• Legal 500 EMEA 2023 inducted Amir in the "Hall of Fame" for Project Finance. (willkie.com)
  • Chambers Europe (2023) and Chambers Global (2023) rank Amir as a leading practitioner in the area of Projects & Energy: International: Finance in France. (willkie.com)
  • All contents (c) 2023, Graham Digital Holding Company. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Morocco has set itself a target of increasing the contribution of renewable energy to 20% of total electricity generation by 2020. (evwind.es)
  • The most ambitious is Morocco, which in November 2009 announced a $9bn programme for installing renewable energy power plants with a total capacity of 2 GW by 2020, representing 14 per cent of the country's total power generation capacity at that point. (eu.com)
  • Sina Institute for Knowledge Engineering and Arabic Technologies at Birzeit University has recently won an EU-FP7 funded project, called MOSAIC, which aims to find areas of cooperation between the ICT industries in the Mediterranean and European countries, and prepare them to participate in EU funding programs, such as Horizon 2020. (birzeit.edu)
  • not only for creating new business opportunities and network with EU companies, but also for preparing the ICT industry to participate in EU programs specially Horizon 2020 , which is an important opportunity that they have been missing since many years. (birzeit.edu)
  • Cooperation with Mediterranean partners to build opportunities around ICT and societal and industrial challenges of Horizon 2020. (birzeit.edu)
  • One week later on 1-2 December, Horizon 2020 (Depolluting the Mediterranean Sea) Steering Group members will meet in Brussels, where new developments for 2016 will be announced, including a new phase of SEIS (Shared Environment Information System) initiative in the Mediterranean area. (semide.net)
  • 2020, https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1071702. (who.int)
  • The EBRD invests in four SEMED countries, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, whose rapidly rising populations and expanding economies have led to increased demand for electricity. (finchannel.com)
  • Tunisia, too, has drawn up a national programme, the Tunisian Solar Plan, which encompasses some 40 projects to be implemented over the 2010-2016 period under public-private partnership arrangements. (eu.com)
  • It proposes to create Technology Platforms (TPs) in two regions of the Mediterranean: MED-TP1 covering Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya) and MED-TP2 covering Mashriq countries (Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt). (birzeit.edu)
  • The purpose of the event was to present a uniform methodology for collecting data , thus enabling Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Lebanon to calculate reliable energy efficiency indicators by sectors, which can be compared with other countries. (enerdata.net)
  • Exporting the Tunisian sun to Europe has been the ambitious vision of the Tunisian-British company TuNur for the past ten years, as it plans to develop a mega solar power plant in southern Tunisia. (mediasupport.org)
  • In Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt, companies have set up in the desert where they plan to build mega solar power plants in order to export this energy to Europe. (mediasupport.org)
  • In southern Tunisia, on the Algerian border, a gigantic solar power plant developed by the Tunisian-British company TuNur may spring up in the upcoming years. (mediasupport.org)
  • The latter aims at "providing low-cost electricity to 2 million European homes," through a transmission line linking Tunisia to Europe via Italy, and thus reducing CO2 emissions by five million tonnes per year, according to an announcement made by the company. (mediasupport.org)
  • The European Energy Commissioner, Guenther Oettinger, declared on Sunday that solar and wind power will be harvested in the Sahara desert in a partnership with Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • I have my doubts about the contribution of these projects at the local level," says Benjamin Schütze, an international relations researcher at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and author of a report on the socio-economic impacts of solar energy in the Middle East and North Africa. (mediasupport.org)
  • From Morocco to Mongolia, from Egypt to Estonia - our EBRD donors provide funds that support common activities and act as a catalyst for investments. (ebrd.com)
  • Egypt had achieved some success with the PPP model before the January 25 revolution, establishing a PPP unit in 2006 which oversaw a number of projects in which domestic firms joined forces with consortia of some of the world's largest companies to bid for large public sector infrastructural contracts. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • This operation from Egypt to Italy, from the South to the North, is the biggest Euro-Mediterranean investment in history. (iemed.org)
  • The good news is that Algeria, Egypt, and Nigeria are already supplying a good bit of the gas that Europe has been using to supplement Russian supplies. (sweetcrudereports.com)
  • As an integrated technology company Siemens is able to provide answers that Africa needs to tackle many of its infrastructure challenges. (evwind.es)
  • He also advises on major projects in the water, power, gas, petrochemical, industrial and metals and mining sectors, mainly in Europe, North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle-East. (willkie.com)
  • Meanwhile, migrants and asylum-seekers from across Africa and the Middle East are still seeking a better life in Europe, even if it means dangerously crossing the Mediterranean. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Loans from this program are solely for renewable energy projects in developing countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The goal is to facilitate the 'mutually beneficial' exchanges of renewable electricity between Morocco and the EU through the gradual integration of their electricity markets. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Secondly, the Mediterranean has already seen the failure of the Desertec initiative and the Mediterranean Solar Plan, both intended to export renewable electricity from the southern shore of the Mediterranean to Europe. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • European companies (industry and utilities) exploiting and exporting renewable resources to their home markets, with few value added and even fewer kilowatts remaining in the Southern neighbourhood. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Under the terms of the MoU, the two companies will enter a fixed-term collaboration for the initiation, development, financing, construction and operation of renewable energy projects. (nsenergybusiness.com)
  • The FINANCIAL - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is teaming up with the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), an organisation promoting sustainable energy practices in Arab countries, to reduce energy intensity in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region and increase the use of renewable energy. (finchannel.com)
  • Massive renewable energy projects undertaken by the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries could turn them into solar energy exporters along with their large hydrocarbon exports, according to a veteran Arab energy analyst. (eu.com)
  • Highlighting solar projects and other renewable energy developments in the region, Sarkis said the UAE has emerged as a pioneer in this sector. (eu.com)
  • Since 2008, Masdar has also concluded several agreements with international companies for the implementation of a wide range of renewable energy ventures, including one with German company Coenergy for a plant to produce solar panels as part of a $2bn programme, and an association agreement worth $1.2bn with the Spanish company Sener for the development of a photovoltaic power station, according to Sarkis. (eu.com)
  • Within this article, Sustainability Recruitment Specialists, Allen & York , take a look at the rise in alternative energy projects in the Middle East and the large numbers of renewable energy job opportunities being created. (eco-business.com)
  • Allen & York are in fact, currently partnering a prestigious international corporation to source a VP for their Alternative Energy operation which will oversee all renewable energy projects within the Middle East. (eco-business.com)
  • With the increase of such solar projects in the MENA region, Allen & York are seeing an increased demand for renewable energy professionals to support the development of solar farms and solar thermal power plant. (eco-business.com)
  • Sixty percent of the world's population poor in water are in the Mediterranean region and the region provides thirty percent of the world's tourism destinations, especially coastal regions. (medwet.org)
  • Whatever happened to the project to crack the wealthy world's lock on mRNA vaccines? (gpb.org)
  • Finally, both Desertec and the Mediterranean Solar Plan adopted ill-informed energy narratives , presenting them as the mere substitution of hydrocarbons and pipelines by renewables and electricity lines. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Recent solar energy projects include Desertec, designed to enable the use of solar energy and wind, in deserts worldwide. (eco-business.com)
  • This project was the first step in the Desertec plan and is now well on the way to ensuring they have the best team of solar professionals on board to ensure the farm is completed by 2015, when it is expected that the site could feed 340mw each day to Spain. (eco-business.com)
  • Furthermore, the combination of all the planned Desertec projects could generate up to 15% of Europe's electricity by 2050. (eco-business.com)
  • These initial volumes will later on increase up to thousands of megawatts, as projects include the 400 billion euro Desertec solar scheme. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • Desertec is a huge project that will only reach its complete capacity in the next 20 to 40 years. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • The Desertec project has drawn the attention of major companies such as Siemens, RWE and Deutsche Bank, who will participate and attract public money for the investment. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • Masdar will design and implement these projects in cooperation with the governments of these countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2013, the UAE provided three development grants worth US$18,39 billion through two Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) programs to support development in Jordan, Morocco and Bahrain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Op-ed: The cooperation between Israel and Morocco generates the 'routinization effect'-the frequent contacts between the two countries helps make the Moroccan public more used to and less sensitive towards signs of public cooperation, gradually stretching the boundaries of cooperation. (ynetnews.com)
  • Beyond the Jewish heritage that lasted for more than 2,000 years in Morocco, the Israeli-Moroccan friendship began in the late 1950s with security cooperation and a need to regulate the immigration of Jews from Morocco to Israel. (ynetnews.com)
  • However, the most striking cooperation takes place in the civil sphere, and is reflected in the exchange of delegations, the preservation of the Jewish-Moroccan heritage, festivals and music events, cinematic creations taking place in Morocco and Israel, cross-border research, student exchanges, and more. (ynetnews.com)
  • For example the operations carried out by the Algerian company Sonatrach, which holds the gas export monopoly in Algeria and which has significantly invested in Spain in the past couple of years. (iemed.org)
  • The predecessor to the Union for the Mediterranean, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was seen as a failure by some, because it included all EU members, which is considered to have disctracted from focusing on purely Mediterranean issues. (barcelona.com)
  • In the summer of 2005, the Egyptian Naguib Sawiris, first shareholder of the Egyptian Telecom Company Orascom, became the main Euro-Mediterranean investor. (iemed.org)
  • We invest in changing lives from central Europe to Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. (ebrd.com)
  • This study aimed to map health innovations in response to the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • COVID-19 has impacted the Eastern Mediterranean tainable Development Goals (SDGs) (9) , which forms the Region (EMR), a region heavily affected by emergencies framework of action for the recently launched "Regional and armed conflicts, prior to the current pandemic (5) . (who.int)
  • Of this, AED9.19 billion was allocated to Bahrain and AED4.6 billion to Jordan and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kathrin Weise, project manager of satellite imaging company Jenaoptronik, says Arab countries and Jordan in particular are about to enter of new phase of wetland monitoring. (medwet.org)
  • During Confluence , Bahaleen will kick off the research for a new project on the indexing of dams, examining the history of contracting companies, funding politics, ecologies, policing, and surveillance systems around dams and water bodies in Jordan and the region. (cca-glasgow.com)
  • As well as being rich in bio-diveristy of flora and fauna, the park is breeding endangered species and sending them to other counties along the northern shore of the Mediterranean. (medwet.org)
  • The entirety of the green electricity production would be directly transmitted to the northern shore of the Mediterranean, with absolutely no benefit to the local populations. (mediasupport.org)
  • Companies that were founded and located in southern Mediterranean countries, invested in countries on the northern shore. (iemed.org)
  • We supported the construction, renovation and modernisation of hospitals in Morocco and helped the country to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. (eib.org)
  • The ADFD said the three-phase project includes a museum, a school, and a bus station and will be turned over to the Moroccan government in early 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean held recently in the southern coastal Moroccan city of Agadir, experts from around the Mediterranean region gathered to discuss problems facing wetland ecosystems - and to try to find some answers. (medwet.org)
  • Morocco imports from Spain as much as 15% of its electricity consumption , existing interconnections allow for the synchronisation of the Moroccan electricity system with the EU's, and both the EU and Morocco have ambitious targets for renewables. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • In June 2018 alone, three Moroccan civil society delegations arrived in Israel, joining a long list of delegations from Morocco in recent years. (ynetnews.com)
  • Indeed, since Gaddafi relented to the US-UK pressure in 1993 and established "normal" economic and diplomatic relations with these and other Western countries, major US and European oil companies struck quite lucrative deals with the National Oil Corporation of Libya. (opednews.com)
  • Market realities clearly showed that rationality lies in Europe exporting electricity to its Mediterranean neighbours rather than the other way around . (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • The already shrinking Mediterranean Solar Plan was then blocked by Spain due to both lack of realism and the inconsistencies of promoting renewables exchanges with neighbours while not solving intra-EU bottlenecks like the Pyrenees. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Over the past few months, European States have been keeping a close eye on their southern Mediterranean neighbours' resources. (mediasupport.org)
  • Nejib Benessaiah, co-ordinator of the Mediterranean Wetlands (MedWet) Initiative which organised the conference said the focus of the gathering is the conservation of wetlands, encouraging sustainable use of water and bringing awareness to younger generations. (medwet.org)
  • A large percentage the of audience came from Arab countries along the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean sea and they expressed the following views. (medwet.org)
  • But in Morocco just as in the other Arab countries that fringe the Mediterranean, overuse of water, intensive agriculture and tourism pressures are all putting wetlands at risk. (medwet.org)
  • Both initiatives failed for various reasons, but the main lessons to be learnt are the lack of realism and the inability to provide an attractive narrative for both Southern Mediterranean and European countries. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Nearly 290 countries, international organizations, and water management agencies signed the pact and have pledged $US 20 million in technical assistance for planning at the watershed level and up to $US 1 billion in project financing. (circleofblue.org)
  • Since the start of its activities in SEMED countries, the EBRD has invested over €1 billion in 44 climate finance projects, roughly one-third of its total financing in the region. (finchannel.com)
  • 2) Identify key stakeholders to launch and run technology platforms in MED countries including representatives from industrial (large companies and SMEs) and academic sectors. (birzeit.edu)
  • European countries have tried to shift the responsibility for dealing with migrants to the southern Mediterranean-an effort to keep the migration problem away from their shores. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • But Italy's current closed-door immigration policies also reflect the new reality across the Mediterranean, as European countries have tried to shift the responsibility for dealing with migrants to the southern rim of the sea. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • The act unites all EU members with several non-EU countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. (barcelona.com)
  • This organisation has affiliated companies in France (Banque Banorabe), Switzerland (Banque Banorient), Syria (Bank of Syria and Overseas) and representative offices in half a dozen countries. (iemed.org)
  • The course was carried out online, which has allowed for the active participation of teachers from TVET training centres from all of the partner countries involved in the project - a feat that would have been difficult to achieve if presential attendance was required. (escolaeuropea.eu)
  • Each team represented one of the logistics-port communities participating in the YEP MED project, so that import and export operations between all the northern and southern countries were simulated. (escolaeuropea.eu)
  • The 141-room hotel from Sam Fox is set to feature five original dining venues with cuisine influenced by the Mediterranean region including Greece, Italy and Morocco, while also sporting the state's largest rooftop restaurant at 18,000 square feet that overlooks Camelback Mountain. (ktar.com)
  • At the end of February of that year France's minister for European affairs, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, stated that 'there is no Mediterranean Union' but rather a 'Union for the Mediterranean' which would only be 'completing and enriching' to existing EU structures and policy in the region. (barcelona.com)
  • In May, a pivotal event with far-reaching implications for China's influence in the wider Mediterranean region was the Turkish general elections. (chinamed.it)
  • Building on the earlier mission to explore the Ghana market in the same region, the mission outcome should determine products and services that Zimbabwean companies can export to Western African region. (tralac.org)
  • 2 - The EU-funded Clima South project (Support for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the ENPI South region) took part into the third Climate Change Expert Group meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean held September 29 in Barcelona. (semide.net)
  • The company has also created more than 200 jobs in poor region of Tunis -Kabaria. (tbcc.org.tn)
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM) donated 154 tents and 1000 nonfood item (NFI) kits (800 male and 200 female) to the quarantine site in Ali Sabieh region under Central Emergency Response Fund project. (who.int)
  • Members of Enerdata's Energy Efficiency and Demand Department recently travelled to Beirut, Lebanon, to co-host a technical workshop with ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency) in the framework of the MEDENER network (the Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for Energy Management). (enerdata.net)
  • More than 1,000 people died following a devastating earthquake in Morocco on Friday, the country's interior ministry said. (theweek.com)
  • According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two organisations, the RCREEE and the EBRD are planning to cooperate in the energy arena on investment project preparation, financing and implementation, as well as knowledge sharing. (finchannel.com)
  • The Business Alliance for Water and Climate Change is a commitment signed by 27 large companies, such as Danone, Unilever, and Veolia, to measure and report their water risks. (circleofblue.org)
  • Holmgren hopes that the climate funds being discussed at the Paris conference will finance water projects and assessments. (circleofblue.org)
  • A major problem facing Morocco is the impact of climate change and the increased prevalence of drought. (sustainablefoodtrust.org)
  • At the COP22 meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco and the EU member States France, Germany, Portugal and Spain announced a Joint Declaration on the Establishment of a Roadmap for Sustainable Electricity Trade (SET) between Morocco and the European Internal Energy Market . (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Morocco, and in particular Marrakesh, do stop to see its nights hotel increase with a rise in both figures. (earthandskycorp.com)
  • Confluence is funded by the British Council's International Collaboration Grants, which are designed to support UK and overseas organisations to collaborate on international arts projects. (cca-glasgow.com)
  • The ADFD, in partnership with Masdar, established the UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund in order to finance solar and wind power projects in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our activities in the country support the goals set up by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and other EU bilateral agreements, such as the recent and first of its kind EU-Morocco Green Partnership . (eib.org)
  • The Israeli natural gas energy partnership, previously named Delek Drilling, holds 45.34% of the Leviathan Reservoir, said to be the largest gas reservoir in the Mediterranean. (nsenergybusiness.com)
  • Dr. Ali Jaber, the dean of the IT faculty, added that it's the faculty mission to support and build a concert partnership industry, hoping that this project will be another addition to our Palestinian ICT industry. (birzeit.edu)
  • The Union for the Mediterranean (French: Union pour la Méditerranée), previously known as the 'Mediterranean Union' (French: Union méditerranéenne), is a community established on the 13 July 2008 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as a development of the Euromediterranean Partnership. (barcelona.com)
  • Morocco is highly dependent on imports, consuming three times the amount of imported cereal than the world average. (sustainablefoodtrust.org)
  • Agreement, or the Liberalization Agreement, aimed at liberalizing the European imports from Morocco, is also applied to Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • The Global Ambassador is a deeply personal, legacy project for me that furthers my pursuit of combining unmatched hospitality with culinary excellence," Fox said in the release. (ktar.com)
  • As part of his role, El-Younsi met with the U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, focusing on the Morocco-United States Free Trade Agreement. (ripon.edu)
  • In December 2016, the European Court of Justice reaffirmed that Morocco had no sovereignty over Western Sahara. (euobserver.com)
  • The Sahara project is expected to be a disaster for oil and gas companies. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • Morocco is a geographically diverse country that encompasses the Atlas and Rif mountains, the Sahara desert and the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. (sustainablefoodtrust.org)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • What this means is that cherry tomatoes from Western Sahara can be sold at the European market labeled as originating from Morocco. (lu.se)
  • In June 2013, the ADFD gave a US$1.25 billion grant to Morocco for projects to create sustainable growth and increase the standard of living. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our loans to the national railway company increase the quality of railways in the country and encourage green and sustainable transport. (eib.org)
  • In this same period, demand for water is projected to increase by six times. (sustainablefoodtrust.org)
  • Under the terms of an agreement signed last June, Saudi Aramco and the Japanese refining company Showa Shell are to develop a pilot solar power plant that will have a capacity of 10 MW and is due to come on stream in 2011. (eu.com)
  • The Company announced the submission of an offer for Block-1 on September 22, 2022. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • The idea was originally proposed as an alternative to Turkish membership in the European Union, whereby Turkey would instead form the backbone of the new Mediterranean Union. (barcelona.com)
  • The grant was made under the Gulf Development Fund with total funding of US$5 billion for Morocco with equal contributions also coming Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Amir primarily focuses on the development and financing of energy, telecoms and infrastructure projects, public infrastructure projects and complex multi-tranched corporate and hybrid bank and capital markets debt financings. (willkie.com)
  • We financed projects to upgrade and rehabilitate the water supply and distribution infrastructure across Morocco. (eib.org)
  • The last operator is reported to have made infrastructure investments for an amount exceeding US$100 million prior to exiting the project due to low oil prices. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • Indeed, Morocco was the first country to recognize the independence of the United States, and we have the longest unbroken treaty with the United States. (ripon.edu)
  • Regardless of the proliferation of Lebanese operations, these financial multinationals exist in almost every southern Mediterranean country. (iemed.org)
  • Those who get the chance to visit Morocco feel welcomed in the Muslim country, an experience that can alleviate even the toughest fears and bring up hope. (ynetnews.com)
  • The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev) hosted the launch of the SAICM GEF country project toward the elimination of lead in paint in Nigeria. (clerestory.com)
  • The Escola Europea Intermodal Transport, lead partner of the EU-Funded YEP MED (Youth Employment in the Ports of the MEDiterranean) project, organised the first training of trainers' course in the framework of the project between the 19th and 27th of April 2021. (escolaeuropea.eu)
  • This search has drawn attention to a number of African gas projects that are likely to help Europe in the future, particularly as the EU looks to make a permanent shift away from dependence on Russian gas. (sweetcrudereports.com)
  • Bahaleen aims to be a constellation of acts, projects, and productions. (cca-glasgow.com)
  • In as partner and manager of investor of this project, I had the opportunity in the past to look to many projects, as diverse as exciting. (earthandskycorp.com)
  • Since 1979, our operations in Morocco have improved people's daily lives by providing access to clean water and energy, finance for small and medium-sized enterprises, sustainable mobility, health and education. (eib.org)
  • Enlight will provide professional design, development and management services for the JV operations, and will control the construction and operation stages of the JV projects. (nsenergybusiness.com)
  • Roman Dashkov, Sakhalin Energy's CEO, pointed out that this shutdown is an integral part of company operations. (neftegazru.com)
  • Normally they are venerable state-owned or public sector companies that acquired the necessary turnover for these operations thanks to state monopolies, and operated on a South-South axis. (iemed.org)
  • These South-North operations were occasionally structured around holding-type companies which invested in Europe the profits earned by the State in the exploitation of natural resources under monopoly conditions. (iemed.org)
  • The faculty and it's research arm, Sina Institute, will continue serving the Palestinian society by attracting international projects that provide the best opportunities for students as well as private and public sectors. (birzeit.edu)
  • Think of the multiplication of cyber incidents, against hospitals, town halls, companies of all sizes, and against States. (gouv.fr)
  • The competition will see the participation of high-quality products coming-as usual-from Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Spain and Portugal and - for the first time - Morocco . (oliocapitale.it)
  • On the first point, it has been highlighted that cross-border electricity flows are scarce worldwide due to the fact that transnational electricity interconnections face several political and geopolitical obstacles that are rarely included in the techno-economic analyses that typically guide such projects. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Global energy news and analyses curated daily. (enerdata.net)
  • He highlighted that any small or large company in Palestine have the full right to participate and benefit from such programs as universities do. (birzeit.edu)
  • Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives. (theweek.com)
  • Sheikh Mansour is also the chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority (the sole sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates federal government), the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, the National Archives of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Investment Company, the Khalifa bin Zayed Cerity Foundation, and the Erates Racing Authority. (wikipedia.org)
  • Amir H. Jahanguiri is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the firm's Project Finance & Investment Practice Group. (willkie.com)
  • Bouygues Telecom on two strategic fiber network projects representing a €2.5 billion investment. (willkie.com)
  • The EIB provides finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects in Morocco. (eib.org)
  • When the project was modified in 2008, many proposals were dropped, such as a Mediterranean Investment Bank (modeled on its European counterpart). (barcelona.com)
  • So it came as something of a relief when, speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Cairo this September, Investment Minister Ashraf Salman broke some welcome news to the attending press pack. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • So far, several mega solar power plant projects are underway, with a view to exporting electricity to Europe via submarine cable systems. (mediasupport.org)
  • He placed his money in Europe, by buying the Italian operating company GSM Wind for a little more than 12,000 million Euros. (iemed.org)
  • Electricity will be carried via these cables running under the Mediterranean Sea directly to Europe. (greenoptimistic.com)
  • The project, described by President Biden as a "really big deal," is aimed at boosting economic prosperity throughout the Middle East while also providing a pathway to new deals in Europe. (theweek.com)
  • Amir was recognized again by Best Lawyers in 2024 for Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Development and Energy. (willkie.com)
  • The lack of realism generated unattainable expectations given incompatible energy policies and institutional frameworks, the absence of physical interconnections and diverging energy demand trends: importing electricity from a Southern Mediterranean afflicted by booming domestic energy demand to a European market characterised by excess capacity and renewables' support-fatigue was not the most sensible idea at the time. (realinstitutoelcano.org)
  • Masdar, which is an offshoot of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, part of the state-owned Mubadala group, has launched numerous projects both in the UAE and at the regional and international level. (eu.com)
  • Africa's Oil, Gas and Energy News. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • Projects involving the export of solar energy from North African deserts to European shores have come to light once again today, after having been placed on the back burner for some time. (mediasupport.org)
  • The vast desert is ideal for solar energy, while the Mediterranean and North African coastlines are highly suitable for wind energy production. (eco-business.com)
  • Morocco, the only North African nation without oil resources, is a promising site for solar power because of its abundant sunshine combined with its government's eagerness to embrace solar energy. (eco-business.com)
  • Following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel it was agreed that the project would include all EU member states, not just those bordering the Mediterranean, and built upon the existing Barcelona process. (barcelona.com)
  • It is a brand experience center in the heart of Barcelona where customers and citizens can engage with SEAT and CUPRA and where we will show the most progressive projects. (seat.ma)
  • The prestigious architect Carlos Ferrater and his Office of Architecture in Barcelona (OAB) studio took on the project of remodelling the building that is home to CASA SEAT. (seat.ma)
  • On 23 October 2007 Sarkozy invited all Mediterranean leaders to a summit in France to take place in June 2008 where they would 'lay the foundations of a political, economic and cultural union founded on the principles of strict equality. (barcelona.com)
  • At the start of 2008 Sarkozy began to modify his plans for the Mediterranean Union due to widespread opposition from other states in the EU and the Commission. (barcelona.com)
  • The Mediterranean Union would be a looser grouping than the EU. (barcelona.com)
  • Sarkozy called on the Mediterranean people to 'do the same thing, with the same goal and the same method' as the European Union, though he stated it would not be based on the EU model. (barcelona.com)
  • The original 'Mediterranean Union', which would have included only Mediterranean states, was hoped to avoid this situation by having a clearer direction. (barcelona.com)
  • Lagos - The curtailment of Russian natural gas deliveries is a source of anxiety for the European Union - and rightly so, given that the bloc has been far too dependent for far too long on Gazprom, a majority state-owned Russian company that serves as a de facto instrument of policy for the Kremlin. (sweetcrudereports.com)
  • This perspective is clearly presented in a report released by the Iranian official press agency IRNA , which asserts that "Russia, China and Iran share a common project aimed at stemming the tensions and conflicts fueled by the West. (chinamed.it)
  • In 1994, liaison offices were opened in Rabat and Tel Aviv, but since October 2000-following the second intifada-Israel and Morocco do not have official diplomatic relations any more. (ynetnews.com)
  • This fund helps microfinance institutions such as Attadamoune to finance projects like Najia's, empowering entrepreneurs and promoting financial inclusion. (eib.org)
  • Morocco also attracts agricultural entrepreneurs because it does not impose agriculturally-related taxes and even provides subsidies. (ynetnews.com)
  • The fund provides concessionary loans to fund economic and social development projects. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is one of the largest development projects ever completed in Yemen. (wikipedia.org)
  • This Expert Group was created to act as a regional platform, showcasing how a complex system of relevant initiatives, programmes and structures may be brought together in order to create synergies while including stakeholders, the private sector and various levels of governance, aiming to enhance regional dialogue and act as a catalyst for the identification, support and development of projects and initiatives, both in mitigation and adaptation. (semide.net)
  • The partners financiers of our group have taken the decision for me to entrust the development of our various projects. (earthandskycorp.com)
  • All of these companies are currently under digital development and will be used as real-life substitutes during the second and third part of the YEP MED courses for both the vocational students and young professionals. (escolaeuropea.eu)
  • In 2009 Morocco unveiled a US$9bn plan to build five solar plants that would produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power Morocco's largest city, Casablanca. (eco-business.com)
  • While taking into account contemporary material infrastructures of (im)mobility, the project also explores how thinking relationally through water affects our understanding of identities as shifting, various and in-flux. (cca-glasgow.com)
  • This gathering is organised back to back with a meeting of the SWIM (Sustainable Water Integrated Management) Steering Committee (25 November) that will review the last results of the support mechanism and demonstration projects, before the launch of a new phase in 2016. (semide.net)
  • Among the major projects managed by the ADFD in Yemen is Ma'rib Dam project, which was funded by a government grant in 1986. (wikipedia.org)
  • While oil is undoubtedly a concern, it falls short of a satisfactory explanation because major Western oil companies were already extensively involved in the Libyan oil industry. (opednews.com)
  • The latter objective de facto gives credit to an illegal and massive process of demographic engineering by Morocco, resulting in the indigenous Saharawi population to become a minority in its own territory. (euobserver.com)