Access to Modern Energy in Urban and Peri-urban Areas:

Policies, Practices, and Knowledge Sharing

A UNEP facilitated workshop for North, West and Central Africa

3-5 November 2009, Dakar, Senegal

 

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

8:00 – 9:00

Registration and Reception

 

Opening session

9:00 – 9:20

Welcome Address: Dr Jean Philippe Thomas ENDA Energy Coordinator

9:20 – 9:40

GNESD : Gordon A. Mackenzie, UNEP Risø Centre, on behalf of GNESD Secretariat

9:40 – 10:00

CEMA and the AEEP: Lawrence Agbemabiese, UNEP DTIE

10:00 – 10:20

Official Opening Address: Ministry of Energy, Senegal

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

 

Session I: Urban and Peri-Urban Energy Access (UPEA)

Chair: Dr Jean Philippe Thomas, ENDA

Rapporteur : Cheikh Ahmed Sanago, Direction de l’ Energie, Mali

10:30 – 11:00

Key findings of GNESD UPEA study: Akanksha Chaurey, TERI (resented by Sécou Sarr, ENDA)

11:00 – 11:20

 Urban and Peri Urban Energy Access : Dakar Case study, Abdou Ndour, ENDA

11:20 – 11 :30

 Video documentary on GNESD UPEA studies in Argentina, Thailand and Kenya

11: 30 – 12:00

Discussion

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

Panel discussion : Barriers on to electricity access in urban and peri-urban areas

Moderator: Samir Amous, APEX Conseil, Tunisia

Rapporteur :

Panelists : Bedoui Khaled (MEDREC), SENELEC, Adamou SOW (Club of African Rural Electrification Agencies),  Ibrahim Soumaïla (Niger), Kouame kadjo ( Côte d’Ivoire)

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 1700

Panel discussion: Barriers to cooking fuel access in peri-urban areas (LPG, modern biomass)  

Moderator: Dr Ibrahima Togola, Mali Folkecenter

Rapporteur : Mme Fadoua Rouis (APEX)

Panelists: Frank A. Owosu (KITE), PERACOD/GTZ,  Agassou Z.Evariste (Benin), Mignede Modingam (TChad)

 

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

9:00 – 10:30

Session II:  Capacity needs in North, West and Central Africa related to the Africa – EU Energy Partnership

 

The AEEP and CEMA: Gordon Mackenzie, UNEP Risø Centre, Denmark

CEMA Needs Assessment – Southern Africa: Peter Zhou, EECG

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

 

Session II (continued)

 

CEMA Needs Assessment: East Africa, Benard Muok, ACTS (Kenya)

 

CEMA Needs Assessment: Central Africa, Joseph Kenfack (Cameroun)

11:00 – 13:00

CEMA Needs Assessment: West Africa, Dr Ibrahim Togola, MFC (Mali)

 

CEMA Needs Assessment: North Africa, Dr Samir Amous, APEX (Tunisia)

 

Participatory Capacity Needs Assessment in ECOWAS Member States, Frank Atta-Owusu, KITE (Ghana)

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

 

Session II: Presentation and demonstration of the online knowledge tool KIBESA 

14:00 – 17:00

Introduction and presentation followed by hands-on exercise in KIBESA in small groups

 

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009

9:00 – 13:00

Session III: Barrier removal strategies for improving energy access

 

Successful policy implementation:

Access to Solar Water Heaters: Dr Samir Amous, APEX, Tunisia

Financial mechanism for Clean Energy Access in the UNEP AREED programme: UNEP, ENDA, KITE, MFC

Expanding Access to Modern Energy Services -Actions, Lessons & Sustaining Capacity Development, Metsi Makheta, UNDP

Discussion

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

 

Session V: Addressing energy access needs through policy, implementation and knowledge sharing – Panel Discussion

14:00 – 16:30

Chair: Samir Amous; APEX , Tunisia

Rapporteur : Jean Pascal Correa, ENDA

Panelist: Dr Alioune Fall (Sénégal),  Ms Metsi Makhetha (UNDP); Dr Cheikh El Motar (Mauritania); Kouame kadjo ( Côte d’Ivoire); Dr Ivan Nygaard ( UNEP Risoe)

16:00- 16h30

Closing Remarks