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Global Village Energy Partnership, The
[last updated January 5, 2006 11:08 AM]
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General Information
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Expected TimeframeAugust 2002 - July 2012 |
Partners
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Thematic Focus
Primary Themes:
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Geographic Coverage
Geographic Scope: Global
Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented: Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Niger, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia |
National Focal Points
This partnership has made contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the countries involved
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Goals and Objectives
Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives
GVEP brings together developing and industrialized country governments, public and private organisations, multilateral institutions, NGOs, civil society organizations, consumers, and others to increase access to energy services for those unserved and underserved in a manner that enhances economic and social development, and reduces poverty.
GVEP objectives are fourfold:
· To catalyse country commitments to energy for poverty reduction projects and programmes, and to guide policies and investment in this area.
· To bridge the gap between investors, entrepreneurs, and customers in the design, installation, and operation of replicable rural and peri-urban energy projects.
· To serve as a one-stop-shop for information, best practices, and lessons learned on the effective development and implementation of energy for poverty reduction projects and programmes.
· To create and maintain an effective Global Village Energy Partnership organisational structure.
GVEP objectives are fourfold:
· To catalyse country commitments to energy for poverty reduction projects and programmes, and to guide policies and investment in this area.
· To bridge the gap between investors, entrepreneurs, and customers in the design, installation, and operation of replicable rural and peri-urban energy projects.
· To serve as a one-stop-shop for information, best practices, and lessons learned on the effective development and implementation of energy for poverty reduction projects and programmes.
· To create and maintain an effective Global Village Energy Partnership organisational structure.
Targets and Progress
Partnership targetsExpected outcomes for GVEP for the ten-year implementation period from 2002 to 2012, as agreed at the WSSD launch, are as follows:
· Over 30 countries with national energy-poverty programs. · Over 400 million incremental people with access to modern energy services. · Over 50,000 communities with energy services. · Cadre of trained entrepreneurs in the delivery of energy services. · Financing leveraged from multilateral, bilateral and host country sources in support of energy access. · Increases in productivity, income, environment, equity and quality of life via urban, rural or peri-urban energy services, with measurable improvements in quality of life by those served. |
Progress against targetsTargets to Date (December 2005):
· Action plans and project portfolios in about 20 LAC/Africa/Asian countries; · 4 major investment projects (Brazil, Cameroon, Guatemala and Senegal) at advanced stage · Programmes in planning targeting > 10 M people · Programmes in planning targeting > 1000 communities · More than 100 entrepreneurs trained · $1.5 million raised for GAPfund Pilot Phase · Toolkits being developed to measure development impacts at project-level through an international working group on M&E for Energy and Development Key Highlights in 2005 Overview 2005 has seen a move from planning to action in Africa and Latin America, and start-up of energy for poverty reduction activities in South-East and Central Asia. The number of GVEP partners around the world has grown from 574 organisations at the end of 2004 to over 850 organisations to date. Country Actions GVEP has worked actively with the Brazilian Government on the Luz Para Todos Programme, a major productive?use based rural electrification programme seeking to provide energy services to 12 million people by 2008. GVEP has provided support to Senegal to reorient its rural electrification programme towards productive uses and Senegal has secured some $4.5 million for implementation. National energy for poverty reduction action plans have been completed in Cameroon and Guatemala. Other countries are in advanced stages of completing their plans, notably Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Honduras, Mexico and Bolivia. Support Services GVEP facilitated donor funding to the Self Employed Women?s Association (SEWA), an India-based MFI, to design lending products that increase the purchasing power of energy consumers. Under the auspices of GVEP, the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion Network (SEEP) has started a Practitioner Learning Program entitled ?Microfinance and Consumer Lending to Improve Access to Energy Services in Eastern and Southern Africa. A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Working Group is developing an "M&E Toolkit" to guide energy project development and linkages to development outcomes. Partner Assembly In October 2005, GVEP organised its First Partner Assembly in Brasilia, Brazil, which brought together around 200 partners from over 40 countries to report on activities, accomplishments, and plans for increasing energy access while reducing poverty. The GAPfund was launched at the Partner Assembly and Memorandums of Understanding were signed with REEEP, GNESD and Caixa Economica (a major Brazilian bank). |
Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
- Human resources development/training
- Education/building awareness
- Technology transfer/exchange
The aim of capacity building in GVEP is to improve local capacity for project/programme development and implementation, entrepreneurial and consumer/ credit systems development, and for enhancing pro-poor energy policy frameworks. Specific activities are to include awareness and training on decentralized energy services, energy efficiency practices and appliances, and financing options to procure services; business advisory services on market characterizations and assessments, strategic plan preparation, and managerial and administrative training, including after-sales services; and means to organize and convene local consumers and small businesses to strengthen access to credit and local buying power for energy services.
An important component of Capacity Development will be in the form of facilitators? workshops, which have been organised in Africa, Latin America and Asia for GVEP Countries. These workshops aim to enhance understanding of GVEP?s focus on country actions, including the planning process, tools and steps to implementation, and strengthen the GVEP facilitators? capacities to help their country understand and integrate the GVEP vision into their work and meet Country Action objectives and targets.
Relationship to International Agreements on Sustainable Development
How the partnership contributes to the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
The Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) was launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, on 31 August 2002, as a Type II Partnership.
GVEP seeks to increase access to reliable, affordable, environmentally sustainable energy services as a means of enhancing economic and social development. GVEP provides a means to achieving the internationally agreed to Millennium Development Goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration as well the goals of Agenda 21.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21:
International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in developing countries and related domestic policies; Combating poverty; Protection of the atmosphere; Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development
Relevant Sections of the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21:
Integration of economic, social and environmental objectives; Sectors and issues; Means of implementation.
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation:
Poverty eradication; Protection and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development; Means of implementation.
GVEP is working actively to promote the theme of energy access and poverty reduction in the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 14-15, which has energy as one of its primary themes.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
GVEP seeks to increase access to reliable, affordable, environmentally sustainable energy services as a means of enhancing economic and social development. GVEP provides a means to achieving the internationally agreed to Millennium Development Goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration as well the goals of Agenda 21.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21:
International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in developing countries and related domestic policies; Combating poverty; Protection of the atmosphere; Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development
Relevant Sections of the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21:
Integration of economic, social and environmental objectives; Sectors and issues; Means of implementation.
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation:
Poverty eradication; Protection and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development; Means of implementation.
GVEP is working actively to promote the theme of energy access and poverty reduction in the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 14-15, which has energy as one of its primary themes.
Relevant Sections of Agenda 21
International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in developing countries and related domestic policies; Combating poverty; Protection of the atmosphere; Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development
Relevant Sections of the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 Integration of economic, social and environmental objectives; Sectors and issues; Means of implementation
Relevant Sections of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Poverty eradication ; Protection and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development ; Means of implementation
Coordination and Implementation
Coordination Mechanism of the PartnershipGVEP has an organisational structure and governance systems that are hinged firmly on GVEP Partners and coordination among the many different stakeholders brought together in working/consultative groups to advance energy-poverty interventions at country, regional and global levels. A GVEP Partner Assembly will be held every two years to assemble interested partner organizations in order to share lessons learned, discuss best practices, identify/discuss areas for collaboration and report on GVEP progress and next steps.
GVEP Partners The GVEP partners ? developing country and industrialised country governments, multilateral organisations, private sector, NGOs, financial institutions, individuals, etc ? provide the core and base of the Partnership. Partners provide both the demand for, and supply of the GVEP services. On the demand side GVEP partners working on energy for poverty reduction projects/programmes in the developing regions of the world have various needs relating to the GVEP support service lines: finance facilitation, capacity development, etc. There are similar needs among GVEP partners in industrialised countries, multilateral institutions, private sector companies, etc. One of the advantages that GVEP has, stated earlier above, is the fact that the resources required on the supply side are also largely available among GVEP partners in industrialised countries and also in developing countries. GVEP partners are therefore required to bring into GVEP their knowledge as well as financial resources to be channelled towards addressing the energy poverty challenge facing the world today. GVEP partners also have first-line responsibility for advocacy work at country level. GVEP Partnership Board The Board serves in an advisory capacity to provide ?effective? guidance and direction to the GVEP Technical Secretariat, donor organisations, partners, and the broader international community. Board responsibilities with regard to the Technical Secretariat, include providing programme vision and leadership; advising on programme content; assisting in achieving programme balance across regions, service lines, and thematic activities; providing policy guidance; assuring programme integrity; and providing outreach to GVEP networks and partners. The Partnership Board is also responsible for ensuring the effective operation of the Technical Secretariat, including reviewing and providing input on annual work plans and budgets, reviewing GVEP progress and annual reports, and assisting in identifying and securing financing for the Technical Secretariat. The GVEP Partnership Board has no fiduciary authority or responsibility; the host organisation for the Technical Secretariat, ITDG, bears financial responsibility over resources expended by ITDG. GVEP Technical Secretariat The Technical Secretariat comprises a Manager and a small core staff located in the host institution and resource persons located in various organizations around the world. Technical Secretariat responsibilities include preparing annual work plans and budgets, fund raising, facilitating the delivery of GVEP services and overseeing core funded activities, providing support to GVEP partners responsible for activities in their own countries, and organizing the Biennial Partners Assemblies. |
Implementation Mechanism of the PartnershipThe implementation mechanism for the Partnership revolves around the primary activity of Country Actions supported by four services namely Finance Facilitation, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management and Results Monitoring & Evaluation to ensure that actions at the country level prove effective in tackling the energy poverty challenge and generating concrete results with direct relevance to national poverty reduction priorities and global development goals.
GVEP Country Actions GVEP is currently concentrating on 26 countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. GVEP Country Actions involve the development of Country Action Plans and Major Investment Projects/Programmes as well as Policy and Institutional Initiatives addressing energy for poverty reduction. These activities are the focus of country actions and are funded by the major GVEP funding Partners (e.g., country governments, bilateral organisations, World Bank and regional development banks, financial institutions, etc). Country Actions also involves the scale-up of regional initiatives, like the UNDP Multifunctional Platforms Programme for Africa and the World Bank?s Asia Alternative Energy (ASTAE) Programme, which makes it possible to reach beyond the 20 or so GVEP Countries. Finally, these would be accompanied by relatively Small-Scale Projects supported by the GVEP Action Programmes Fund (GAPfund) aimed largely at demonstrating innovative approaches to scale-up. Over the 2-year period from 2005 to 2006, it is anticipated that the pilot phase of the GAPfund will finance some twenty (20) small-scale interventions involving a total amount of $1.5 million. GVEP Support Services The GVEP Technical Secretariat works closely with GVEP partners in both industrialising and developing countries, providing a range of services to empower GVEP Country Partners and harness technical and financial resources to support their efforts. The GVEP Technical Secretariat currently provides support services in four areas: · Finance Facilitation - working with a broad range of local, bilateral, and multilateral financiers in expanding financing for existing and new programmes, and developing financial instruments better suited to the needs of investors, entrepreneurs, and consumers in rural and peri-urban energy markets. · Capacity Development - improving local capacity for project/programme development and implementation, entrepreneurial and consumer/ credit systems development, and for enhancing pro-poor energy policy frameworks. · Knowledge Management - collation and sharing of information on innovative approaches, best practices, and lessons learned for improving energy services for poverty reduction, while providing a forum for networking among partners and relevant communities of practice, and addressing gaps in the knowledge base. · Monitoring and Evaluation - tracking energy services and their impact on poverty reduction and socio-economic development at project, national, and global levels, while enhancing partner M&E capabilities and accountability. |
Resources
Funding Currently AvailableAmount in US$: 0.3million (Technical Secretariat) & 1.4million (GAPfund)
Source(s):
Funding for GVEP comes in three different streams primarily from the donor community. The first stream is funding for the operation of the GVEP Technical Secretariat, the second for in-country activities and programmes/projects, and the third for a GVEP Action Programmes Fund (GAPfund). The funding for the Technical Secretariat amounts to $1 million over two years and this is secured until June 2006 through a direct contract between ESMAP and Practical Action (ITDG), which currently hosts the Technical Secretariat. DFID provides in kind funding, through secondment of a Senior Energy Adviser to the Secretariat and associated travel and office costs, estimated at around US$ 190,000 per annum and also expiring in June 2006. UNDP will provide funding to the TS for one year for a Programme Coordinator at around US$ 85,000 and this is expected to last till December 2006. The funding for in-country activities and programmes/projects is channelled directly to the GVEP countries and $1.4m has been secured for the GAPfund for the year 2005-06. |
Non-financial resources availableType(s): Staff - Other
Source(s): Government - Private sector - Foundations / charities - NGO - Other
Practical Action UK, ESMAP, UNDP, USAID, World Bank, UNEP, Practical Action East Africa, ENDA, TERI, Electricity de France. GVEP has also signed MoUs with global initiatives like the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) to allow for closer coordination and ways to work together and maximise the use of resources at the Secretariat level as well as in the countries of operation. |
Funding SoughtRequired Amount in US$: 0.3million (Secretariat, 2006) & 7.0million (GVEP Activities, 2006)
Source(s) already approached: The Technical Secretariat is currently working on a long-term financing strategy, which will highlight the funding sought till 2012. Please contact the Technical Secretariat at info@gvep.org for more information on funding sought for GVEP activities.
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Non-financial resources soughtRequirement(s): Staff - Other
Institutional Support (Resource Persons, Interns) Source(s) approached and details:
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Additional Information
Additional Relevant Information
GVEP Partners are present in the following countries:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigerian, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav R, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Partner Assembly
GVEP organised the first GVEP Partner Assembly in October 2005 in Brasilia, Brazil. The Goal of the Partner Assembly was to deepen global awareness of energy as a critical input for poverty reduction and socio-economic development.
The Partner Assembly attracted over 200 participants from over 40 countries, with representatives from most of the GVEP countries. There were a number of key sessions, including a high-level Ministerial Session and a private sector session looking at the role of business in up-scaling energy access for poverty reduction. A number of side-events including a USAID-sponsored journalist-training workshop, an Energy, Gender and Microfinance Seminar organised by Energia and an Action Planning Workshop organised by GVEP preceded the Partner Assembly. The Brazilian Government also organised a full-day event to launch their Luz Para Todoas (Light for All) programme, which GVEP has been developed with GVEP inputs.
GVEP is planning to organise the second Partner Assembly in 2007, two years after this Assembly, in keeping with the governance requirements of the Partnership.
More information on the recently completed Partner Assembly, including the presentations and proceedings, is available on the GVEP website at www.gvep.org and information on the next Partner Assembly will be available in the first half of 2006.
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14), from 1-12 May 2006 is focusing on the areas of ?Energy for Sustainable Development, Industrial Development, Air Pollution/Atmosphere, and Climate Change.?
The thematic focus and timing of this cycle of the CSD offers a unique opportunity to highlight GVEP success stories to date and emphasize the importance of energy access for poverty reduction and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A subcommittee of the GVEP Board is currently developing a strategy for GVEP involvement in the CSD process. Some of the activities envisaged are a GVEP side-event, at which a publication on GVEP Partner profiles will be launched, and GVEP learning sessions on productive uses of energy and microfinance.
GVEP Partners will liaise with their national delegations to ensure that the energy access message is well articulated two-year cycle of CSD 14/15. GVEP Partners and others may wish to contact the Technical Secretariat (info@gvep.org) to help in coordinating GVEP input to the CSD as a whole.
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigerian, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav R, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Partner Assembly
GVEP organised the first GVEP Partner Assembly in October 2005 in Brasilia, Brazil. The Goal of the Partner Assembly was to deepen global awareness of energy as a critical input for poverty reduction and socio-economic development.
The Partner Assembly attracted over 200 participants from over 40 countries, with representatives from most of the GVEP countries. There were a number of key sessions, including a high-level Ministerial Session and a private sector session looking at the role of business in up-scaling energy access for poverty reduction. A number of side-events including a USAID-sponsored journalist-training workshop, an Energy, Gender and Microfinance Seminar organised by Energia and an Action Planning Workshop organised by GVEP preceded the Partner Assembly. The Brazilian Government also organised a full-day event to launch their Luz Para Todoas (Light for All) programme, which GVEP has been developed with GVEP inputs.
GVEP is planning to organise the second Partner Assembly in 2007, two years after this Assembly, in keeping with the governance requirements of the Partnership.
More information on the recently completed Partner Assembly, including the presentations and proceedings, is available on the GVEP website at www.gvep.org and information on the next Partner Assembly will be available in the first half of 2006.
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14), from 1-12 May 2006 is focusing on the areas of ?Energy for Sustainable Development, Industrial Development, Air Pollution/Atmosphere, and Climate Change.?
The thematic focus and timing of this cycle of the CSD offers a unique opportunity to highlight GVEP success stories to date and emphasize the importance of energy access for poverty reduction and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A subcommittee of the GVEP Board is currently developing a strategy for GVEP involvement in the CSD process. Some of the activities envisaged are a GVEP side-event, at which a publication on GVEP Partner profiles will be launched, and GVEP learning sessions on productive uses of energy and microfinance.
GVEP Partners will liaise with their national delegations to ensure that the energy access message is well articulated two-year cycle of CSD 14/15. GVEP Partners and others may wish to contact the Technical Secretariat (info@gvep.org) to help in coordinating GVEP input to the CSD as a whole.