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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 Energy Efficiency for Access in West Africa (SEEA-WA) Project.

ECREEE Side Event at Rio+20

L-R: Mr. Mahama Kappiah, ED of ECREEE, Mr. Ingmar Stelter, EU Energy Initiative, Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF), Ms. Irene Giner-Reichl, President of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (GFSE), and Mr Gonzalo Robles Orozco, Secretary-General for Development Cooperation, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

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 Energy Services for Populations in Rural and Peri-urban Areas. It featured the participation of high level representatives of ECOWAS, the United Nations (UNIDO, UNDP) and the European Union (Austria, Spain, European Commission).

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 drawn from over 13 different EU Member States and 29 African countries. The focus of the forum was decidedly on private sector, civil society and research.