Metsi Makhetha Regional Program Adviser Regional Bureau for Africa

1. Expanding Access to Modern Energy ServicesActions, Lessons & Sustaining CD5, November, 2009, Dakar Metsi Makhetha Regional Program Adviser Regional Bureau for Africa United Nations Development Program

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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Support & Action Areas (Since March, 2006) Capacity Strengthening : technical, planning & institutional capacities for delivery of energy services for; RM & Investment Financing Energy access considerations in PRSPs and Planning Instruments Knowledge Sharing Networking & Management • 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 accesswithin 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 throughdecentralized small scale renewables (micro hydro, PV, biogas) ) for rural social facilities/household

6. Some Results Capacity Strengthening : technical, planning & institutional capacities for delivery of energy services for; Energy access considerations in PRSPs and Planning Instruments RM & Investment Financing Knowledge Sharing Networking & Management • 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

7. Challenges & Lessons

8. 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 Regional & National policies/strategies and budgetary allocation Sustaining Actions & Enhancing CD efforts • 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 Investment financing Capacity development • 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. Institutional delivery capacity

9. Can we change? Yes, we can!

11. UNDP: UN’s development networks on the ground Resources Infrastructure/Network Services Network of 136 country offices Delivering capacity development services • Over 7,000 staff Regional hubs Delivering advice • 9 regional centres hosting advisors and regional programmes Regional-level via UNDP regional centres • Sharing lessons • Up-scaling country level actions • Encouraging cooperation and synergies Global coherent voice UN System • Policy guidance and orientation • Analysis and Knowledge sharing • Innovation • External relations Global-level • over 20 UN programmes/agencies working on energy UNDP HQ & UN SYSTEM 3