Energy transition in Morocco: What role for young people and NGOs?15.12.2020

Country: Morocco
Implemented by Med Dialogue Fellow: Rachid Ennassiri
Organization: Moroccan Youth Centre for Sustainable Energy, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
Duration: 10-20 June 2020

This action is led by Med Dialogue Fellow Rachid Ennassiri in partnership with the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) and the Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE).
This action aims to have an idea about institutional and governmental efforts to boost the role of young people and civil society for an accelerated energy transition.
It also aims to share the experiences and good practices of young entrepreneurs and NGOs actors working in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency and formulate recommendations for young people and civil society actors for more involvement in the field of energy transition in Morocco.

Key Activities:
  • Conducting a meeting with national and local stakeholders, then with target groups, to identify synergies and needs and discuss possible solutions and methods of intervention
  • Running a series of webinars:
    • 1st webinar: overview and perspectives of institutional and governmental efforts to boost the role of young people and civil society in the Kingdom's renewable energy transition.
    • 2nd Webinar: Emphasis on lessons learned from the Summer School: "Involvement of civil society in the energy transition"; Foster citizen engagement: civil society participation in the energy transition, awareness of the local population on energy issues; Presentation of the Moroccan Youth Center for Sustainable Energy (CJMED).
    • 3rd webinar: exchange of experiences on Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energies in Morocco -Capitalizing of the common action and presenting lessons learned (report, pictures and press & Media coverage of the event): Boost the social media of the Moroccan Youth Center for Sustainable Energy; Promote experiences of the Moroccan young people initiatives on renewable energy and energy efficiency
  • Creation of the official website of the Moroccan Youth Center for Sustainable Energy

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Hashtags:

#Sustainable_Ener
EnergyTranisition
#CJMED