INOGATE & Energy efficiency
Countries worldwide are increasingly turning towards energy conservation and efficiency as the most effective ways of reducing energy consumption, saving costs and building more self-sufficient energy sectors. Energy savings is one of the most cost effective ways to enhance security of energy supply, and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas and other pollutants.
Energy efficiency should receive more attention and be a higher priority. Energy efficiency is at the heart of the EU’s energy policy, setting ambitious targets for energy efficiency improvements for the years to come.
Developing effective policy and legal frameworks and creating an enabling environment for energy efficiency investments is the goal of the INOGATE Progamme in its support to its Partner Countries. It is particularly significant against the background of increasing global investment in energy efficiency and its resulting energy savings.
INOGATE helps its Partner Countries tap into this “cheap” fuel and create greater awareness and better opportunities for using the massive benefits of energy efficiency. It is a keystone of INOGATE’s cooperation with its Partner Countries. Over the years, INOGATE has been working closely with local policy makers, institutions and other stakeholders to advance their energy efficiency agendas and help the Partner Countries in fast tracking their progress.
The focus of INOGATE’s assistance for enhanced energy efficiency varies by Partner Country and their accomplishments are also diverse. For example, Georgia, as an applicant for full membership in the Energy Community, needs support to prepare itself better to multiply its benefits and deliver on its commitments. INOGATE has been helping Georgian policy makers in understanding the process and to provide expertise to develop adequate legislation.
Another way INOGATE has helped Partner Countries is providing specific training courses on energy auditing methodologies and practices. As a result of such training, INOGATE has helped increase investments in energy efficiency projects. For instance, INOGATE provided training to the Energy Efficiency Fund of Moldova which, as a result, has already financed more than 20 projects for improvement of energy efficiency in the residential and industry sectors with a planned total investment of about €5 million. Awareness raising on the importance of energy efficiency is a cross-cutting theme of INOGATE assistance.
INOGATE has been active in facilitating energy efficiency uptake in the buildings and industry sectors while in the near future, the transport sector is also targeted.
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The inauguration ceremony of the Moldova Sustainable Energy Information Centre took place on 15 April 2016 in Chisinau, Moldova with the participation of Mr. Valeriu Triboi, Deputy Minister of Economy of Moldova together with Mr. Alexandre Darr... Read more

The Sustainable Energy Information Centre (SEIC) opened on 22 April 2016, in Tbilisi with the participation of Mr. Ilia Elosvhili, Deputy Minister of Energy, Mr. David Narmania, Tbilisi’s Mayor and Mr. Wolfgang Lutz, INOGATE Leader of the Susta... Read more
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INOGATE & Energy efficiency
Activity Title ▾ | Date ▴▾ | Status ▴▾ | Location | Type |
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Comp C: Communication Workshop in Armenia, Sustainable Energy | 25/04/2013 - 25/04/2013 | Completed | Yerevan (Armenia) | Event Seminars & Workshops |
Study tour & workshop “Sustainable Energy Financing” - Austria | 14/05/2013 - 16/05/2013 | Completed | Vienna (Austria) | Study visits Event Seminars & Workshops |
Comp C: C1-2 Baseline survey of institutional and regulatory frameworks in sustainable energy. | 12/03/2014 - 12/03/2014 | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
Study tour on Bio-energy - Slovakia | 16/10/2012 - 18/10/2012 | Completed | Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) | Event Study visits |
Comp C: AHEF.54.55.56.AM: Improving university curricula in the areas of a) energy efficiency in the sectors of energy, industry and buildings, and b) renewable energy sources | 28/08/2013 - 07/03/2014 | Completed | Yerevan (Armenia) | Event Seminars & Workshops Country Requests (AHEFS) |
Comp C: AHEF.051.GE Workshop: Conducting of the capacity building on EU Directives and legally binding obligations under the Energy Community Treaty | 27/02/2013 - 28/02/2013 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Country Requests (AHEFS) Event Seminars & Workshops |
Workshop “Capacity building for financing EE/RES projects” – Georgia | 09/07/2013 - 13/07/2013 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Event Seminars & Workshops Country Requests (AHEFS) |
AHEF MD.047, Agency for Energy Efficiency, Chisinau, Moldova, March 12-14 and March 18-20, 2013 | 13/03/2013 - 21/03/2013 | Completed | Chisinau (Moldova) | Event Seminars & Workshops Country Requests (AHEFS) |
Organisation of operational framework for Energy Service Companies (ESCO) (AHEF.119.MD) | 02/03/2015 - 04/03/2015 | Completed | Chisinau (Moldova) | Event Seminars & Workshops Country Requests (AHEFS) |
Comp A: Working Group and Country Coordinators Meeting | 29/11/2012 - 30/11/2012 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
Comp A: Seminar - Workshop EURONEST PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY | 19/09/2012 - 19/09/2012 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event Other Event |
Comp A: RES Map Scoping Missions | 17/02/2014 - 07/03/2014 | Completed | Baku (Azerbaijan) | Other Event Event |
Comp A: Promotion of the INOGATE Programme in Oil and Gas Forum in Ukraine | 23/10/2012 - 25/10/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Other Event |
Comp A: Participation of ITS in Workshop “Eastern Partnership prospects on energy efficiency and renewable energy" | 19/09/2013 - 19/09/2013 | Completed | Vilnius (Lithuania) | Event Other Event |
Comp A: Participation of ITS experts in EU-Azerbaijan workshop on Wind Energy | 14/03/2012 - 14/03/2012 | Completed | Baku (Azerbaijan) | Event Other Event |
Comp A: Participation of INOGATE in International Investment and Innovation Forum | 06/06/2013 - 07/06/2013 | Completed | Lviv (Ukraine) | Other Event |
Comp A: Participation in UNIDO ISO 50001 Seminar - October 19, 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine | 19/10/2012 - 19/10/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event Other Event |
Comp A: Opening of the INOGATE Technical Secretariat office in Central Asia | 09/11/2012 - 09/11/2012 | Completed | Tashkent (Uzbekistan) | Event Other Event |
Comp A: NEW ITS Workshop for EU Delegations on Project Activities | 26/04/2012 - 26/04/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event Training Course |
New Guidelines & Application Form for Assistance under the ITS Ad Hoc Expert Facility (AHEF) | 01/07/2012 - 01/04/2015 | Completed | Country Requests (AHEFS) Event |
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Comp A: Meeting of ITS Project with Energy Community Secretariat | 20/02/2012 - 20/02/2012 | Completed | Vienna (Austria) | Event |
Comp A: Internal Training Course | 23/04/2012 - 24/04/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Training Course |
Comp A: INOGATE Local Information Event on Sustainable Energy in Ukraine | 27/06/2013 - 27/06/2013 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Information Event |
Comp A: INOGATE Local Information Event in Uzbekistan | 29/01/2014 - 29/01/2014 | Completed | Tashkent (Uzbekistan) | Event Information Event |
Comp A: INOGATE Local Information Event in Kyrgyz Republic | 22/10/2013 - 23/10/2013 | Completed | Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) | Event Information Event |