The African Energy Commission (AFREC) successfully conducted the in-person methane mitigation training for experts coming from Tunisia and Libya who are working in the oil and gas sector. The training was held from 22 to 24 October 2024 at Laico Tunis Hotel, where up to 40 engineers and scientists drawn from across the oil and gas value chain from the two countries participated.

The African Energy Commission (AFREC) successfully conducted the in-person methane mitigation training for experts coming from Tunisia and Libya who are working in the oil and gas sector. The training was held from 22 to 24 October 2024 at Laico Tunis Hotel, where up to 40 engineers and scientists drawn from across the oil and gas value chain from the two countries participated.

Webinar Series: Sustainable Scaling: Meeting the Clean Cooking Challenge in Africa

Joint AFREC-IEA Webinar on National Energy Statistics Strategies

10 October 2024

Online – 12:00 - 14:00 Algiers time (GMT+1)

1. INTRODUCTION

The African Energy Commission (AFREC) is a specialized technical agency of the African Union Commission (AUC), under the Department of Infrastructure and Energy created by Decision of the 37th Summit of the OAU African Heads of States and Governments in July 2001 and officially launched by the African Union Ministers in charge of Energy in February 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.

CONTEXT AND RATIONALE

ROUND

Organizers

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) through United for Efficiency (U4E) and African Energy Commission (AFREC)

and

ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)

BACKGROUND

Context and rationale