URBAN PROGRAMS STRATEGIC URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND C ITIES AND C LIMATE C HANGE MAPPING OF RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS AND CENTERS OF COMPETENCE
Agence Nationale pour la Maitrise de l’Energie (ANME) Category: Building technology and energy efficiency agencies
Country: Tunisia
Director: Ms. Noura Narouti Contact: 3 rue 8000 Montplaisir 1073 Tunis Tel : +216 71 906 900 Fax : +216 71 904 624 Email : boc@anme.nat.tn Website: http://www.anme.nat.tn Missions: The National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) was established in 1985. It is a public entity attached to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises. The mission of ANME consists in implementing the State policy in the field of energy conservation, through studies delivering, energy efficiency promotion, renewable energies, and energy substitution. The ANME scope of intervention encompasses the whole range of initiatives and actions aimed at improving the level of energy efficiency and diversifying energy sources, such as: - Participation in the design and implementation of national energy conservation programs; - Conducting prospective and strategic studies, as well as those related to mitigating GHG emissions due to energy use; - Management of the National Energy Conservation Fund (FNME) which represents a comprehensive incentive mechanism in support of energy conservation actions, thus ensuring their implementation as well as their sustainability; - Proposing the legal and legislative framework related to energy conservation; - Granting tax and financial incentives; - Design and implementation of awareness-raising, information, education and training actions; - Assistance in research & development, and technical demonstration; - Fostering the development and promotion of energy conservation and encouraging investment in this sector. Relevance to the CMI urban programs: UD2 – Climate-appropriate urban development; Energy-efficiency in buildings Date of entry: June 2010