About the EU-India CECP Phase-III
The EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership (CECP) entered its third phase with its official launch at the high-level event, “10 Years of Strengthening EU-India Cooperation for Energy Transition,” held on 28 January 2026 on the margins of the 16th EU-India Summit.
CECP Phase III is being implemented through a strengthened Team Europe approach, with Expertise France and GIZ as the implementing partners. The programme builds on a decade of successful EU-India cooperation to deepen policy dialogue, strengthen institutional collaboration, and accelerate the clean energy transition in both regions. The partnership supports the implementation of activities aligned with the strategic priorities focusing on:
- Renewable Hydrogen
- Offshore and Nearshore Wind
- Regional Connectivity, Electricity Markets and Smart Grids
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy and Climate Diplomacy
Implementation period of Phase-III is from January 2026 to October 2028.
About the website
This website has been established under the CECP Project to support the EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership. It serves as a central repository for CECP resources and a dedicated platform for disseminating information, fostering stakeholder engagement, and facilitating knowledge sharing among wider clean energy and climate stakeholders.
Our Objective
At its core, CECP Phase III aims to enhance deep strategic cooperation between the EU and India across priority areas agreed upon at the 10th EU-India Energy Panel meeting in November 2024. The project will remain closely in line with, and contribute to, the main energy policy directions of the EU and India respectively. The interventions will be implemented through a diverse array of instruments, including technical workshops, business dialogues, expert missions, peer-to-peer exchanges, study tours, feasibility studies, pilot projects, policy dialogues, research and innovation partnerships and business to business engagements.
Implementing partners
Expertise France is the French public agency for international development cooperation. It is a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and the second-largest agency of its kind in Europe. Through our expertise in governance, security, climate, health, education, entrepreneurship, cultural and creative industries etc., Expertise France contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in over 140 countries.
Under CECP Phase-III, along with overall coordination of the project, Expertise France leads strategic interventions related to Regional Connectivity, Electricity Market Integration, Smart Grids; Energy Efficiency; Energy and Climate Diplomacy, and Other enabling priorities.
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federal enterprise with worldwide operations. It supports the German Federal Government and many other public and private clients in achieving their goals in international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work. Together with its partners, GIZ has been developing effective solutions that offer people better prospects and improve their living conditions for more than 50 years. GIZ is wholly owned by the German Federal Government.
Under CECP Phase-III Multi-Partner Cooperation Agreement (MPCA), GIZ will lead efforts in the Renewable Hydrogen and Offshore/ Nearshore Wind sectors. GIZ’s contributions to this Action are co-financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and delivered through the projects “Achieve India’s Renewable Energy Targets” and “Green Hydrogen Investments”.