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on Electricity Access and Development Challenge in Africa 13-14 July 2005 UNEP Headquarters Complex, Nairobi, Kenya Organised by AFREPREN/FWD, Nairobi, Kenya Background and Workshop Objectives A series of regional engagements and workshops focusing on the role of electricity for promoting sustainable development were organized by AFREPREN/FWD. The workshops series aimed at bringing together the best minds in economic development, energy infrastructure and technology, finance and public policy from developed and developing countries to forge new, cost effective approaches to help create a sustainable energy future.The challenge of ensuring electricity access for national economic development and at the same time providing increased access to the poor parts of the population was the key theme for these series of workshops. The main objective of the Nairobi workshop was to engage regional policy makers in applying the GNESD energy access recommendations to their local context with the expectation of creating a sense of local ownership of the policy recommendations emerging from GNESD. The workshop brought to the attention of the policy makers, the role of increased electricity access in national development as well as the need for enhancing electricity access among the poor. Participants
About 150
participants attended the workshop. The
participants included Permanent
Secretaries in the
African Energy Ministries, Directors of national power utilities, regulators,
representatives of key bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, and
banking institutions, experts in energy, electricity, environment,
engineering, technology, finance, economics, regulatory agencies,
private sector, universities and research centers as well as civil
society representatives. Workshop FormatThe workshop included introductory presentations by the GNESD Director that provided a brief overview of the post-WSSD GNESD Partnership Initiative as well as highlighting its key activities and outputs.
The
workshop included four key technical sessions - on (i)
Electricity and Development (ii) The Dual Challenge (iii)
Energy and MDG
Challenge
and (iv)
Working Group
Presentations.
While there were plenary discussions after each presentation, a
significant amount of time was set aside for working group
discussions. This was to ensure ample time for in-depth deliberations on
the “Electricity Access” question with special emphasis on the role of
electricity access to national economic development. It was expected
that the planned group discussions would propose proven policy options
for increasing electricity access, especially among the poor as well as
measures for attracting investment to Africa’s power sector. For more information on the logistics of the Workshop, please click here to download the PDF document.VenueThe workshop was held at the UNEP Headquarters Complex in Gigiri, Nairobi on 13 - 14 July 2005. For participants not residing in Kenya, accommodation was provided at the Holiday Inn in Nairobi. Expected Outcomes
Opening Remarks
Presentations
Summaries of Working Group Discussions
Background Material
Workshop Proceedings Report For more information on the regional workshop, please contact the AFREPREN/FWD Secretariat at the following address: |
