In Spring 2021, the Secretariat initiated support to the institutionalizing and strengthening of modelling capacity in the Energy Community, a step welcomed by the members of the Energy and Climate Technical Working Group (ECTWG). As part of this initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH* and the Secretariat facilitate a series of Regional Exchanges of Modelling Experts involved in the development of National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs).
NECPs are among the various sectoral planning and climate reporting efforts ongoing or planned in the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community, which require thorough modelling capacity. These efforts rely on scenario-based models assessing the impact of existing and planned policies and measures on the development of energy systems and greenhouse gas emissions and removals. Modelling results help to form a rational position on national contributions towards the Paris Agreement and future Energy Community targets.
* Under the lead of the GIZ project “Capacity Development for Climate Policy in the countries of South East, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Phase III”, a project being part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Government.
