Mechanism for the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries
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General Information
Partnership website(s)
Expected Timeframe
September 2002 - Open Ended
Partners
Governments:
  • Government of France - Agence Française pour le Développement (AFD)
  • Government of France - Agency for the Envt & Energy Efficiency (ADEME)
  • Government of France - External Economic Relations Directorate (DREE)
  • Government of France - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE)
Major Groups:
    UN System:
      		Other intergovernmental organizations:
        Other:
        • Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM) (France)
        • PROPARCO, French Global Environment Fund (France)
        • CDER (Renewable Energy Development Centre) (Morocco)
        		 
        Thematic Focus
        Primary Themes:
        • Poverty eradication
        • Climate change
        • Rural development
        • Energy for sustainable development
        		 Secondary Themes:
        • Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Transfer, etc.)
        • Protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development
        • Changing unsustainable patterns of consumption and production
        • Institutional framework for sustainable development
        Geographic Coverage
        Geographic Scope: Global
        Country(ies) where the partnership is being implemented:
        France, Morocco
        National Focal Points
        At present, no information is available as to whether the partnership has made contact with the national focal points for sustainable development in the relevant countries.
        Goals and Objectives
        Summary of the partnership's goals and objectives
        The main objectives of this initiative are the reduction of poverty by providing access to energy services, especially to rural populations, and the fight against climate change by controlling the growth of energy consumption and by increasing the share of energy from renewable resources in the energy mix of the developing countries. The initiative falls within the scope of reinforcing technical and institutional cooperation efforts to facilitate the structuring of national energy policies and the setting-up of the necessary structures for the proper design and realization of projects. In particular, it aims:
        - To develop renewable energy markets and energy efficiency through the better use of the existing financial mechanisms, public-private partnerships, and the encouragement of "ethical" savings.
        - To coordinate - in a structured, simplified way via creation of a common platform - the main financing steps for projects and programmes: identification and preparation of projects by ensuring consistency with activities supporting the reinforcement of capacities (and, in particular, urban/rural solidarity organizations in developing countries) and investment in the projects.
        This initiative is characterized by the involvement of the private sector in all phases.
        Targets and Progress
        Partnership targets
        Expected results:
        By means of a common platform guided by the AFD, to facilitate the structuring of public-private partnerships, making private initiatives that respond to precise criteria and are in line with clearly delineated national policies possible so that they can be translated into action more quickly than at present in the field, thereby opening up the possibility of a change in scale that meets the national needs of the poorest countries.
        ESTIMATED TIMETABLE for implementation:
        From September 2002 to September 2003 for the setting-up of an entirely French mechanism, and to September 2004 for expansion to an international scope.
        Progress against targets
        None reported as of Dec. 2003
        Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
        Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
        • Institutional strengthening, including local participation
        • Technology transfer/exchange
        The initiative falls within the scope of reinforcing technical and institutional cooperation efforts to facilitate the structuring of national energy policies and the setting-up of the necessary structures for the proper design and realization of projects.
        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 Millennium Declaration calls for the improvement of energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy resources. It asks that an effort be made to provide modern energy services to the two billion people who lack them. Agenda 21 considers energy an essential means of access to economic and social development and of improving the quality of life. Traditional energy production methods cannot meet these goals in a sustainable manner.
        Coordination and Implementation
        Coordination Mechanism of the Partnership
        Presentation and Announcement of Initiatives:
        The Websites - http://www.sommetjohannesburg.org and http://www.agora21.org - will be mobilized, as well as the mailing lists (mediaterre@agora21.org).
        Evaluation process: to be defined with the partners.
        Implementation Mechanism of the Partnership
        Resources
        Funding Currently Available
        Amount in US$: 0
        Source(s): Government
        Apart from existing funding, (from AFD, DREE, FFEM, etc.) and under conditions that remain to be defined between the public partners concerned, private funds will be sought as back-to-back financing. A follow-up programme will be set up for the funding mobilized within the scope of this initiative.
        Non-financial resources available
        Type(s):
        Source(s):
        Funding Sought
        Required Amount in US$: 0
        Source(s) already approached:
        Non-financial resources sought
        Requirement(s):
        Source(s) approached and details:
        Additional Information
        Additional Relevant Information
        Other partners approached:
        Ministry of the Economy and Finance [Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances (MINEFI)], COFACE, Fondation Energies pour le Monde (FONDEM), CDC, EDF, Union Committee for Employee Savings¿ Evaluation [Comité syndical d¿évaluation de l¿épargne salariale], etc.
        The World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), GEF, ministries of the main countries concerned