A public consultation workshop aimed at presenting and discussing the draft National Strategy on use of alternative and renewable energy sources in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2015 – 2020 (hereinafter also ‘Strategy’) and the main findings and recommendations formulated by the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) applied for the Strategy.

The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR’), the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources (hereinafter also the ‘Agency’), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in the framework of ‘Greening Economies in the European Neighbourhood (EaP GREEN) programme, financed by the European Commission, UN Economic Commission for Europe, OECD, UNEP, and UNIDO. The logistical support for the event was provided by the Regional Environmental Center for Caucasus.The public consultation workshop resulted in obtaining feedback from the key stakeholders on the draft Strategy and preliminary conclusions of the SEA. The comments and suggestions from the workshop will help to verify the planning outputs as well as SEA findings and recommendations. Furthermore, they will be integrated in the final version of the SEA Report.The workshop gathered representatives of the relevant ministries and other state agencies, international organizations, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations.

Venue: Central Park hotel Conference Hall, S.Rahimov st. 165

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