Turkey's National Energy Conservation Centre (NECC) has collaborated regionally to improve energy efficiency through training courses hosted in Turkey. Over the past decade, NECC has trained over 200 energy managers from over 20 neighboring countries in topics like energy auditing and management. This regional cooperation began with bilateral partnerships but expanded to involve multilateral actors. NECC's success is due to Turkey's history accumulating energy efficiency expertise since the 1970s, addressing common energy interests across countries, and ongoing capacity development efforts supported by partners like JICA.

1. Energy Efficiency
Improvement through
Triangular Cooperation
The Case of Regional Collaboration
among Turkey and Neighbouring
Countries
Makoto Asai

2. Overview of the solution
• Improvement of Energy Efficiency
• Regional Centre of Excellence:
Turkish National Energy Conservation
Centre (NECC)
• Scaling up:
From bilateral cooperation to Triangular

3. Contents
1. Facts, Achievement
2. History of Knowledge
accumulation in Turkey
3. Success factors

4. 1. Facts and Achievement
TURKEY
GDRE, TIKA,
NECC
Countries from
W. & C. Asia,
the Black Sea
Region, and
Eastern Europe

5. 1. Facts and Achievement
Year
(JFY)
Training
Courses/Workshops
Target Countries
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
International Practical Training Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
2002
Course for Energy Managers Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan,
Turkey
International Practical Training
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Course for Energy Managers
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
2003 of Industry from Countries in
Georgia, Bulgaria,
Western and Central Asia and
Romania, Iran, Turkey
Black Sea Region
About 20 countries from
2004- Practical Training Course for
the Middle East, Eastern
2006 Energy Managers of Industry Europe, Central Asia, the
area of the Black Sea
About 20 countries from
2007- Energy Efficiency and
the Middle East, Eastern
2009 Management Industry
Europe, Central Asia, the
area of the Black Sea
2010- Energy Efficiency and
Central Asian countries
2012 Management in Industry
No. of
Particip
ants
Actors
32
EIE/NECC,
UN-ESCAP
(JICA experts)
18
ECO, TIKA,
JICA
57
EIE/NECC,
JICA
55
EIE/NECC,
JICA
35
GDRE, TIKA,
JICA

10. Year
(JFY)
2011
2012
Training
Courses/Workshops
Workshops on How to
Implement Energy
Management Standards
in BSEC Countries
Workshops on How to
Implement Energy
Management in BSEC
Countries
Target Countries
Albania, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Moldova,
Rumania
Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Moldova, Albania,
Ukraine, Serbia
No. of
Partici
pants
Actors
5
GDRE,
JICA,
TIKA
9
GDRE,
TIKA,
JICA

11. 2. History of Knowledge
accumulation in Turkey
• Energy crisis in 70s
• National Energy Conservation
Center (NECC) established in 1992
• Energy Efficiency Regulation for
Industrial Establishments in 1995
– Introduction of “Energy Manager”
and “ Energy control committee”
• JICA technical cooperation
project began in 2000

12. JICA’s cooperation
• 1990-2001
– 13 training opportunities in Japan
• 2000-2005 Technical cooperation
project
– Training for energy managers
– Energy audit
– Energy efficiency policy making and
promotion

13. Before
After

14. 3. Success factors
1. Common Interest
Countries from
W. & C. Asia,
the Black Sea
Region, and
Eastern Europe
TURKEY
GDRE, TIKA,
NECC
EXTERNAL
3. Capacity
Development
PARTNERS
multi & bilateral
partners