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REMEP: a permanent secretariat in Rome providing logistical support for the promotion and monitoring of energy cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean context
REMEP Objectives
- provide technical support for the timely implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Ministers Conference resolutions;
- enhance the effectiveness of the initiatives promoted by the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Forum;
- collaborate with and provide logistical support to MEDREG;
- further develop the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Partnership and dialogue between the partner countries in the energy area.
REMEP Backgroud
The Euro-Mediterranean Energy Ministers Conference of 2003 launched the Rome Euro-Mediterranean Energy Platform (REMEP) as the driver of the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Partnership, to provide logistical support for the promotion and monitoring of the region's energy cooperation.
The Initial Phase
To ensure the establishment of the Energy Secretariat, a structure has been established at the Institute for Industrial Promotion (Agency of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development) in Rome. The coming months will be dedicated to the: definition of the Secretariat’s juridical status and function; development of the REMEP website with links to relevant networks; secondment of personnel from participating countries; finalisation of the work plan; review of the region’s key energy collaborations; definition of agreements with existing structures and projects. A meeting of the Steering Committee is foreseen for mid-2007 to define the expert groups and priorities.
News
The Ministers of Energy of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and representatives of the European Commission taking part in the 5th Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Energy, held in Limassol, Cyprus, on 17 December 2007 adopted the Ministerial Declaration and its 2008-2013 Priority Action Plan for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the field of energy, that reaffirmed the role of REMEP in "contributing to a permanent and broad cooperation among policy makers, regulators, energy companies and financial institutions". Ministers also agreed that REMEP will "provide the operational tools for the successful development of energy scenarios, as well as of demand and supply forecasts in the region".
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The new REMEP Portal is currently under construction.
Over the coming weeks the REMEP Portal will be further developed and incremented. For any questions or suggestions you can contact the REMEP Secretariat at energysecretariat@remep.org
