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The East African Energy ChallengeA regional workshop for working towards an East African energyaccess strategy as fundament for meeting the MDGs by 2015

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Beyond Electricity: The Role of Energy and the MDGs

Energy is essential for poverty reduction, jobs, livelihoods and opportunities expansionEnergy is not just electricity; cleaner fuelsare essentialEnergy cannot be approached as a sectorFocus must be on energy services not energy suppliesAll technology and fuel options must be openSustainability concept is broader than environment, especially regarding energyEnergy is a means not an end

WSSD (2002) Main Messages

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coal oil natural gas sunlight wind biomass

electricity charcoal biofuels LPG/propane

Sources

ExtractionTreatment

ConversionTechnologies

Distribution

ServiceTechnologies

Carriers(fuels)

Services

Electricity, grid, truck, railway, women

light bulb, automobile, refrigerator, gas stove, arc welder, water pump

Architecture of the Energy System

communicationtransportation keeping warm/cold foodhealth care securitypotable water consumer goods

Coal mining, tree felling, oil/gas recovery etc

Coal/gas fired power plant, photovoltaic panels wind turbines, biogas digester

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Three Distinct Forms of Energy

ElectricityKey for providing services such as lighting, access to communication tools (radio, phones, internet), etc.

Cleaner fuelsHousehold uses: heating and cooking services

Mechanical powerProductive purposes: many uses and servicesSocial, environmental and economic benefits

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Fuels for Cooking

Respiratory disease from cooking on traditional fuels kills over 1.6 million people globally per year

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Mechanical power for productive uses

MaliOne village, One platform

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Energy and the MDGsThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a series of quantified, time-bounddevelopment targets, agreed at the UN General Assembly in 2000.

There is no MDG on energy

Access to affordable, reliable energy services is a prerequisite for sustainable development and to meet all of the MDGs

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Energy

MDG 1: Eradicateextreme poverty

and hunger

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary

education

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and

empower women

MDG 4: Reducechild mortality

MDG 5: Improvematernal health

MDG 6: CombatHIV/AIDS, malaria

and other diseases

MDG 7: Ensureenvironmentalsustainability

Energy and the MDGs MDG 8:

Develop global

partnership

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UNDP and Sustainable EnergyUNDP is active in 166 countries. In 2000, 75 Country Offices undertook 134 energy projectsPortfolio 1996-2000 valued at $663 million in support of Millennium Development Goals & poverty reduction

UNDP’s prioritiesStrengthening National Policy FrameworksPromoting rural energy services for growthPromoting clean energy technologiesIncreasing access to investment financing

Scaling up Modern EnergyServices in East Africa

Background

Bonn Conference on RenewablesEnergy for DevelopmentRequest by Energy Ministers of

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and RwandaFormulation of Draft Strategy with

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Energy targets for 2015

Target 1: Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present use traditional biomass for cooking - improved cookstoves, reduce indoor air pollution, increase sustainable biomass production.

Target 2: Access to reliable modern energy services for all urban and peri-urban poor.

Target 3: Electricity for services such as lighting, refrigeration, ITC, and water supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres.

Target 4: Access to mechanical power within the community for all communities for productive uses.

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Scale

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2006 2009 2012 2015

will provide improved energy access for about 50% (48 million people) of the region’s population

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AssumptionsEnergy access targets can be met with an approach that has high impact, low cost and is scaleable by 2015Development of priority MDG-based energy access investment programmesEAC will be regional coordinating institution

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ContextAugust 2005 - Draft Strategy endorsed by Energy Ministers back to back with FEMA, NEPAD supportDecember 2005 - EAC Energy Committee recommends incorporation into workplanMarch 2006 – Regional Consultative workshopMarch 2006 – Formulation of EAC Energy Committee workplanMarch/April 2006 – Adoption of EAC workplan by Council of Ministers and Heads of StateRepresentation at Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD-14), May 2006

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Workshop objective

Engage major stakeholders in the region to identify the elements of a regional energy access strategy and investment programme

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Why are we here?

UNDP – Supporting EAC in Energy Access PlanENABLE – EU Energy Initiative/COOPENER Programme – sustainable energy services for poverty reductionSida –energy sector development a priorityNew policy – stressing sustainable energyservices for poverty reduction

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Why are you here?Understanding the needs, priorities and conditions experienced by those who will receive services requires coordination across sectors on a national levelNational efforts to reach these targets can be strongly supported by a regional dimension that provides added value to national efforts in terms of

political dynamicsfinancial leverage possible economies of scaletechnical supportcapacity building networkinginformation sharing and knowledge management

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We will…

Explore the issues that will need to be addressed in order to achieve the EAC scale-up targets. Identify actions needed at regional, national and local levels. Prioritise actions that will lead to High Impact, Low-cost and up-scalable solutions

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How will the results be used?Recommendations to the EAC regarding components of a regional action plan to achieve the scale-up targetsFeed into the formulation of investment programmesWill be presented to the EAC Energy Committee meeting 16-17th MarchInput to ENABLE activities – health, education, water – capacity strentheningFeed-back to donors (ENABLE as a vehicle for awareness raising)

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What are the boundaries?

The 4 targets from the scale-up strategyHigh Impact, Low-cost and up-scalable solutions (HILCS)Not at the “project” levelCreativity and innovation without loosing sight of the 4 targets

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The East African Energy Challenge

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