Le Comité Monégasque du Conseil Mondial de l’Energie est heureux et honoré d’avoir été choisi pour organiser l’Assemblée Exécutive du WEC 2012.
Il remercie tout particulièrement la Direction du Tourisme et des Congrès de Monaco pour son aide dans l’organisation et la gestion des aspects logistiques de l’événement.
Les réunions se sont déroulées au Centre de Conférences du SEA CLUB, attenant à l’Hôtel MERIDIEN BEACH PLAZA (22 Avenue Princesse GRACE).
Les participants ont eu la possibilité de séjourner dans cet hôtel ou à l’hôtel NOVOTEL, avec lesquels des tarifs privilégiés avaient été négociés.
L’accueil des participants sur site a été assuré dans le hall d’entrée du SEA CLUB dès le dimanche 4 novembre à 14h.
Les déjeuners buffets ont eu lieu au restaurant Intempo dans l’hôtel MERIDIEN et les réceptions de fin de journée au SEA CLUB, à l’exception du dîner de clôture du jeudi 8 novembre, qui s’est tenu dans la salle d’OR de l’hôtel FAIRMONT, près du centre de Monte Carlo.
En dehors des réunions organisées par le siège du WEC, le Comité Monégasque a proposé plusieurs autres programmes ou événements, tels que des visites techniques, des visites guidées en anglais pour les personnes accompagnantes, une conférence sur le projet ITER, et la possibilité de participer au Forum Euroméditerranéen sur l’efficacité énergétique le 9 novembre.
Monte Carlo Executive Assembly – highlights and key takeaways
The WEC head office would like to say a big thank you to all those who joined us in Monaco last month for the 2012 Executive Assembly. It was a particularly full week with a diverse and ambitious programme. Highlights included Secretaries’ Strategy Day in which members received an exciting preview of the new WEC website; the Energy Trilemma Summit, a high-level dialogue on critical energy issues and challenges; the SE4ALL Group Meeting; an exclusive preview into WEC’s 2012 Issues Monitor publication, with analyses from our Regional Vice-Chairs; and special addresses from UNIDO’s Kandeh Yumkella and the IEA’s Fatih Birol. The event was well attended with participation from over 225 delegates and representation from 54 National Member Committees. The Executive Assembly Plenary provided the backdrop for a number of important decisions regarding the WEC’s governance and future events. Congratulations to Marie-José Nadeau (Canada) and Younghoon David Kim (South Korea) who have been elected as WEC Chair-elect and WEC Co-Chair-elect respectively. Both Ms Nadeau and Mr Kim will assume their formal roles of WEC Chair and Co-Chair after the 2013 Congress. The election of new Officers was also approved, and we are delighted to welcome Leonhard Birnbaum (Germany) as Vice Chair, Europe and Dr Taha Zatari (Saudi Arabia), as Vice Chair, Special Responsibility for Middle East and Gulf States. Brian Statham (South Africa) has been re-elected for a second term as Chair of the Studies Committee. Jean-Marie Dauger (France) and José da Costa Carvalho Neto (Brazil) take on Chair-elect roles for the Communications & Outreach and Programme Committee respectively. Future WEC events were also decided by the Executive Assembly. The Colombian Committee gave an excellent presentation in support of their bid to host the 2014 Executive Assembly in Cartagena, Colombia. The site of the 2016 Congress was also determined, and, following a close vote from members, Istanbul clinched the majority over Abu Dhabi. Our sincere congratulations go out to the Turkish National Committee whose delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, Mr Hasan Murat Mercan and the Chair of the Turkish Committee, Mr Süreyya Yücel Özden. We would like to thank both the UAE and the Turkish Committee for the quality and professionalism of their bids.
We have received some excellent feedback from you following the EA and we hope that you enjoyed the meetings as much as us. Thanks to you all for your commitment and contributions, you really helped to make this year’s event a success.
