Workshop on the Socio-economic Impacts of Renewable Energy (2)

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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

13:45-14:00

Welcome coffee

14:00-14:30

Welcome and introductory remarks on the report, "Welcome and Introductory Remarks"

Rabia Ferroukhi, IRENA and Steffen Erdle, GIZ

Session 1

14:30-15:30

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

Open Discussion
  • 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?

Session 2
15:30-16:30


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:

Panel Discussion

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
Q&A Session

16:30-17:00

Coffee Break

Session 3

17:00-18:00

Renewable Energy Benefits: Impact on Livelihoods

Moderated by Steffen Erdle, GIZ
Setting the scene: Improving livelihoods through decentralized renewable energy, Dagmar Zwebe, SNV

Panel Discussion
Q&A Session

18:00

Concluding remarks


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).