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Metsi MakhethaRegional Program AdviserRegional Bureau for Africa

United Nations Development Program

Expanding Access to Modern Energy ServicesActions, Lessons & Sustaining CD

5, November, 2009, Dakar

Lessons from the ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper & Lessons from the ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper & its Implementation its Implementation

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The ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper(adopted Jan.2006)

A Regional Energy Access Vision & Objectives Targeting MDGs

Objectives

100% Access to modern Cooking Fuels (urban and peri-urban)

At least 60% Access to energy for productive uses (ex. motive power, targeting rural areas)

66% Access to electricity (100% in urban & peri, 36 % rural)

Results Areas by 2015

Harmonized political and institutional frameworks with access to energy services reflected as national priority for achieving HD

MDG based energy access investment programs

Contribution to regional integration by pooling good practices, sharing information & exchanging experiences to inform practice and guide capacity development interventions

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The ECOWAS/UEMOA White Paper

A Regional Action Plan

Action line1: Capacity building (public and private sector actors);

Action line2: Integration of energy access considerations into development plans, formulation and implementation of investment programs to expand energy access (soft loans, grants, private sector investment…);

Action line3: Exchange, promotion and dissemination of best practices (Knowledge generation, Networking & Management);

Action Line4: Promotion of local production of energy goods and services.

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Support & Action Areas (Since March, 2006)

Knowledge Sharing

Networking &Management

Energy access considerations in

PRSPs and Planning Instruments

RM & Investment Financing

Capacity Strengthening :

technical, planning & institutional capacities for delivery of energy

services for; Promoting Multi-sector dialogue and Establishment of NMG

• Champion national process and facilitate the establishment of national energy vision, priorities and national targets on energy access within MDG-based PRSPs

•Facilitate formulation of energy access programs

• Promote greater alignment between the national priorities and budgetary allocations

Country/Regional level Coordination & Facilitation among development partners to harmonize & bring alignment of their development assistance with national energy access priorities as articulated in national development strategies/ PRS

Productive Uses

Mechanical power for productive applications (e.g. Multifunctional platforms)

Cooking •Improved cook stoves•LPG (LPG challenge)•Biomass management

Other public services, lighting, cooling, etc through decentralized small scale renewables (micro hydro, PV, biogas) ) for rural social facilities/household

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Some Results

Knowledge Sharing

Networking &Management

Energy access considerations in

PRSPs and Planning Instruments

RM & Investment Financing

Capacity Strengthening :

technical, planning & institutional capacities for delivery of energy

services for; Promoting Multi-sector dialogue and Establishment of NMG

•NMGs active in at least 7 of the 14 ECOWAS member states

• Energy access considerations reflected in MDG-based PRSPs in at least 8 countries

• Energy Access programs formulated and in formulation in 4 countries

• budget allocations for increased access (Mali & BKF

Country/ Regional level Coordination & Facilitation among development partners to harmonize & bring alignment of their development assistance with national energy access priorities as articulated in national development strategies/ PRS

Continued donor engagement - Grants from ODA ( Bi-lateral, Multilateral sources & Foundations)

Resources mobilized for targeted CD support – to be informed by capacity assessments currently underway

Local level service delivery Scaling up of motive power applications

Other public services, lighting, cooling, etc through ???decentralized small scale renewables (micro hydro, PV, biogas) ) for rural social facilities/household

Challenges & LessonsChallenges & Lessons

Challenges Political inertia and re-vitalisation of member states states for sustained action and facilitation of multisector process for energy access planning

Lessons Need for sustained effort and targeted support over a period of time for the multisector process to mature (about a year) Leadership and country context determining factors in facilitating integrating energy access considerations and formulating investment programs

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Sustaining Actions & Enhancing CD efforts

Regional & National policies/strategies and budgetary allocation

Institutional delivery capacity

•Regional/national development strategies/PRS to sufficiently reflect energy access for the poor as a priority ( Support to NMG, Awareness, training ,etc)

• Budgetary allocations (domestic/external resources) to support energy access national priorities

• Strengthen planning, coordination, management and monitoring capacity of lead institutions and administrators

• Enabling legal and regulatory framework to enable local institutions/private actors effectively participate in energy service delivery

• Support to enterprise development (productive uses) to ensure that energy services contribute to livelihood development and service delivery is sustained by the community people themselves.

Investment financing

• Advocacy for alignment of domestic and external financing (incl. ODA) with countries’ priorities expressed in the NDS/PRS – Paris and Accra Declarations

• improved coordination among partners to take a issue-wide/sector-wide approach

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Can we change?

Yes, we can!

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Resources Infrastructure/Network Services

Network of 136 country offices

Regional hubs

Delivering capacity development services

Delivering advice

• Over 7,000 staff

•9 regional centres hosting advisors and regional programmes

•Policy guidance and orientation •Analysis and Knowledge sharing•Innovation•External relations

• Sharing lessons• Up-scaling country level actions• Encouraging cooperation and synergies

UNDP HQ &UN SYSTEM

Regional-level via UNDP regional centres

Global-levelUN System• over 20 UN programmes/agencies working on energy

Global coherent voice

UNDP: UN’s development networks on the ground