Wood Energy Catalogue

Development of an Energy Access Strategy for the East African Community

2008
Region
Africa

The European Union Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF) cooperated with UNDP to support the secretariat of EAC (East African Community) to formulate a regional strategy to promote access to energy in rural and peri-urban areas. The strategy identifies the investment requirements and sources of funding (private, public) needed to achieve the EAC energy access targets laid down in the EAC document 'Scaling up Modern Energy Services in East Africa'.

Keywords
Energy access, regional strategy, electricity, clean cooking, traditional biomass, modern energy service, East African Community, investment requirements, funding
Type of initiatives
Strategy or Action Plan
Level of intervention
Multiple countries
Responsible agencies
European Union Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF); UNDP; EAC (East African Community)