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INOGATE & Belarus

The Republic of Belarus has been an INOGATE Partner Country since 1996 and has benefited from 31 of INOGATE's 69 projects. INOGATE continues to support Belarus in various areas of the energy sector:

  • Energy Markets: INOGATE advised Belarus on its current legislation on rules and procedures for the connection to the electricity networks based on best EU practices.
  • Energy Statistics: With INOGATE assistance, the National Statistical Committee of Belarus developed its Energy Statistics Action Plan for 2012-14 focusing on the development of a quality energy balance and energy efficiency indicators. INOGATE facilitated the development of a tailor-made methodology and user-friendly tool for energy data collection and energy balance compilation.
  • Renewable Energy: INOGATE is helping Belarus to identify gaps and needs for improving existing legislation on renewable energy to overcome barriers to the greater use of renewable energy resources in the heat and electricity sectors. In April 2014, INOGATE and the EBRD facilitated a landmark, dedicated international conference to discuss and make recommendations on how Belarus can boost its renewable energy investments.
  • Energy Investments: INOGATE’s comprehensive training in sustainable energy financing helped the local bank, BelVEB Bank, to start implementation of €10 million of sustainable energy projects projects within EBRD’s credit line.
  • Energy Policy: INOGATE provided assistance to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for the improvement of existing legislation to promote renewable energy sources in heat and electricity generation. INOGATE supported an Investment Forum to support necessary changes in legislation so as to improve the investment climate in the country.

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Upcoming INOGATE activities in Belarus

The INOGATE Programme continues to support the energy dialogue with Belarus within the context of the regional energy cooperation between the INOGATE countries and the European Union.

Increased attention is given to sustainable energy as the energy source of the future. This includes increasing investments to this sector by, for example, undertaking geospatial mapping of energy efficiency/renewable energy sources and providing a visual tool to support an investment dialogue between policy makers, potential investors and the renewable energy supply chain.

Support continues to initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors, whereby cities are committing themselves to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% through the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans. Eleven Belarusian cities (Ashmyany, Braslav, Chavusy, Ivie, Kobryn, Molodechno,  Novogrudok, Polotsk, Pukhovichi district, Rogachev and Slutsk) have already signed up to this ambitious initiative.

Tariffs are a key issue in energy market reforms and INOGATE will deliver a study providing an overview of tariffs setting methodologies in the Partner Countries and recommending appropriate revisions to tariffs setting methodologies, in line with the relevant EU best practices.

INOGATE continues to support energy supply security by providing a comprehensive study on state of the art technologies for the reduction of gas losses. Other key areas of continued INOGATE support include the development of the energy statistics system and the harmonisation of priority gas and electricity standards.

The INOGATE Technical Secretariat (ITS) activities are being implemented at national level with ITS expert technical assistance provided in the form of capacity and institutional building, and at regional level where the actions include conferences, study tours, national meetings, as well as networking opportunities.

The INOGATE Technical Secretariat and Belarus jointly defined the activities for implementation in the period of 2015-2016 and agreed them with the European Commission. This country work plan can be found here.


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INOGATE & Belarus
Activity Title ▴▾ Date ▾ Status ▴▾ Location Type
ITS Activity Completion Reports (ACR) 06/06/2016 - 07/06/2016 Completed Other Event
Reports and Studies
Elimination of cross-subsidies in energy tariffs in Belarus 23/05/2016 - 23/05/2016 Completed Minsk (Belarus)
Success stories 17/03/2016 - 17/04/2016 Completed Publications
Sustainable Energy Information Centres – disseminating the experience from Georgia and Moldova (workshop) 14/04/2016 - 15/04/2016 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Review of and Guide for Financial Support Facilities for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in EnC Partner Countries 31/03/2016 - 01/04/2016 Completed Reports and Studies
Other Event
Final Conference on “EU Energy Cooperation with Eastern Neighborhood and Central Asia” 17/03/2016 - 17/03/2016 Completed Brussels (Belgium) INOGATE Meetings
Event
Technical assistance on optimisation of electricity tariff structures for the end users. Country Work Plan for Belarus 01/03/2016 - 01/03/2016 Upcoming Minsk (Belarus) Event
INOGATE Meetings
INOGATE Regional and Country Work Plans 2015-2016 26/02/2015 - 26/02/2016 Ongoing Brussels (Belgium) Reports and Studies
Final conference on Road Maps and Action Plans for Standardisation. Regional Work Plan (RWP.05) 22/02/2016 - 25/02/2016 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Other Event
Participation of INOGATE Country Coordinators in the Eastern Partnership 3rd Platform Meeting 11/12/2015 - 11/12/2015 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Regional Workshop “Security of supply and interconnectivity: helping INOGATE Partner Countries to adopt adequate regulatory frameworks, methodologies and tools” 10/12/2015 - 10/12/2015 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Study visits
ITS Technical Assistance to Belarus in the field of Energy Statistics in the extension period (Feb. 2015 – Jan. 2016) 07/12/2015 - 08/12/2015 Completed Minsk (Belarus) Event
INOGATE Energy Statistics Network meeting (RWP15) 17/11/2015 - 18/11/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Develop the model and the regulations on elimination of cross-subsidies in energy tariffs (electricity) (CWP.03.BY) 02/11/2015 - 04/11/2015 Completed Minsk (Belarus) Other Event
Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Informal meeting of the INOGATE Country Coordinators 28/09/2015 - 29/09/2015 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Regional Seminar on developing Energy Efficiency indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of Energy Efficiency policies 22/09/2015 - 24/09/2015 Completed Minsk (Belarus) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Regional study on the Overview of standardization systems 01/09/2015 - 01/09/2015 Completed Other Event
Reports and Studies
Executive summary of the 7th Interim Progress Report 01/02/2015 - 31/08/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
INOGATE Regional Seminar on energy planning “From Energy Statistics to Energy Policies”, Chisinau, Moldova 30/06/2015 - 01/07/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) INOGATE Meetings
Seminars & Workshops
A Review of Energy Tariffs in INOGATE Partner Countries 19/06/2015 - 19/06/2015 Completed Publications
Reports and Studies
Multi-Annual Report 2012-2014 18/06/2015 - 18/06/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
Publications
INOGATE Country Coordinators and Country Experts informal meeting 27/04/2015 - 28/04/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) INOGATE Meetings
EASTERN EUROPE: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 15/04/2015 - 15/04/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Information Event
EU: IEA / INOGATE Energy Policy Review of countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia - launch of the compendium publication in Brussels 13/04/2015 - 13/04/2015 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Information Event
New Guidelines & Application Form for Assistance under the ITS Ad Hoc Expert Facility (AHEF) 01/07/2012 - 01/04/2015 Completed Country Requests (AHEFS)
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