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1st Board of Trustess Meeting Feb 3-4, 2009
Date: 9/2/2009
On 3rd February 2009, the RCREEE Board of Trustees Meeting
convened for its first official meeting in Cairo. The
Board of Trustees is the supreme body of RCREEE and
comprises representatives from the 10 RCREEE member
states. At the meeting, the RCREEE Organizational Charta
was officially adopted. In addition, the Board of Trustees
has elected the RCREEE Executive Committee. The Executive
Committee will be entrusted with overseeing the
implementation of the decisions of the Board of Trustees
and is designated to act as link between the Board of
Trustees, representing the Member States, and the RCREEE
Secretariat, entrusted with the day to day management of
the Centre.
The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy, HE Dr.
Hassan Younes, opened the meeting in the presence of the
Ambassador of Germany and representatives of the EU
Delegation and the Danish Embassy.
During the first three year term, the RCREEE Executive
Committee will consist of Professor Adel Khalil (Cairo
University, chairman), Eng. Ziad Jibril Sabra (Director of
Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency, Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan) and Eng Abdelali
Dekkani (Director CIEDE at CEDER, Morocco). As Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, Eng. Abdel Rahman Salah (CEO of
NREA, Egypt) was elected.
 border="0px" align="right"/>The Board of Trustees further
extended the mandate of the RCREEE Interim Secretariat,
consisting of Dr. Kilian Baelz (Acting Director - Head of
Interim Secretariat), Eng. Samir Hassan (Technical
Director - Senior Advisor to the Interim Secretariat),
Mdme Amel Bida (Senior Expert), Bothayna Rashed (Senior
Expert), and Eng. Ashraf Kraidy (Senior Expert). The
Interim Secretariat, which comprises members from Egypt,
Tunisia, Syria and Germany, with specialisations in
engineering, economics, law, and finance, reflects both
the regional orientation of the Centre as well as the
broad scope of its activities and expertise.
On 4th February 2009 RCREEE convened a Renewable Energy
Roundtable. At the round table, Egyptian and regional
experts engaged in a lively discussion on the potentials
of the Mediterranean Solar Plan and the regulatory
framework to support green electricity production. The
roundtable demonstrated the Centre's streng as a regional
policy platform with the capacity to bring experts from
the region together in order to discuss topical issues.
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