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Sarajevo Energy &Climate Week
SECW 2025
Sarajevo Energy & Climate Week (SECW) gathers key stakeholders in the energy and climate sectors to present sustainable policies and practices. The event focuses on achieving EU goals through research and real-world needs, offering concurrent sessions and numerous networking opportunities with experts, international organizations, the business community, and the media.
SECW 2024 SUMMARY
At Sarajevo Energy & Climate Week (SECW 2024), key topics included the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a just energy transition, and the establishment of an electricity market in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which involves the integration of renewable energy sources and the improvement of transmission networks.
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Five days, 19 panels, 10 workshops, 200 experts, and over 1000 participants
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SCHEDULE
MONDAY
22nd September 2025.
Registration
Welcoming speeches and Opening Remarks
Keynote: "Preparations for Energy Transformation: Transposition of the EU Acquis and Implementation of Commitments under the Paris Agreement and the Sofia Declaration on the Green Deal for the Western Balkans"
Panel I: "Achieving Decarbonization by 2050: Strategic Approach to Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, Coal Exit, and Ending Subsidies for Fossil Fuels"
Panel II: "Dynamics of the Electricity Market Development: Adapting to EU Regulations and Trends"
TUESDAY
23rd September 2025.
Panel III: "Assessment of CBAM Costs for Electricity Exports to EU Countries and the Importance of Excluding Electricity with a Focus on Establishing Emissions Trading Systems in the Region"
Panel IV: "The Role of Critical Minerals in the Energy Transition and Their Impact on the Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mining Companies and the Application of the Law on the Temporary Ban on Disposal of State Property in Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Panel V: “Smart E-Mobility”
Panel VI: "Harmonized Transition Strategies for Electricity Companies, Coal Mines, and Local Communities in Coal-Rich Regions: Promoting a Just Transition"
Panel VII: "Hydrogen and Industrial Decarbonization: The Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonization Package"
WEDNESDAY
24th September 2025.
Panel VIII: "Innovations in District Heating - Energy Storage Solutions: The Future of Grid Stability and Flexibility"
Panel IX: “Waste-to-Energy in the Circular Economy Transition and Development of Resource-Efficient Business Models”
Panel X: "No Energy Storage, No Energy Transition"
Panel XI: "Municipalities as Driving Forces in the New Energy System: Energy Communities – Sharing Energy, Sharing Investments"
Panel XII: Energy Transition and New Models of Energy Markets
Panel XIII: “The Use of Natural Gas as a Transitional Fuel/ The Importance of Building New Interconnections for the Decarbonization of the Energy Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
THURSDAY
25nd September 2025.
Panel XIV: "Building Climate Change Resilience: Preparing and Strengthening Infrastructure for Energy Challenges"
Panel XV: "Financing and Building Transmission and Distribution Networks for the Integration of High Capacities from Renewable Sources: Opportunities and Challenges"
Panel XVI: "Methane and Climate Change: How to Reduce Methane Emissions in Bosnia and Herzegovina?"
Panel XVII: “Industrial Transition and Its Impacts on the Energy System”
FRIDAY
26th September 2025.
Panel XVIII: "Energy Efficiency Programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Western Balkan Countries"
Panel XIX: "Zero Emission Buildings: The New European Energy Performance Directive"
Panel XX: "How to Build a Solar Power Plant: Best Practice Examples"
Panel XXI: “Integration of Energy Efficiency into Urban Planning: Lessons from the EU”
Panel XXII: Analysis of Opportunities for Involving the Private Sector in the Just Transition to Renewable Energy
Closing Remarks and Closing Ceremony
FAREWELL NETWORKING EVENT
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News
Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining, and Industry – Proud Sponsor of the 3rd SECW
At the First Ministerial Meeting within the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, held in Hamburg, representatives from six countries in the region reached an agreement on a joint declaration focused on climate neutrality and sustainable development.
This declaration represents a continuation of the Sofia Declaration from 2020 and emphasizes the urgency of taking action to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Participants highlighted the importance of regional cooperation as a key element in achieving the goals of the GAWB Action Plan for the period 2021-2030.
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SECW 2024 SUMMARY
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“I wish you a successful Sarajevo Energy and Climate Week. I hope you feel comfortable in the City Hall because this is your hall as well, and from tonight, this is also your home.”
“This week is an opportunity to exchange ideas, initiate dialogue, and work together to create a sustainable and inclusive energy future.”
Dear enthusiasts of energy and all those engaged with today's important conference topic, I would like to greet you on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining, and Industry. Congratulations to the organizer on this 2nd conference. This topic is of utmost importance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, and the entire world, and it is great to see that the 2nd conference has demonstrated a very high level of professionalism.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing great challenges, and this topic should be placed above all other political issues. We should resolve it, and this is something that all politicians should particularly be aware of. Alongside the challenges, there are also opportunities brought by the transition to sustainable energy sources. Climate change is a reality, and its negative impacts are being felt worldwide, including here in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The period between the two conferences, this year and last, has allowed the Government of Sarajevo Canton and its citizens to truly experience how today's conference topic is relevant. Considering the winter we had, a significant amount of finances, energy, and time has been invested in developing winter tourism in Sarajevo Canton and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are investing in our ski resorts, and the past season has shown us how climate change impacts both finances and the tourism offering.
