OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SOLAR SECTOR

Fearghus Roche

Chief Operations Officer

ASCAME General Secretariat

ASCAME

ASCAME is the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry. It is an international organization with global scope and non-profit organization.

ASCAME was created in 1982 as an initiative from the Chamber of Commerce, Industry andNavigation of Barcelona and other Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce.

ASCAME represents:

More than 300 Chambers of Commerce and other organizations sharing the same objectives likeASCAME such as Ports, Trade-Fairs, Investment Promotion Agencies, Business Associations etc. fromthe two shores of the Mediterranean.

The most important actor representing the interests of the Chambers of Commerce and the privatesector of the Mediterranean.

ASCAME gathers Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Managing Directors from Chambers of Commerceand other organizations.

ASCAME

ASCAME is present in 23 countries of the Mediterranean and more than 250 cities over the Mediterranean.

ASCAME

To promote and encourage complementarities between the different economies of theMediterranean countries.

To establish a network of Chambers of Commerce and entities in charge of cooperation andeconomic exchanges between the countries of the Mediterranean region.

To contribute to the creation of a Mediterranean space for peace, tolerance, security andprosperity.

To create operational networks between similar institutions with the objective of promotinginternational cooperation through specific actions or joint studies.

To reinforce a Mediterranean identity.

The association has a privileged position as representative of the private sector in the region.

Commission – Renewable Energies

Chair: Tangiers Chamber of Commerce, Morocco

Mission:

Strengthen the capacities between the different ASCAME members in the field ofrenewable energies

Promote coherent actions among between the private and public sectors

To establish an information network for the exchange of statistics, data and ongoingprojects

ASCAME Events

Prospects of Energy Exchanges and Mediterranean

Economic Integration – Tangiers, 3 May 2014

ECO MEDA GREEN SUMMIT (Summit of the Green Economy

in the Mediterranean) – Barcelona, 26 November 2014

MED SOLAR FORUM (Mediterranean Solar Energy Forum) –

Barcelona, 27 November 2014

Med Energy Conference – Istanbul, 8 December 2014

Collaborating Organisations

Collaborating Organisations

UpM Energy Working Group

Mediterranean Solar Plan Advisory Board

European Commission Euro-Mediterranean Working

Group on Industrial Cooperation

Members of the OECD Task Force on Energy and

Infrastructure

Cooperation Projects

More than 70 international projects since 2007

30 ongoing projects:

Tourism, Trade and Investment, Solar Technology, Green

Economy, Waste Treatment and Recycling, Water,

Mediterranean Food, Agrofood, Textile, Local Economical

Development, Transport, Logistics, TICs, Employment

creation and Mobility.

ASCAME Projects

EGREJOB

ASCAME Projects

Finance for Renewable Energy:

Promotion of Solar Sector:

Trade and Investment:

ENI Programme 2014 – 2020

Programme adopted October 2014

Joint Managing Authority: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Participating Countries: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel,

Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia

Financial Envelope: 209 million Euros

3 Types of call:

Standard

Strategic

Capitalisation

ENI Programme 2014 – 2020

Promote economic and social development

Business and SMEs development

• Start up, Women entrepreneurs, IP

• Clusters, Networks, traditional & non traditional industries

• Sustainable tourism initiatives

Support to education, research, technological development and innovation

• Technology transfer

• Clustering

Promotion of social inclusion and fight against poverty

• Youth employment

• Social and economic solidarity

Address common challenges in environment

Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation

Renewable Energies, Water, Waste, ICZM

MED Programme 2014 – 2020

Programme to be adopted June 2015

Joint Managing Authority: Region PACA, France

Participating Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Croatia,

Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia,

Spain, UK (Gibraltar)

Financial Envelope: 265 million Euros

3 Types of call:

Standard

Strategic

Capitalisation

Priority Axis 1: Promoting Mediterranean innovation capacities to

develop smart and sustainable growth

75M€ earmarked

Priority Axis 2: Fostering low carbon strategies and energy efficiency

in specific MED territories: cities, islands and remote areas

47M€ earmarked

Priority Axis 3: Protecting and promoting Mediterranean natural and

cultural resources

79M€ earmarked

Priority Axis 4: A shared Mediterranean Sea

18M€ earmarked

MED Programme 2014 – 2020

Priority Axis 1: Promoting Mediterranean innovation capacities to

develop smart and sustainable growth

Specific Objective 1.1: To increase transnational activity of innovative clusters and

networks of key sectors of the MED area

Types of action:

The development of clusters and networks, development of models and tools, transfer of knowledge, as well as awareness-raising and capitalisation activities

MED Programme 2014 – 2020

Priority Axis 2: Fostering low carbon strategies and energy efficiency in specific

MED territories: cities, islands and remote areas

Specific Objective 2.1: To raise capacity for better management of energy in public buildings at

transnational level

Specific Objective 2.2: To increase the share of renewable local energy sources in energy mix

strategies and plans in MED territories

Specific Objective 2.3: To increase capacity to use existing low carbon transport systems and

multimodal connections among them

Types of action:

Strategy building, capacity building, awareness raising, training and changing practices; Feasibility studies and analyses, elaborating policy plans, services and tools; Possibility for small-scale investments and pilot projects

MED Programme 2014 – 2020

Thank you very much for your attention!Fearghus Roche

Chief Operations OfficerASCAME General Secretariat

froche@ascame.org