Ray Holland, Manager EUEI/PDF

• A flexible instrument to facilitate the dialogue between:

– The European Union and partner countries,– Stakeholders at national and regional level.

• To develop national and regional energy policies for poverty reduction.

• Managed by GTZ

PDF Support• energy policy and strategy development,

• institutional and service delivery models, legal and regulatory frameworks,

• facilitating mobilisation of public and private investments,

• dialogue between public and private sectors

Proposals

• must have the support of government or regional organisations,

• indicative project size 100.000€ to 200.000 €,

• potential for impact on improved energy access for poverty reduction,

• potential to leverage investments in energy sector (public or private).

Projects completed

• CEMAC Action Plan,• ECOWAS Regional Electrification Agency study,• EAC Energy Access Srategy, • Mali PPP,• Workshop on Biomass Energy Strategies – Dar,• Policy needs assessment study.

Projects in progress

• Lesotho energy access strategy,• Dominican Republic/Haiti Biofuels,• Caribbean Wind Energy Initiative,

Projects in progress

• Ethiopia – local energy planning, • Cameroon – local energy planning, • Swaziland – strategy for energy access, • Uganda – training of local government, • Amazon Basin (OTCA), rural electrification strategy• Malawi – biomass energy strategy• Rwanda – integrating energy in PRSP• Zambia II – action plan for energy access

Planned activities

• Proposed working level side event on regional access strategies with African regional organisations in Berlin – March 07

• Workshop on regional access strategies in Africa (possibly with African Union),

• Africa workshop on experience with Regional Energy Agencies,

Information

www.euei.org -> EUEI-PDF

Ray.Holland@gtz.de