Morocco Africa Dialogues Tender

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union EU in collaboration with the European Investment Bank EIB organized Thursday April 15 in Rabat a morning discussion on energy transition in Africa entitled Energy efficiency in social housing and public buildings opportunities and challenges. This event was held in the framework of the preparation of the High Level Forum on EU-Africa Green Investments jointly organized by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU and the EIB to be held in Lisbon on 23 April 2021 EU-Africa High Level Forum on Green Economy and Investment 2021portugal.eu .The objective of the Green Talk in Rabat was to give an impetus to Lisbon by initiating a dialogue on sustainable development solutions in Morocco and Africa by sharing best practices experiences and innovative approaches. The workshop addressed the issue of energy efficiency in the social housing and public buildings sector as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with using appropriate financial mechanisms legislative framework and policies to conduct the green transition.The dialogue was opened by the Ambassador of the European Union to Morocco Claudia Wiedey the Ambassador of Portugal to Morocco Bernardo Futscher Pereira and Anna Barone representative of the EIB in Morocco. The event brought together representatives of the government the private sector and experts from the energy sector Joao Galamba Portuguese Secretary of State in charge of Energy Sad Mouline Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency AMEE Paola Mendez engineer at the Energy Efficiency and Energy Consulting Division at the EIB Badr Kanouni Chairman of the Management Board of Al Omrane Holding and Jorge Humberto Ribeiro Balsas Director of Casais Maroc.The participants discussed how to lead the energy transition through dedicated support measures targeted funding and the highlighting of successful experiences in order to create jobs and effectively fight against the devastating effects of climate change in Africa. .Over a year ago we presented the Green Deal for Europe Europes new growth strategy to combine environmental economic and social sustainability. Energy efficiency is part of the package of strategic initiatives put forward in the Green Deal. In Morocco the European Union has already supported 9 energy efficiency projects in buildings including 4 concerning social housing with Al Omrane. More recently we have supported the creation of training institutes for trades in renewable energies and energy efficiency IFMEREE as well as a Morocco-EU twinning to set up training and exchange of experience on the practice of audits. energy efficiency building efficiency and control. saidClaudia Wiedey Ambassador of the European Union to Morocco . And to add We have also just launched a call for projects within the framework of the Horizon 2020 research program to improve the energy performance of buildings in Africa and Europe in partnership in Morocco with the Moroccan Agency for Efficiency. and Al Akhawayne University of Ifrane. Together we now have a unique opportunity to adopt a green transition to build back better .The energy transition is a fundamental priority for Portugal we are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest thanks to significant investments in recent years in wind solar water and now l green hydrogen. It is also an international priority because climate change is a global challenge that must be tackled together. As part of our Presidency of the European Union we organized this High Level Forum on EU-Africa Green Investment in Lisbon in order to draw attention to the importance of this transition but also because of the many economic opportunities contained in this transition declared Bernardo Futscher Pereira Ambassador of Portugal to Morocco .Energy cooperation represents a fundamental axis of the strategic relationship between the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco within the framework of the Green Partnership in particular in the area of energy efficiency. As the European Climate Bank the EIB is strongly committed to supporting the energy strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco which places particular emphasis on mitigation measures in social housing. Since 2014 the EIB has already invested 526 million euros in renewable energies and energy efficiency in Morocco. In addition in 2020 the EIB Group demonstrated that there was no incompatibility between investing in post-Covid economic recovery and climate action and the share of the EIB groups climate and environmental projects rose from 34 to 40 of global funding. In this regard green buildings represent one of the greatest global investment opportunities in the next decade. Commented theEIB representative in Morocco Anna Barone .You can watch the live streaming on the Youtube page of our partnership for the Mdias24 event Energy efficiency in social housing and public buildings opportunities and challengesThe EIB has been a privileged partner of Morocco for 40 years. The EIB finances the development and implementation of key projects in essential sectors of the Moroccan economy such as business support agriculture water and sanitation education health transport or renewable energies.