Policy and Strategy
ECOWAS ENERGY MINISTERS ADOPT REGIONAL POLICIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCYThe 11th Meeting of ECOWAS Energy Ministers held on 31st October 2012 on the occasion of the ECOWAS High Level Energy Forum which held from 29 – 31 October 2012. Read More |
ECOWAS OBSERVATORY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY (ECOWREX)The launch of the ECOWAS Observatory for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECOWREX) at the High Level Forum, on the 31th of October, in Accra, Ghana, marked a giant step towards addressing the existing knowledge and information barriers hindering develop Read More |
ECOWAS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL IN WEST AFRICAThe ECOWAS Commission, through ECREEE, and in collaboration with the Government of Ghana, the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (GFSE), the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) organised a high level energy forum in Accra, Ghana, from Read More |
RFP Consultancy Promotion of RE Policies and Incentives Schemes in ECOWAS countriesThe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) hereby invites you to submit a Proposal to this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following consultancy for: Promotion of national RE policies and incentive schemes in the ECOWAS member countries. Read More |
ECREEE Renewable Energy Baseline Report publishedWithin the targets formulation framework of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy (EREP), the Centre has developed a renewable energy baseline report which provides detailed information on the existing national and regional policies and laws, investments, resources and e Read More |
ECREEE CONDUCTS RENEWABLES READINESS ASSESSMENT (RRA) IN THE GAMBIA, 17-18 DECEMBER, 2012ECREEE in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), based in Abu Dhabi, conducted a two-day RRA exercise in the Gambia, with the objective to evaluate the country’s readiness to the deployment of renewable energy technologies.The RRA is an IRENA initiative which, thr Read More |
Regional Workshop on Energy Planning in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from December 10 – 12, 2012The ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) organized a Regional Workshop on Energy Planning Methodologies and Tools in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from the 10th to the 12th o Read More |
ECOWAS Agrees on Green Energy Policies as a Voluntary Commitment to the SE4ALL InitiativeECOWAS is working towards a voluntary commitment to the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL) of the UN Secretary-General presented at Rio+20. At a regional validation workshop, held from 25–28 June 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, the Directors of the ECOWAS Ministries of Energy agreed on the main targets and pillars of regional renewable energy and energy efficiency policies for the ECOWAS region. Read More |
ECREEE co-organized the First International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC)ECREEE has co-organized, jointy with IRENA and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) the first International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC) in Accra (Ghana) from the 1st to the 2nd of November 2012.The meeting focused on the scaling-up of rural electrification in developing c Read More |
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. Read More |
ECOWAS Moves Towards Gender Mainstreaming in RE &EE PoliciesRead More |
ECOWAS OBSERVATORY for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to be launched at High Level Energy ForumECREEE 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)’. Read More |
ECREEE Strengthens its Energy Efficiency MandateECREEE Establishes a Technical Committee for the SEEA-WA Project |
ECREEE Side Event at Rio+20The ECREEE Rio+20 Side Event ‘Towards Universal Access to Sustainable Energy Services in West Africa’ took place on 17 June 2012. Read More |
ECOWAS Workshop on Energy Policy Tools of the Global Energy AssessmentE C R E E E , in partnership with the United Nations I n d u s t r i a l Devel opmen t Orga n i z a t ion (UNIDO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) organized a one-day workshop on key findings and tools of the Global Energy A s s e s s m e n t (GEA). Read More |
ECREEE Conducts Capacity Building on Renewable Energy Policies and Incentive SchemesECREEE, in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings (IDAE), organized a two-day intensive training course on “National Renewable Energy Policies and Incentive Schemes”. Read More |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Read More |
Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)Read More |
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Agence Malienne pour le Développement de l’Energie Domestique et l’Electrification Rurale - AMADERRead More |
