European Union (EU)
The European Commission has been a continuous supporter of MEDREG since its creation in 2007. From 2007 to 2024, the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) has co-founded the MEDREG project, in close cooperation with the Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), which is responsible to ensure secure, sustainable, and competitively priced energy for Europe.
From February 2025, the co-funding of the MEDREG project was entrusted to the newly established Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf (DG MENA). Following the input of President Von der Leyen, DG MENA was created to develop a more targeted approach and strong partnerships with countries of the Mediterranean region and the Gulf, which remains a strategic imperative for Europe to foster economic stability and security in the region.
This same approach is outlined in the Pact for the Mediterranean, introduced as a key initiative of the European Commission with the support of the External Action Service to reinforce relations with Southern partners. The Pact, officially launched in Barcelona on 28 November 2025 - marking the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process - is built around three main pillars: people, economies and security/migration. The Pact is designed to be implemented through DG MENA's coordination, including projects like the Mediterranean University and the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech Initiative (T-MED). Considering that the MENA region holds some of the world’s most abundant and cost-competitive renewable-energy resources, it could become a cornerstone of the Euro-Mediterranean green transition. Therefore, strengthened cooperation to tap this renewable energy potential can help partner countries and the EU to address shared challenges, such as rising energy prices, dependence on fossil fuels, lack of competitiveness, supply-chain vulnerabilities and climate change. In this framework, the T-MED can turn the political commitment of DG MENA and the Pact of the Mediterranean into concrete action.
The main objectives of the T-MED initiative involve inclusive socio-economic development, energy security and industrial competitiveness and accelerated decarbonization. To achieve these objectives, T-MED seeks to mobilise private investment over the coming years. To this end, the EU established the T-MED Investment Platform, designed to develop a consolidated pipeline of high-impact renewable energy, electricity grid and clean tech manufacturing projects. It will link these projects with appropriate financing by coordinating blended financing solutions, guarantees and technical assistance provided by international financial institutions, national development banks and private investors, thereby ensuring risk-sharing and improving project bankability. Together with MED-TSO (Transmission System Operators), MED-GEM (for energy market integration) and PEEB-MED (Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings – Mediterranean), MEDREG will be part of the regional platforms enabling the T-MED initiative.
Through MEDREG's longstanding knowledge of the regional regulatory landscape and its collaboration with Mediterranean energy regulators, MEDREG IX Action 2026-2029, will bolster T-MED objectives by supporting the improvement of the renewable energy investment climate for private investors from the regulatory perspective under the capacity of national energy regulators. One key contribution will be MEDREG's new initiative of regulatory country reviews, developed as a tool for monitoring and benchmarking regulatory governance for the enhancement of the renewable energy investment climate across the region. MEDREG bring together national regulators, ministries, and the private sector, thereby strengthening linkages and regulatory dialogue. It will also work towards enhancing regulatory frameworks that accelerate sustainable infrastructure development for both electricity and hydrogen.
Furthermore, in line with T-MED's envisioned technical support, the I-MED Skills Agenda and the T-MED objective of regional collaboration and knowledge sharing, the numerous training efforts of the MEDREG IX will ensure that insights and outcomes from its activities are widely disseminated and contribute to more informed Mediterranean energy regulators.
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Med-TSO
Med-TSO is the Association of the Mediterranean Transmission System Operators (TSOs) for electricity, operating the High Voltage Transmission Networks of 20 Mediterranean Countries. It was established on 19 April 2012 in Rome as a technical platform that, using multilateral cooperation as a strategy of regional development, could facilitate the integration of the Mediterranean Power Systems and foster Security and Socio – economic Development in the Region. In 2013, MEDREG signed a bilateral cooperation protocol with Med-TSO and a further protocol including the European Commission in 2014. The aim of this cooperation is to join forces to reinforce Mediterranean electricity interconnections and to support a more efficient and balanced dialogue between TSOs and regulators at national level. MEDREG and MED-TSO also closely cooperates to implement the work programme of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Regional Electricity Market Platform (UfM REM Platform).
https://med-tso.org/
UfM
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is an intergovernmental Euro-Mediterranean organisation which brings together all 28 countries of the European Union and 15 countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.
UfM’s mission is to enhance regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects and initiatives with tangible impact on Mediterranean citizens, with an emphasis on young people and women, in order to address the three strategic objectives of the region: stability, human development and integration.
MEDREG is an active member of the UfM’s three energy platforms:
- The UfM Regional Electricity Market Platform (UfM REM Platform), which promotes the gradual establishment of regional and sub-regional inter-connected electricity markets.
- The UfM Gas Platform (UfM Gas Platform) whose aim is to reinforce the security of gas supply and regional gas exchanges.
- The UfM Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Platform (UfM REEE Platform) meant at assisting the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and projects.
https://ufmsecretariat.org/
PAM
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean is the principal forum where the national Parliaments of the Euro-Mediterranean region deliberate to reach those strategic objectives towards the creation of the best political, social, economic and cultural environment and conditions for the fellow citizens of the member states.
PAM is an international organisation, an Observer at the General Assembly of the United Nations, with a specific international juridical status. The Assembly plays a fundamental role as the inter-parliamentary organization whose activities are firmly rooted as the instrument of parliamentary diplomacy also to support the work of other international bodies entrusted with the responsibility to foster security, stability and peace in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
MEDREG signed a cooperation agreement with PAM in 2015, which enhances the bilateral collaboration between the two organizations in order to:
- Support the progressive opening and integration of Mediterranean energy markets;
- create an attractive investment framework for energy generation and infrastructure in the region; and
- empower energy consumers through the development of targeted policies.
With the cooperation agreement, the two organisations intend to develop common activities and deepen institutional relations with the scope to facilitate the work of national Parliaments in designing energy laws, most notably regarding the competences of Energy Regulators and the liberalization of energy markets. The promotion of the public and institutional role of Energy Regulators to national Governments, and the identification of joint studies, initiatives and capacity-building activities of interest for the members of both organizations are also part of the protocol.
https://www.pam.int/default.asp
Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Energie e du Climat (OMEC)
Launched in 1988 and incorporated in 1991, OMEC (formerly OME) is the Voice of the energy industry in the Mediterranean area; a Platform for energy dialogue, cooperation and best practices exchanges and a Think Tank of reference in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. The Association gathers leading Mediterranean energy companies and associated partners from sixteen countries.
OMEC’s four committees are the following:
– Green Energies and Technologies;
– Natural Resources and Energy Security;
– Infrastructure Investments & Financing;
– Strategies, Governance and Cooperation.
Since 2015, MEDREG has closely worked with OMEC in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Gas Platform on regulatory issues. The two organisations also regularly engage in each other’s respective activities.
https://www.omec-med.org/
GIZ
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federal enterprise with worldwide operations. We support the German Government in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We are also engaged in international education activities around the globe. Through our work, we assist people and societies in shaping their own future and improving living conditions. GIZ offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development. The agency has activities in over 90 countries.
http://www.giz.de
RES4MED
Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean (RES4Med) is a strategic programme led and promoted by RES4Africa Foundation. Since its inception in 2012, RES4Med has been a leading platform for public-private dialogue to promote renewable energy in Southern-Eastern Mediterranean countries as a cost-effective, sustainable, and reliable energy strategy to meet growing energy demand.
The programme has promoted private-public dialogue to share lessons learned, shape solutions and instruments and promote renewable energy investment and brought forward market-driven strategic analysis, building on RES4Africa members’ and stakeholders’ experience. With more than 20+ local strategic partners, RES4Med engages with local stakeholders, both from the private and public spheres, to advance knowledge and promote dialogue on renewable energy.
https://www.res4med.org
MEDENER
Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for Energy Management
MEDENER is the Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for Energy Management. It brings together agencies in the Mediterranean region in charge of energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy sources, two key conditions for the success of the energy transition.
MEDENER was created in 1997 in Tunis in the form of an international non-profit organisation, to answer the need for stronger cooperation for the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the Mediterranean region. Today, it brings together 12 national agencies from the northern and southern banks of the Mediterranean.
MEDENER promotes regional projects related to energy efficiency and renewable energy development:
- The association facilitates the sharing of experiences, know-how and best practices among its members and international partners.
- It accelerates the transfer of skills, methods and technologies in the area of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
- It assists countries in the Mediterranean region with the design and implementation of energy management policies.
https://www.medener.org
meetMED
The Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean region (meetMED) project is an EU-funded project, developed by the Mediterranean Association of the National Agencies for Energy Management (MEDENER) and the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE).
meetMED project aims to enhance the energy security of beneficiary countries (namely Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) while fostering their transition to low carbon economy. Accordingly, meetMED II will be contributing to the creation of more stable, efficient, competitive and climate-resilient socioeconomic contexts in the targeted countries.
MeetMED II activities aim at strengthening the implementation of EE measures and improving countries’ energy mix focusing on building and appliances’ sectors through a multiscale, multi-partner and inclusive approach at local and regional levels, thereby fostering regional cooperation.
https://meetmed.org/