The second three-day Training Programme for Young Energy Leaders organised by the ECS Knowledge Centre ended on 30 October 2013 with a certificates awarding ceremony. Thirty-seven participants took part in and successfully completed this programme, which addressed many of the core issues and challenges related to the protection and promotion of investment in the international energy sector. The programme also explored how investment strategies were interconnected with energy security goals.
Executive Training Programme for Young Energy Leaders: Rising to the Energy Security Challenges of Tomorrow by Applying Effective Investment Protection Strategies Today
28-30 October 2013 - Energy Charter Secretariat, 56 Boulevard de la Woluwe, 1200 Brussels
The training programme met with significant stakeholder interest from across the Energy Charter constituency and beyond. The event brought together participants from over twenty countries, including EU states, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Morocco and Russia. More than twenty speakers of international calibre addressed the participants, including specialists from government, the private sector and the academic world.
Training programmes for young professionals in the energy field are part of the activities of the Knowledge Centre established under the auspices of the Energy Charter Secretariat in 2013. The goal of the Knowledge Centre is to let interested parties benefit from the expertise accumulated within the Energy Charter over the past two decades and create a strong network of experienced and young energy professionals. The Centre also promotes the role of the Energy Charter in global energy governance.
During three days of intensive discussion, programme participants were given the opportunity to review various investment protection strategies, consider different approaches to energy security and analyse complex aspects of investment risk. Furthermore, participants engaged in an interactive dispute settlement simulation exercise. Here they had the chance to take part in a model game mimicking investor-state arbitration proceedings, which allowed participants to explore a number of issues covered by to the Energy Charter Treaty.
Presentations
Knowledge Stream I
The challenges of achieving balanced and sustainable approaches towards energy security in a rapidly changing global landscape
Mr. Zhikai (Victor) Gao, Director of China National Association of International Studies, Executive Director of the Beijing Private Equity Association, Beijing
Amb. William Ramsay, Former Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Mr. Wim Groenendijk, Vice-President International and Regulatory Affairs, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
Amb. Jan-Meinte Postma, Special Envoy of the Energy Charter Secretary General
Knowledge Stream II
Investment protection in energy between private and public enforcement
Dr. Dirk Buschle, Legal Counsel and Deputy Director, Energy Community Secretariat
Ms. Ana Stanic, Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee; E&A Law Ltd, London
Prof. Adnan Amkhan, MENA Chambers, former Legal Counsel at the Energy Charter Secretariat
Mr. Steivan Defilla, Director, Energy Charter Secretariat
Knowledge Stream III
Promoting growth and economic development by optimising relations between sovereign states and investors in the global energy sector
Dr. Alexander Naumov, Macro Economist, BP
Mr. César Ortiz Sotelo, Deputy Director of International department, GDF Suez
Mr. Filippo Gamba, Director for Strategy and Development at Counterpoint; Senior Adviser at Global Resources Corporation, London
Amb. William Ramsey, Former Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Knowledge Stream IV
Working towards an effective regulatory environment in order to stimulate investments in global energy: case experience from upstream and downstream markets
Dr. Andrei Belyi, Associate Professor at the Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu, Estonia
Ms. Ana Stanic, Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee; E&A Law Ltd, London
Dr. Rafael Leal-Arcas, Reader in Law, Queen Mary University of London
Mr. Alejandro Carballo Leyda, Legal Counsel, Energy Charter Secretariat
Mr. Zhikai (Victor) Gao, Director of China National Association of International Studies; Executive Director of the Beijing Private Equity Association, Beijing
Knowledge Stream V
Energy security, investments and risk assessment: what to do when markets fail and governance institutions falter
Mr. Aad van Bohemen, Manager International Affairs, Energy Academy Europe, Groningen
Dr. Andrei Belyi, Associate Professor at the Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu, Estonia
Mr. Filippo Gamba, Director for Strategy and Development at Counterpoint; Senior Adviser at Global Resources Corporation, London
Dr. Rafael Leal-Arcas, Reader in Law, Queen Mary University of London
Mr. Zhikai (Victor) Gao, Director of China National Association of International Studies; Executive Director of the Beijing Private Equity Association, Beijing
Group seminar: Dispute Settlement Game
Supervisory Board
Mr. Steivan Defilla, Director, Energy Charter Secretariat
Mr. Alejandro Carballo Leyda, Legal Counsel, Energy Charter Secretariat
Dr. Matteo Barra, Investment Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat
Mr. Leonard Hawkes, Solicitor, DBB Law, Brussels
Prof. Adnan Amkhan, MENA Chambers; Former Legal Counsel at the Energy Charter Secretariat