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MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2015

09:30-09:45

Opening and welcome remarks

• Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Regional Program Political Dialogue South Caucasus, Tbilisi

• Malak Shukurova, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus), Tbilisi

09:45-10:30

KEYNOTE: The European Energy Community – objectives, priorities and opportunities for cooperation

• Dr. Dirk Buschle, Deputy Director, Energy Community Secretariat, Vienna

• Moderation: Dr. Canan Atilgan, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Regional Program Political Dialogue South Caucasus, Tbilisi

10:30-11:45

PANEL I: Energy sector development strategies in the South Caucasus and European energy governance

Thematic focus: energy sector development strategies in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia; moods and modes of cooperation with the European Energy Community; regional energy cooperation; implications of the crisis in Ukraine and the ‘shale gas revolution’ on energy strategies and policies in the region;

• Moderation: Malak Shukurova, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus), Tbilisi

• Reporting: Ruzanna Harutyunyan, Senior Specialist, Industry Policy Department, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

• Davit Sharikadze, Head of Energy Department, Ministry of Energy of Georgia

• Hayk Badalyan, Head of Development Department, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia

• Khagan Teymurov, Advisor to the Chairman of The State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources under the Ministry of Energy

11:45-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-13:15

PANEL II: From the Balkans to the South Caucasus – chances and benefits of extending the EU energy policy to non-EU countries

Thematic focus: introducing EU Energy Policy into non-EU countries; mechanisms and potentials for creating integrated energy markets with the European Union; tools for pan-European energy governance; country-based approaches on implementation of legal harmonization mechanisms; power market reform; fighting corruption in the energy sector; attracting investments; social protection of consumers;

• Moderation: Manana Dadiani, Director, Energy Efficiency Centre, Tbilisi

• Reporting: Shorena Gharibashvili, Project Coordinator, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, South Caucasus

• Davit Chipashvili, Association Green Alternative, Tbilisi

• Astghine Pasoyan, Energy Saving Foundation, Yerevan

• Muslim Gurbanov, Head of “Eco Oil" Scientific – Ecological Society, Baku

13:15-14:15

Lunch

14:15-15:30

PANEL III: The quest for energy supply security

Thematic focus: measures to safeguard security of gas and electricity supply and infrastructure investment; country-based implementation mechanisms of EU regulation measures on safeguarding energy security; supply diversification needs of the EU;

• Moderation: Sabit Bagirov, Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Development Foundation

• Reporting: Malak Shukurova, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus), Tbilisi

• Vugar Bayramov, Chairman of the Centre for Economic and Social Development, Baku

• Teimuraz Gochitashvili, Chairman of Supervisory Board, Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation, Tbilisi

• Sevak Saurukhunyan, Chairman of Armenian Centre for Society Research, Yerevan

15:30-15:45

Coffee Break

15:45-16:30

PANEL IV: National policies for sustainable energy development with a focus on renewable and clean energy

Thematic focus: assessing renewable energy potentials; green and clean investment promotion programs; evaluation of renewable energy support schemes; assessment of energy efficiency action plans; decarbonisation of the economy; national approaches on gradual and sustainable implementation of the acquis in the field of renewable and clean energy;

• Moderation: Giorgi Mukhigulishvili, World Experience Georgia, Tbilisi

• Reporting: Anar Suleymanov, Deputy Head of the Department of Law and Legislation at The State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources under the Ministry of Energy

• Marita Arabidze, Head of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division, Ministry of Energy of Georgia

• Alen Amirkhanian, Director, AUA Acopian Center for the Environment

• Rauf Rzayev, National Coordinator, Regional Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Demonstration Program, UN Industrial Development Organization, Baku

16:30-16:45

Wrap-up

• Moderation: Giorgi Mukhigulishvili, World Experience Georgia, Tbilisi

17:00-19:00

Cultural Program

20:00

Dinner

TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015

09:30 – 11:30

ROUNDTABLE: Exploring opportunities for institutionalising the South Caucasus Energy Forum

Guiding questions:

1. How should the South Caucasus Energy Forum look like, who should be the key stakeholders?

2. What are appropriate institutional arrangements to organize work processes of the multi-stakeholders platform?

3. What baseline information is needed? What incentives should be set? What framework conditions are needed?

• Moderation: Shorena Gharibashvili, Project Coordinator, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, South Caucasus; Malak Shukurova, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus), Tbilisi

• Reporting: Sophiko Akhobadze, Director, Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus), Tbilisi

11:30-12:30

Lunch (optional)

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