MoU Archieve Ethiopia

Technical agreement (Marrakesh, 18 November 2016 - November 2021)

Counterpart: Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Allocation: € 2,000,000, integrable
Intervention areas:

• development of information and early warning systems for monitoring and controlling climate events;
• forest management and conservation;
• promotion of sustainable agriculture that is more resilient to climate change;
• improvement of irrigation systems, treatment, saving and collection of water;
• reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
• capacity building and training.

Documentation
- Italy-Ethiopia Memorandum of Understanding (November 18^th, 2016, EN)

- Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (November 16^th, 2017, EN)
- Ethiopia Work Plan (May 16^th, 2017, EN)
- Training course handouts on Policy Responses to Climate Change: Sustainable Development And Energy Transition (Addis Abeba, February 27^th, 2018 – March 2^nd, 2018)

* The current name of the Ethiopian Ministry is Environmental Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC).

Memorandum of Understanding (29 September 2017 - duration 1 year)

Counterpart: Global Green Growth Institute

Allocation: € 100,000
Intervention areas:

strengthening capacity building and knowledge transfer activities in the fields of sustainable development;
support for communication on the state of implementation of the National Determined Contributions, (NDC), presented by the Ethiopian Government within the Paris Agreement;
support for the implementation of the project proposals approved under the agreement between the Italian and Ethiopian Ministry of the Environment.

Documentation
- Agreement with the Global Green Growth Institute (September 2017, EN)

Updates

29/04/2021 Fifth meeting of the Joint Committee
26/02/2019 Seminar in Addis Ababa on investment opportunities in the green economy
  26/01/2019 Seminar on environmental cooperation in the Horn of Africa: invitation to companies
09/01/2019 Workshop in Ethiopia on national climate change mitigation and adaptation goals
  11/12/2018 Fourth meeting of the Joint Committee in Katowice
06/11/2018 The Ethiopian delegation at Ecomondo
03/10/2018 New Project in Ethiopia Funded by Italy Replicates Model of Adaptation Fund-Financed Project in the Country
03/10/2018 Invitation to Italian companies to participate in the technical seminar on new business opportunities in the green sector in Ethiopia
17/07/2018 Seminar on new business opportunities in the green sector in Ethiopia: invitation to the participation of Italian companies
08/05/2018 Third Joint Committee meeting, approved 2 new projects on mitigation and adaptation
27/02/2018   Project “Policy Responses to Climate Change Sustainable Development And Energy Transition”
15/11/2017 Agreement signed with the Global Green Growth Institute
15/11/2017 Second meeting of the Joint Committee, 4 projects approved
04/10/2017   A road map for renewables in Ethiopia
07/07/2017 First technical mission Ministry of the Environment - Enea in Ethiopia
16/05/2017 Italy-Ethiopia environmental collaboration: first meeting of the Joint Committee
14/09/2016 The Ministry of the Environment at the “Climate Diplomacy Week”