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The new INOGATE Project
Nikos Tsakalidis
D e p u t y Te a m L e a d e r
Senior Gas/electricity market expert
Brussels, January 30, 2012
www.inogate.org
What is INOGATE?
An EU-funded programme for regional energy cooperation
between the European Union and its Partner Countries
in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
12 INOGATE Partner Countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
INOGATE Development 1996-2012
Launch 1996
INOGATE
Launch
The Interstate
Oil & Gas
Transport to
Europe
(NIOGATE)
Programme as
first-ever
regional energy
cooperation of
this scale
Phase 1: 19961999
Technical
audits phase
reveal need for
over 5 billion
EUR in
investments for
rehabilitating
energy
infrastructures
Phase 2: 2000- Phase 3: Nov 2004 present
2004
Demonstration
Phase
Proves impact
of small-scale
demonstration
projects such as
cross-border
gas metering
stations helping
to improve
transparency of
gas trade
Expansion Phase
Launch of Baku
Initiative, Energy
Road Map adopted
by Ministers at 2nd
Ministerial
Conference in Astana
providing long-term
strategy
• 125 million
EUR in
technical
assistance
• Policy
changes &
legislative
support
• technologies
People
• Over 60
projects
implemented
• Over 40
million EUR in
small-scale
emergency
equipment
and supplies
Aid
Projects & Supplies
INOGATE in numbers 1996-2011
• Over 7,000
persons
trained
INOGATE - Targeted energy sectors
Electricity
Gas
Renewable Energy
Climate Change
Energy Efficiency
Statistics
New ITS - Fact Box
• Project title: INOGATE Technical Secretariat
(ITS)
• Budget: € 16.5 million
• Duration: 36 months (02.2012 – 01.2015)
• Partner Countries:
– Eastern Europe - Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine,
– Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
– Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
• Four Project Components (A,B,C,D)
New ITS - Project Components
A - Coordination
• ITS operation
• Communication
Strategy
• Investments
policy
• Monitoring
B – Electricity &
Gas
• Regulation
• Standards
• Cross-border
trade
• Losses
• 34%
• 18%
C- Sustainable
Energy
D – Energy
Statistics
• RES
• EE
• Energy Statistics
• Energy balances
• 24%
• 24%
Topics of Component B
EU best practices and advice in the field of E & G
primary and secondary legislation
Harmonisation of electricity and gas standards and
codes
Support to a framework improving energy cross
border trade and cooperation
Sustainable and efficient energy transit infrastructures
Stakeholders Targeted
Cabinets of Ministers
Ministries in charge of Energy
Ministries of Economy
Energy Regulators
Consumer protection Organisations
Electricity Companies (TSOs)
Gas Companies (TSOs)
Commercial System Operators
NSBs (National Standardisation Bodies)
Certification & Accreditation organisation
Research Energy Institutes
EU partner organizations
B2: Harmonization of Electricity and
Gas Standards and Codes
Activities
Results to be achieved
EU best practice on E & G
standards & codes
Support to National
Standard. Committees
Prep. Road Maps & Action
Plans
Capacity building
programmes for NSBs
Support Develop. Accred.
& Certification
Cooperation with EASC
Use
Deliverables
•
•
•
•
•
•
Seminars
Workshops
Study Tours
Studies
Reports
Ad Hoc
Assistance
of the EU new
approach (voluntary
standards) will remove
many barriers to trade.
Priority EU standards
adopted and used.
NSBs have increased
capacity to deal with
the harmonisation of
standards.
TCs are created and
function
The benefits of having
EU harmonised
standards are
quantified.
Comparison Table: Degree of Interest per country per area
Capacity
building
programm
es for
NSBs
Support
to TC
Support
Develop.
Accred. &
Certificati
on
Cooperati
on with
EASC
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
Georgia
High Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
Kazakhstan
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
Kyrgyzstan
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
Moldova
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Tajikistan
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
Turkmenistan
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
Ukraine
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Uzbekistan
High Interest
Low Interest
High Interest
High Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
Low Interest
EU best
practice
on E & G
standards
& codes
Standard
ization
systems
and
legislatio
n
Armenia
High Interest
High Interest
Azerbaijan
High Interest
Belarus
Prep.
Road
Maps &
Action
Plans
Work Programme (2013 - 2014)
Seminars, Workshops, Study tours
...study visit to Gas operator
Gasunie, (combined with CBT TEG).
Use of gas standards experience
(TC 234)
May 2013,
Amsterdam..
…seminar/study tour, capacity
building of NSBs. EU accreditation
principles
July 2013,
London,
Middlesex…
July-Nov 2013,
11 PCs….
…11 workshops in each PC,
discussion of Road maps and Action
Plans. Validation
January 2014,
Germany….
July 2014, Austria…
Nov 2014, Brussels…
…seminar/study tour, DVGW,
gas standards & codes , MVV,
electricity standards & codes
..seminar/study tour,
OEVGW, gas standards &
codes
…final conference on
harmonisation & adoption of
standards
Work Programme (2013 - 2014)
Studies, Reports, AHEF
Overview of the
standardisation
systems of PCs
Feb 2013
Road Maps and
Action Plans
June 2013
Adoption of standards
(EN, ISO, EASC)
AHEF
applications
Review of the standardization systems of 11 PCs
Recommendations concerning the ways to align with
the EU system
11 Road Maps & Action Plans for harmonisation of
standards and codes ( E & G)
Developed strategies and programmes for
harmonisation of standards
Agreed and validated by the NSBs
Technical Papers on adoption of E & G standards and
codes (EN, ISO)
Utilisation of EASC gas standards (translated)
Applications to be received until June 2013
Up to 31 applications to be implemented in total
Up to 50-60 man days per application
How AHEF works ?
www.inogate.org
Eligible Applicant:
EC Approval:
Application for TA under
the AHEF
Selection
ITS
Project
Team:
AHEF Project
ToR
Implementation
Pool of Experts
Examples of relevant Applications AHEF
under consideration
• Armenia
Technical Regulations (Razdan-5 CCPP)
• Azerbaijan
Translation of standards relevant to the rehabilitation of Baku
gas distribution network
• Georgia
Harmonisation of electricity and gas standards. Increasing
professional skill level of national standards bodies (NSB).
Harmonisation of electricity and gas standards (Establishing
Technical Committees)
• Tajikistan
Development of National Standardization in the Electricity and
Gas Sectors
Project Team Members
Located at the Main Kyiv Office
Component A
Component A Experts/
Project Management - Greece
Communications
Expert
Emily Koulouvaris
Communications
Expert
Terpsi Ketegeni
Team Leader
Kevin McCann
PA to Team Leader
Kateryna Stasiuk
Office
Manager/NKE A5
Investment
Facilitation
Dmitry Strokon
Inter-regional
Co-ordinator of CEs
Andrii Mitsai
Financial Controller
Marina Malik
Events Manager
Irina Aryshchenko
Co-ordinator/
Translator
Anna Petrus
Communications
Manager
Elena Nikitina
Translator
Vladimir Ternytski
Secretary
Viktoria Diachkova
Ticket Assistant
Maria Ilyina
Driver
Sasha Zakarchenko
Administrative Staff
Caucasus INOGATE Offices in Tbilisi
First Caucasus INOGATE office is
located in the building of the
Georgian Oil and Gas Company
(GOGC).
Component B
Deputy TL/
KE - Gas and
Electricity
Nikos Tsakalidis
Office Manager
Keti Mirianashvili
Communications
and Event Expert
Tamuna Papava
Regional Officer/
Country Expert
Irakli Vardigoreli
Component B Expert - Kiev
Standardisation
Expert
Viktor Petrenko
Component B Experts /
Project Management - Greece
Energy Market
Governance
& Electricity
Expert
Sophia
Nikolakaki
Energy Markets
Convergence
Expert
Nikos Tourlis
INOGATE Central Asian OfficeTashkent
Central Asian regional office has recently been open on the premises
of SC “Autogaz” office in Tashkent.
16 Ahunbabayeva Str., Tashkent, 700047, Uzbekistan.
Country Expert
Larissa Tashkhodjaeva
Brussels Project Liaison Office
The Brussels liaison office is
located at 92, Avenue
d'Auderghem, Brussels,
Belgium.
Component D
KE – Energy Statistics
Energy Statistics Expert
Part-time Translator
Gloria Aguinaldo
Tomasz Trus
Ekaterina Rassadkina
Component D Experts - Croatia
Energy Statistics Expert
Alenka Kinderman
Loncarevic
Energy Statistics Expert
Damir Pesut
Energy Statistics Expert
Branko Vuk
Team 1: Energy Policy
Team 1: Standardisation policy,
Technical regulations
Team 2: Tariffs & Regulation
Team 2: Gas standards
Team 3: Licensing, Markets
and Monitoring
Team 3: Electricity standards
Team 4: Cross-border trade
Electricity
Team 5: Cross-border trade
Gas
Team 6: Gas infrastructure
Thank You !
Nikos Tsakalidis
Key Expert, ITS project
INOGATE Caucasus Regional Office
Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC)
Kakheti Highway , N21,
Tbilisi , 0190 Georgia
4th floor. Room 402
n.tsakalidis@inogate.org
Tel: + 995 32 2 24 40 50
Fax: +995 32 2 24 40 50