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Contribution to the International Energy Agency (IEA)

 

The European Commission has been participating in the work of the IEA since the founding of the Agency.

This grant will support the analytical work carried out in the context of the IEA-Morocco Joint Work Programme. Morocco is leading the way among emerging markets in the deployment of renewable energy and the promotion of a low-carbon and energy efficient economy. Morocco, encouraged and supported by the EU, has recently become an IEA Association Country. In this context the IEA will provide Morocco with technical assistance and advice with a view to developing Morocco's evidence-based policy-making capability. The IEA-Morocco work programme will include capacity building and training in data and statistics; modelling and support for the de-carbonisation programme as outlined in Morocco’s long-term energy policy to 2050; and advice on price liberalization and energy subsidy reform, with focus inter alia on fuel switching from subsidized butane to electric cooking.

The IEA-Morocco JWP will be