Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and other Events

The Industry Advisory Panel of the Energy Charter held a meeting on 28 June 2013 in Rome. The meeting was hosted by the Panel member Edison Company. Participants addressed the topics of major schemes related to natural gas markets, research and technological development in renewables and issues related to designing an international legal framework for an integrated EU-MENA power system.

Executive Training Programme for Tomorrow's Energy Decision Makers: Addressing Global Energy Challenges and Building a Sustainable Future based on International Cooperation

6-8 May 2013 - Energy Charter Secretariat, 56 Boulevard de la Woluwe, 1200 Brussels

Opening the Workshop on the Role of Intergovernmental Agreements in Energy Policy, held by the Energy Charter Secretariat at the WTO in Geneva on 29 April 2013, Mr. Lamy stressed the importance of open, predictable and transparent trade in achieving the international community's energy goals, including improved access and sustainability. The aim of the Workshop was to shed light on the application of existing international rules embodied in WTO, and in the Energy Charter Treaty on trade and inve...

On 20 March 2013, the Energy Charter Secretariat and the Ministry of National Development of Hungary held a joint Workshop on Contractual Issues Related to Energy Trade. The event gathered around sixty decision-makers from industry and governments from energy exporting, importing and transit countries to discuss the impact of recent developments in natural gas trade and regulatory measures on long-term natural gas contracts and gas trading hubs.

The first meeting of the Energy Charter Legal Advisory Committee in 2013 took place on 29 January 2013 at the premises of the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels.

On 27 November 2012, the 23rd Meeting of the Energy Charter Conference convened in Warsaw at the invitation of the Government of Poland.

On 6 November 2012, the Energy Charter Secretariat organised a workshop on investor-state arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty, aimed mainly at the governments of the Energy Charter Treaty constituency. Three distinguished lawyers briefed the audience on the impact of investor-state arbitration on states, the concepts of "investor" and "investment" under the Energy Charter Treaty, and the possibility of claims by state enterprises.

On 26 September 2012 the Trade and Transit Directorate of the Energy Charter Secretariat organised an oil stakeholder event on transit and cross-border cooperation. The meeting was held in the context of ongoing consultations with regard to a possible re-set of negotiations on a new Energy Charter instrument on energy transit.

The highly successful Rabat Energy Forum, which took place on 20-21 September 2012, was co-organised with the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, under the high patronage of His Majesty the King of Morocco Mohammed VI. This event focused on the key energy issues in MENA countries and the relevance of the Energy Charter for the development of the region's energy market. The Forum brought together more than 250 high-level representatives of governments, energy companies,...

The 8th meeting of the Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and Southern Asia took place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 20 July 2012 upon the invitation of the Ministry of Energy and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan.