Havana, Dec. - The Latin American Energy Organization announced the entry into force of its new official name: Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), a decision aimed at expanding its scope of action in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Specialists from the Ministry of Energy and Mines informed the Cuban News Agency that the initiative took place after the 27 Member States of the group completed their respective internal approval and ratification processes required to formalize the name change, initially established in the 1973 Lima Convention.
They emphasized that the change consolidates a process started in 2007, when at the Meeting of Ministers they approved the proposal to modify the Article of the Lima Convention in order to make visible in its title the presence of countries from the Caribbean subregion.
Progress was made with the approval in the internal legislations of the Member States, in compliance with Article 36 of the Lima Convention, according to which any amendment to its content only comes into effect when the 27 Member States have formally deposited their ratification.
With the confirmation of Haiti last October, the correction was officially completed and made effective.
Andrés Rebolledo, its Executive Secretary, said that 10 OLADE member countries belong to the Caribbean region, so the change reinforces its integrative vocation and reflects the reality of a diverse regional energy space that today constitutes a Latin American and Caribbean community of cooperation, integration, and sustainable development.
OLACDE will continue performing its role as the highest-level technical-political body in energy matters in the region and the consolidation of a common platform for cooperation, integration, and sustainable energy development, progressively implemented in all official instruments.
Its original constitution dates back to November 2, 1973, through the signing of the Lima Convention, ratified by 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and its headquarters is located in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
After inaugurating the Workshop on Energy Transitions in Central America and the Caribbean, Andrés Rebolledo and Miriam Nicado, Rector of the University of Havana, signed a document of academic collaboration last August.
Before its signing, the event organizers recalled the ties between OLADE and Cuba, based on continuous cooperation, institutional dialogue, technical training, and the holding of key events.
Likewise, the joint development of projects focused on energy transformation, efficiency, and the use of renewable energies in Cuba as an essential part of regional energy integration, in which training is a key element.
Taken from the Cuban News Agency (ACN)
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