Renewable Energy at Heart of Morocco-Côte d’Ivoire Cooperation

Abidjan – The National Federation of Electricity, Electronics and Renewable Energy (FENELEC) of Morocco and the Ivorian Association of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (AIENR) have jointly organized, Thursday in Abidjan, the first edition of the AIENR Conference.

The general goal of this event is to take stock of the AIENR activities since its creation and to involve all its members in order to achieve its objectives.

On this occasion, the president of FENELEC Khalil Guermai told MAP that the joint organization of this meeting is part of the Moroccan-Ivorian cooperation in the promotion of clean energy and the development of energy efficiency.

Guermai assured that the Federation is fully prepared to collaborate with the AIENR for the drafting of its three-year action plan and to support it in its implementation.

The action plan relates to several points, notably the standardization plan for products and activities, training engineering and technical studies, and preparation of national promotional days for energy-saving and solar energy, said Guermai, also secretary-general of the African Electricity Confederation (CAFELEC).

For his part, the president of AIENR, Edi Boraud affirmed that FENELEC is a reference partner of his organization which needs the body’s technical and digital support ahead of AIENR next general assembly.

He added that the AIENR wishes to express its warm thanks and gratitude to the Moroccan Federation for its constant support and for the important role it has played in integrating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency within the African Confederation of Electricity CAFELEC.

Themed “What orientations for the implementation of the 2020-2022 Program of activities”, the AIENR meeting took place in the presence of the Ambassador of Morocco to Côte d’Ivoire Abdelmalek Kettani and the special advisor of the Ivorian President, in charge of sustainable development and water and forests.