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Second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) - “Taking the Next Step: Africa and the EU are tackling energy challenges together”
11-13 February 2014 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Highlights for Thursday, 13 February 2014
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The Ministerial Segment of the Second High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) convened in plenary discussions throughout Thursday. During the opening session in the morning, delegates heard welcome statements from Alemayehu Tegenu, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia; Elham Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, AUC; Andris Pielbags, EU Commissioner for Development (by video message); Christian Schmidt, Deputy Minister, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; and Andreas Melan, Ambassador of Austria to Ethiopia. The session closed with inspirational messages from Kandeh Yumkella, UN Special Representative on SE4ALL, and Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, AUC.
Participants then convened in two plenary discussions bringing together African and European Ministers and heads of partner international institutions to assess the achievements of Africa-EU cooperation in the energy sector and consider concrete actions for taking action, mobilizing commitment and coordinating efforts towards the AEEP and SE4ALL targets. This was followed by a business and policy leaders roundtable which discussed ways to improve public-private collaboration to attract and substantially accelerate private investments to meet the AEEP 2020 Targets.
During a final plenary session in the afternoon, participants considered draft text of the AEEP-HLM outcome document, the Addis Ababa Communiqué, which contains nine recommendations for accelerating access to sustainable energy on both continents and achieving the AEEP Targets. The Communiqué also contains four key messages to be forwarded to African and EU Heads of State and Government at the EU-Africa Summit in April 2014. Participants then viewed a short video prepared by young environmental journalists attending the meeting with their impressions of the discussions.
The ministerial segment concluded with final remarks by Minister Alemayehu Tegenu, and Director-General Klaus Rudischhauser.
The IISD RS summary report from the event will be available on this site on Sunday, 16 February 2013.
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Panel (L-R):
Kandeh Yumkella, UN Special Representative, Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL); H.E. Andreas Melan, Ambassador of Austria to Ethiopia; H.E. Elham Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, AUC; H.E. Alemayehu Tegenu, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia; H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, AUC; H.E. Christian Schmidt; Deputy Minister, Feneral Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; and Moderator Tumi Makgabo, South Africa
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Panel (L-R):
Fidel Marcos Mane Ncogo Eyang, Delegated Minister, Equatorial Guinea; Simon Trace, CEO, Practical Action; Omar Torbo Djerma, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Chad; Christian Schmidt; Deputy Minister, Germany; Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA); and Moderator Tumi Makgabo, South Africa
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Panel (L-R):
Kandeh Yumkella, SE4ALL; Commissioner Elham Ibrahim, AUC; Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy-Director General, DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission; Juraj Chmiel, Special Envoy for the External Dimension of the European Union, Czech Republic; Tamsyn Barton, Director-General for Operations Outside the European Union and Candidate Countries, European Investment Bank (EIB); and Moderator Tumi Makgabo, South Africa
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Panel (L-R):
Ernesto Macías, President, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE); Helen Tarnoy, Founding and Managing Director, Aldwych International, United Kingdon; John Abdulai Jinapor, Deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Ghana; Ompi Aphane, Deputy Director General for Policy, Planning and Clean Energy, Department of Energy, South Africa; Frank Wouters, Deputy Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); and Moderator Tumi Makgabo, South Africa
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Meeting resources
 Meeting resources
Meeting programme
Background documents
Exhibition
Website for the First AEEP HLM, 14-15 September 2010, Vienna, Austria
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Africa Clean Energy Corridor High-Level Meeting, Fourth session of the IRENA Assembly, World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2014, and IRENA Renewable Energy Jobs Conference, 17-22 January 2014, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
IISD RS summary report of the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) 2013 - “One year after Rio+20: the energy future we want”, 28-30 May 2013, Vienna, Austria (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Fifth meeting of pilot countries participating in the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP), 28-30 May 2013, Bandos Island, Maldives (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the High Level Meeting on Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 9 April 2013, Oslo, Norway
IISD RS coverage of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - Global Forum for Sustainable Energy (GFSE) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) High Level Energy Forum, 29-31 October 2012, Accra, Ghana
IISD RS summary report of the First AEEP Stakeholder Forum, 9-10 May 2012, Cape Town, South Africa (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - “Achieving Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4ALL) and SIDS Rio+20 Meeting, 7-9 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados
IISD RS coverage of WFES 2012, 16-19 January 2012, Abu Dhabi, UAE
IISD RS coverage of the High-Level Africa Consultative Forum on Renewable Energy, 8-9 July 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
IISD RS briefing note of the Ministerial Meeting on Energy and Green Industry, 21-22 June 2011, Vienna, Austria (HTML - PDF) and Vienna Energy Forum 2011, 21-23 June 2011, Vienna, Austria (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of WFES 2011, 17-20 January 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
IISD RS summary report of the First AEEP HLM, 14-15 September 2010, Vienna, Austria (HTML - PDF)
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