Rabat, 10 September 2020 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco and the RES4Africa Foundation held on Thursday 10 September an online validation meeting on Energy Regulation and Private Sector Investment in Morocco. Several senior energy sector experts and representatives of various national energy institutions attended the meeting, including experts from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment, the National Agency for Electricity Regulation, the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), the National Office for Electricity and Potable Water and the Research Institute on Solar and Renewable Energy. A draft country report for Morocco was also validated at the meeting. Hailu further highlighted that the regulatory review work currently being carried out across Africa is part of the ECA Executive Secretary's efforts in support to the SDG7 Finance Initiative, which seeks to strengthen the sector's governance to crowd-in investment in the energy sector. The second phase of the regulatory review work is currently on-going in Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Rwanda, Senegal and Seychelles.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 10, 2020 17:26 UTC