[{"bbox": [70, 147, 1159, 616], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td></td><td>seeking a more active involvement in India</td><td></td><td></td><td>issues on common platform, will be investigated. This will also serve as encouragement to EU businesses due to collective raising of issues, including information on the potential way forward.</td></tr><tr><td>Communication and information</td><td>The way the EU is perceived and the way the EU negotiator is perceived to be negotiating may influence the process of FTA negotiations negatively</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>An FTA negotiation communication strategy will be formulated and implemented for both EU and India target groups early in the process and will constantly have to adjust to ongoing and emerging reactions.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [81, 618, 240, 641], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [81, 662, 1143, 804], "category": "Text", "text": "Past and on-going initiatives in the **clean energy** sectors have shown the importance of giving a continuous support to India in addressing the present challenges the country is facing, and of keeping up a strategic cooperation with the country. The existing energy dialogue and cooperation with India have clearly demonstrated the importance of good working relations with India's various energy related ministries. The present action aims at developing these relations further and giving them a durable character in the climate action as well as trade domains."}, {"bbox": [81, 823, 1143, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "The ongoing CECP project continues to draw interest at the highest level both in India and the EU. It is aligned with the position of the Government of India as regard promotion of clean energy and achieving the Indian INDC. The EU Delegation and the European Commission have regular interaction with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the Ministry of Power (MoP), the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and state governments together identifying priorities where joint actions and policy support from the EU can be relevant. The key deliverables of the CECP in its first phase have included:"}, {"bbox": [118, 1011, 774, 1036], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Smart-grid application collaborations with India Smart Grid Forum."}, {"bbox": [118, 1037, 1048, 1063], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Supporting Energy Efficiency Building codes in India together with Bureau of Energy Efficiency."}, {"bbox": [118, 1064, 800, 1089], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Creating the Financing Investment in Clean Energy Platform (FICEP)."}, {"bbox": [118, 1091, 511, 1117], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Support to the EU-India Energy Panel."}, {"bbox": [81, 1143, 1150, 1541], "category": "Text", "text": "As regards the launch of **FTA, IPA and GI negotiations**, we have seen from our experience that the negotiations may take much longer than anticipated. As such addressing some of the key trade barriers that affect EU-India trade will be crucial before resuming the negotiations to send the right signal to our stakeholders. The sectoral studies/ policy briefs will be key in this regard in addressing the key trade irritants as well as for feeding into the trade and investment negotiations. For the establishment of an EU Chamber of Commerce, existing EU business bodies have only partially succeeded in servicing the member companies. They have engaged in extremely modest policy advocacy. Their outreach among EU companies as well as among government stakeholders remains limited in comparison to the US or even the UK. The modest performance and consequently low recognition amongst the policy makers results in low membership and financial concerns. Furthermore, much of the activities of these entities are focused on the organisation of events/roundtables with questionable results/impact, rather than a focus on the core function of policy advocacy, underpinned by regular publication of policy papers and recommendations that demonstrate expertise on the market access concerns/issues. This is a critical service that is missing in the Indian landscape. Furthermore this assessment is also shared by EU MS on ground in Delhi and confirmed in recent EU Heads of Mission meetings."}, {"bbox": [81, 1560, 1150, 1617], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, EU supported actions focussing on establishing such an **EU level Chamber of Commerce**, i.e. the setting of the European Business and Technology Centre in 2008, supported by the European Parliament under EU's"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 24"}]