EVENT POSTPONED

On 18 October 2022, the Kingdom of Morocco and the EU signed a Green Partnership, the first initiative of this type by the EU with a partner country in the framework of the external dimension of the EU Green Deal. The partnership will focus on three main thematic axes: climate and energy; the environment; and the green economy while serving as an example to other countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean.

This event, which will take place during the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, will bring together policymakers, researchers, and private sector representatives and IFIs with a twofold objective: 1) to assess the potential of this partnership for increasing energy interdependence between the two parties, with a view to further developing the deployment of renewable energies; and 2) to explore the opportunities that this partnership offers to regional cooperation, the southern Mediterranean region and Africa

AGENDA

• 10:15-11:00 High-level keynote speeches
• 11:10-12:20 Session 1 – The Energy Transition as a Matrix for the EU-Morocco Green Partnership: Strategies and Development Potential for Green Hydrogen
• 12:30-13:35 Session 2 – Developing Regional and Triangular Cooperation for the Green Transition: The Green Partnership as a Driver of Regional Integration

INVITED SPEAKERS

• H.E. Leila Benali, Minister, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Morocco
• H.E. Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy
• Representative of Government of Spain
• Rym Ayadi, President, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA)
• Gert-Jan Koopman,  Director-General, DG NEAR, European Commission
• Tarik Hamane, Delegate Director-General, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN)
• Dr. Daniela Beckmann, Director for the Northern Africa Region, KFW
• Gonzalo Escribano, Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute
• Senén Florensa, Executive President, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)
• Francesco La Camera, Director-General, IRENA
• Abderrahim El Hafidi, Director-General, ONEE
• Alain Ebobissé, CEO, Africa50
• Giulia Giordano, Head of International Programmes, ECCO Climate
• Roger Albinyana, Managing Director, IEMed

This event is organised in collaboration with the Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the EU and NATO and European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and it is part of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The event will be followed by networking lunch.