MED-ENEC in partnership with the Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations and MENA-OECD Investment Programme organized a business dinner on MENA Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency on Monday, 8th April 2013 in Cairo, Egypt.

With the MENA region having one of the world’s highest energy intensities, a more efficient energy economy is an ambitious, but accessible goal. This is the key message of the 32 page MED-ENEC brochure now released to furnish the political dialogue, for instance, by arguing that Energy Efficiency should be priority, as energy which was not consumed is the cheapest and most environmental friendly solution. The increased use of EE solutions and renewable energies is essential to ensure a competitive business environment as well as growing employment.

In December 2012, the so called "Energy Dream Center" in South Korea opened its doors to the public. Main goal of this zero emission building is to demonstrate the potentials of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE) solutions to the public, declared the German Institut Fraunhofer ISE which had the lead in this project. It might also be an interesting example to be examined by MENA countries, also as an interesting approach to raise public awareness in the region and catch up.

An Energy Audit training workshop was organized by MED-ENEC together with GEF-UNDP and the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy during 27 to 31 January 2013 at the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s premises in Cairo. The purpose of the training is building the capacity of local experts with the target in order to support the efforts of the country to use energy more efficiently and, thus, to save energy.