Marco Caponigro

Key Expert in the Technical Assistance to support the Reform of the Energy Sector, Arab Republic of Egypt

EU project INOGATE Technical Secretariat & Integrated Programme in support of the Baku Initiative and the Eastern Partnership energy objectives Contribution and facilitation of the policy dialogue on the reform of the energy policies

EU/SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility (Sustainable Energy for All) Policy analysis of the Energy sector and policies in Vietnam (Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Access to Energy in rural areas and Power market reform).

Project Manager in EU cooperation project • Ex ante evaluation, Project design of proposals to be submitted to ETC and IEE (CIP 2007-13) • Institutional building actions to set up the optimization of energy supply (gas and electricity) • Development of energy certification (ISO 50001)

• Institutional building actions to support the start-up and the set up the optimization of energy supply • Economic and market analysis and monitoring of energy consumption • Implementation of EE actions with special focus on public procurement procedure to purchase energy • Ex ante evaluation, designing feasibility study, start-up of a firm into Eastern Europe. • assessment, designing feasibility study, business plan and start-up project • Public Relation with suppliers and clients.

EU Project SEE AF/A/037/2.4/X – ENER-SUPPLY- Energy Efficiency and Renewable – Supporting Policies in Local level for Energy, leading the: • Project design; Project management (all PCM phases) • setting up the Energy Management pilot action • institutional and capacity building action; analysis of the energy tariffs; energy audits with the definition of EE measures; • Elaboration of RES maps and RES feasibility studies, promotion of investments, Sustainable Energy Action Plans.

EU Project “Phare Twinning BG/2004/IB/EY01- Institutional Building at the Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Agency” and follow-up • Project management (programming, monitoring, financing, report, evaluation) • Feasibility studies for projects in the Balkans in energy (EE/RES) and water • Leading the implementation of 4 energy audits / analysis of tariff and incentives • Assistance in setting up local and national plans and legislation • Relation management, dissemination, setting up Information campaigns

European integration; local development; planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluating public policies; European financial instruments for development; European rules on structural funds.

Public economic policies, public management, analysis & evaluation of public policies, statistics, law.

Macroeconomics; statistics and econometrics; regional economics; law.