenda
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13:45-14:00
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Welcome coffee
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14:00-14:30
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Welcome and introductory remarks on the report, "Welcome and Introductory Remarks"
Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA and Steffen Erdle, GIZ
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Session 1
14:30-15:30
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Benefits of Renewable Energy: Measuring the Economics
Moderated by Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA
Setting the scene: Measuring renewable energy benefits, Alvaro Lopez-Peña, IRENA
Renewable energy jobs, Arslan Khalid, IRENA
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| Open Discussion
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- How do the results compare with other studies?
- What is the value added of the study carried out by IRENA?
- What are the economic variables that affect the model most? And how
- were these addressed?
- What are the implications for policy-makers?
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Session 2
15:30-16:30
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Benefits of Renewable Energy: Options for Maximizing Local Value and Employment
Moderated by Ziad Jaber, RCREEE
Setting the scene: Promoting local employment and value creation - tools and policies:
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Panel Discussion
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Insights from the field and feedback from practitioners: the public sector
- Mohamed El Sobki, New and Renewable Energy Agency (NREA), Egypt
- Joseph Al Assad, Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) Lebanon
- Ayanda Belinda Nakedi, Eskom Renewables, South Africa
Insights from the field and feedback from practitioners: the private sector
- Raed Bkayrat, First Solar
- Bruce Douglas, Global Solar Council
- Emad Ghaly, Siemens
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| Q&A Session
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16:30-17:00
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Coffee Break
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Session 3
17:00-18:00
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Renewable Energy Benefits: Impact on Livelihoods
Moderated by Steffen Erdle, GIZ
Setting the scene: Improving livelihoods through decentralized renewable energy, Dagmar Zwebe, SNV
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| Panel Discussion
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Q&A Session
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18:00
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Concluding remarks
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Reference
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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).
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