The dias during the welcome session.

Participants during the welcome session.

From L-R: Co-Chair André Laperrière, GEF; Co-chair Pradeep Monga, Director, Energy and Climate Change Branch, UNIDO; Franck Jesus, Senior Climate Change Specialist, GEF; Jafaru Abdulrahman, Observatory project officer, ECREEE

From L-R: De Santi Giovanni, Director for Energy and Transport, European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre; Philippe Niyongabo, Head of Energy Division, African Union Commission; Philip Mann, EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI-PDF); Chair Deepak Gupta, Former Secretary of Indian Ministry of New and Renewabe Energy; Torstein Indrebø, Secretary General of the International Gas Union (IGU); Hugo Lucas, Director for Capacity Building, IRENA; Nicolas Lambert, European Commission, DG Development Cooperation, Energy Unit

From L-R: John Wasielewski, US State Department; Daniel Schroth, African Development Bank (AfDB); Marisa Olano, Director of International Department, Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings (IDAE); Chair Martin Hiller, Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP); Robert Zeiner, Diretor of International Programs and Projects, Austrian Development Agency (ADA); Rana Gonheim, UNIDO; Venkata Ramana Putti, Senior Energy Specialist, Sustainable Enegy Department, World Bank

From L-R: Fatou Ndeye Gaye, Minister of Forestry and Environment, the Gambia; Ibrahim Sani, Director General of Energy, Niger; Chair Abeeku Brew-Hammond, KNUST, introduced the session launching five ECOWAS initiatives on energy efficiency; Imamudeen Talba, Special Advisor to the Minister of Power, Nigeria; Oluniyi Robbin Coker, Minister of Energy and Water, Sierra Leone; Cherif Omar Diagne, Senegalese Ambassador to Ghana