Cobzac & Partners Contributes to Energy Investment Risk Assessment Report 2023

We are pleased to announce that Cobzac & Partners made significant contributions to the elaboration of the Energy Investment Risk Assessment Report 2023.

The launch event took place on December 4, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium.

This year's EIRA report assesses risks in 13 countries, spanning Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. The report covers the latest information on the efforts of countries to reduce risks for foreign investors that emanate from government action. It provides the most recent updates on policy, legal and regulatory developments in the participating countries on a plethora of issues, including supporting the energy transition, environmental protection, the climate-women nexus, most updated sectoral energy targets, power sector reforms, statistics on FDI inflow in the countries, prevention of corruption and transparency initiatives, financial and other incentives granted to energy investors, and investor-state dispute prevention mechanisms.

The main speakers of the event were:

1. Mr Guy Lentz, Secretary-General, International Energy Charter
2. HE Dr. Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
3. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
4. Mr Constantin Borosan, State Secretary for Energy, Republic of Moldova
5. Ms Carolina Novac, State Secretary for Decarbonization, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Moldova
6. Mr Charles K.Kalinda, Head of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Infrastructure, Republic of Rwanda 
7. Mr Paul Appleby, Chief Insights Officer, World Energy Council
8. Ms Felicia Mester, Head of EU Affairs, OCI Global
9. Mr Nunzio Peleggi, Managing Director of Business Development Renewables, DNV.