EUEI EUEI Partnership Dialogue FacilityPartnership Dialogue Facility
CEMA Workshop Nairobi
31 August 2010
A demand-driven instrument of the EU Energy Initiative…
• funded by 5 EU Member States and the EC (NED, GER,
SWE, AUT, FIN),
• facilitates dialogue between:
– The European Union and its Partner Countries
– Stakeholders at national and regional level,
• supports development of energy access policies,
• hosted by GTZ.
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Supporting the development of energy policies and
strategies with focus on access in Africa (nat. +regional)
Enabling of legislative and regulative environment
International Dialogue Events (contributing to
regional integration)
Thematic studies (electrification, biomass etc.)
Dialogue between donors (e.g. on ESMAP)
Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP)
Energy Policy Advisory ServicesEnergy Policy Advisory Services
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31 activities in 15 countries with 7 regional
organisations, 6 thematic studies and
4 international workshops.
ResultsResults of the first phase: 2005-2009... of the first phase: 2005-2009...
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- Energy strategies/policies, thematic studies, dialogue events: - Continuation of activites with focus on energy access
and biomass in Africa- 2nd ACP-EU Energy Facility:
- Implementation of a component on energy governance- Work more closely with EU Delegations
- Africa-EU Energy Partnership:- High-level Ministerial Meeting, 14/15 September 2010,
Vienna- Launch and start-up phase of Africa-EU Renewable
Energy Cooperation Programme
Activities Activities in the second phase: 2009-2012in the second phase: 2009-2012
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EUEI PDF EUEI PDF
Selected ActivitiesSelected Activities
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Country activities (examples):
Angola: Angola: Renewable energy policy
Burundi:Burundi: Energy policy/strategy update, investment plan
Ghana: Ghana: GIS planning for rural electrification
RwandaRwanda: Update of national energy policy
DR CongoDR Congo: Energy policy, electricity law and rural
electrification strategy
CameroonCameroon: Rural electrification planning
EthiopiaEthiopia: Planning tool for grid extension
UgandaUganda: District level planning of community energy7
Regional access strategies:
• EAC
• CEMAC
• ECOWAS
• SADC CEMAC
EAC
SADC
ECOWAS
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Thematic Studies:
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) – Senegal
• Review of Experience with Rural Energy/ Electrification Agencies (REAs) – Sub-Saharan Africa
• Biomass energy guide – Africa
• Biomass energy (cooking energy) strategies (BEST) – Malawi, Rwanda
• Wind Regional Energy Strategy – Caribbean
• Paper on Energy and National Finances - Africa (Financing of Development Conference)
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• EAC: Regional Energy Access Strategy and Donor Mapping,
• CEMAC: Inter-ministerial Workshop on Energy Access for the Rural Poor ,
• Europe: Facilitating a European Position on the Clean Energy Investment Framework and ESMAP Business Plan,
• Africa:
– Africa Electrification Initiative , with ESMAP
– Workshop on Regional Energy Access,
– 3 regional BEST workshops, with GTZ
International Dialogue Events:
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The Project Development Process:
Request from government or regional organisation
Agreement on action to be supported
Non-objection from governing board
ToR agreed, restricted call for proposals
Bid evaluation, contract, implementation
Evaluate effectiveness, impact
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Project Criteria:
• Upstream, not implementation,
• Policy, strategy, regulation, legislation, enabling
environment,
• Institutional capacity building,
• Normally under €200,000 per activity,
• More in exceptional cases.
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• Assistance to the EU Implementing Team
• Organization of Partnership meetings, including high-level meetings, Joint Experts Groups etc.– e.g. Technical Consultation WS Kamapala, with REAP
• Development of Partnership documents (Road Map, Joint Statements, background papers)
• Support to the development of the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)
Africa-EU Energy Partnership
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Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme
• Will be launched at the HLM on 14 September
• 10 year programme with initial 3 year start-up phase
• From mutual commitments to accelerated progress
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Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme
Key action areas:• Strengthen renewable energy industry and markets in
Africa. • Implement renewable energy policies and measures
including facilitating grid integration. • Mobilize existing and new financial instruments to
support renewable energy in Africa.• Market-focused renewable energy research,
development, demonstration, education and technology transfer.
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