Following the participation of staff of Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC) in the UNIDO EnMS training programme delivered within the IEE project and the success demonstrated by the company in implementing Energy Management System (EnMS) and obtaining ISO 50001 which resulted in savings up to 10% of its energy consumed using no cost measures, UNIDO and Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) agreed to cooperate on starting the first peer to peer network within the petrochemicals sector by supporting experts trained at SIDPEC to transfer their knowledge and expertise to staff of all companies in the petrochemicals sector.
SIDPEC staff carried out the first training session to companies on March 15th 2015.
This training was attended by a total of 30 participants from 7 companies including SIDPEC.