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ECREEE Participates in a Multidisciplinary Dialogue on ‘Renewable Energy Technologies for Productive Uses in West Africa’
The International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ICS-UNIDO) organized a workshop on ‘Renewable Energy Technologies for Productive Uses in West Africa’, in Trieste, Italy, from 17–19 April 2012. The workshop sought to...
ECOWAS Moves Towards Gender Mainstreaming in RE &EE Policies
In recognition that women bear a disproportionate share of the burden imposed by lack of access to modern energy services, a one-day training workshop on “Sustainable Energy and Gender” was conducted by the ENERGIA network on 28 June 2012. The workshop, which was held back-to-back to the Regional...
ECOWAS OBSERVATORY for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to be launched at High Level Energy Forum
ECREEE and UNIDO are currently implementing the regional GEF project ‘Promoting Coordination, Coherence and Knowledge Management under the Energy Component of the Strategic Programme for West Africa (SPWA)’. The project is co-funded by the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs...
GBEP Reaches Agreement on Bioenergy Sustainability Indicators
A set of 24 indicators covering environmental, social and economic aspects of Bioenergy with regards to its production, processing and utilization has been developed and agreed by the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). This is a set of voluntary, practical and science-based sustainability...
ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) approves 41 sustainable energy projects with an overall volume of 3 million EUR
The Technical Committee of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) for rural and peri-urban areas approved 41 projects with an overall volume of €3m. The facility, which is managed by ECREEE with technical assistance from UNIDO, will co-fund the selected projects with a €1m from the Spanish...
ECREEE Strengthens its Energy Efficiency Mandate
ECREEE Establishes a Technical Committee for the SEEA-WA Project
The Energy Efficiency Technical Committee (EETC), an advisory group comprised of national, regional and international experts on energy efficiency, has been set up by ECREEE to provide support for the implementation of the Supporting...
ECREEE Side Event at Rio+20
The ECREEE Rio+20 Side Event ‘Towards Universal Access to Sustainable Energy Services in West Africa’ took place on 17 June 2012. The side event brought together the major partners and beneficiaries of the implementation process of the adopted the ECOWAS/UEMOA Regional White Paper on Access to...
First Stakeholder Forum of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) in South Africa
More than 250 participants from civil society, research institutions, the private sector (including financial institutions) and government institutions gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the First Stakeholder Forum of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) 9–10 May 2012. Participants were...
La France Soutient le Prochain Forum de Haut Niveau de la CEDEAO
Le Gouvernement français a apporté un appui financier de € 60.000 pour l'organisation du prochain Forum de Haut Niveau de la CEDEAO: «Paver la Voie de l'Energie Durable pour Tous en Afrique de l'Ouest Grâce à Energie Renouvelable et l'Efficacité Energétique", prévue en Octobre 2012 à Accra, au...
Workshop on Financing and Investments in Mitigation Actions in West Africa
A two-day workshop on Financing and Investments in Mitigation Actions in West Africa was held June 4-5, 2012 in Accra, Ghana. It was jointly organized by ECREEE in collaboration with the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Business Climate Facility (BizClim). The workshop focused on creating the...
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