Mediterranean Solar Plan Project Preparation Initiative

The European Commission gave in March its formal approval to the Mediterranean Solar Plan Project Preparation Initiative (MSP-PPI), in the framework of the Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF).

The MSP-PPI is the first operational financial tool for the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP). Through supporting eligible investment projects with Technical Assistance (TA) targeted at advanced project preparation, the MSP-PPI aims to establish a robust pipe-line of MSP projects (generation of renewable energy, energy efficiency as well as grid connection projects), to accelerate their implementation and financing, and to coordinate the action of the financial institutions of the European Commission and of the Secretariat.

The MSP-PPI covers 100% of the costs associated with TA for preparing sustainable energy investments projects in nine Mediterranean partner countries (MPCs): Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and West Bank & Gaza.

Such investment projects may also be eligible for funding from the participating financial institutions and for the UfM branding. The investment projects supported should contribute to achieving the objectives of the MSP.

The TA is intended to support investment projects which are already at a sufficient advanced stage of preparation, and which have a high probability of being financed and implemented in a reasonable timeframe.

A Steering Committee composed of representatives from the European Commission and from each EFIs participating in the initiative, as well as of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, which enjoys an observer status, will select the eligible projects.

For more information, please read the MSP-PPI brochure