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Accelerating Implementation of Regional Policies on Clean Energy in West Africa (ACE)
2016 - 2018

INFORSE West Africa is involved in an advocacy project to improve policies for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project will strengthen the implementation of regionally agreed policies in West Africa for renewable energy and energy efficiency. It will focus on how the strategies contribute to pro-poor climate change mitigation through access to sustainable energy. The background is that a number of strategies have been agreed regionally by for instance the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), but national implementation lags behind. The project will run from the start of 2016 until the end of 2018. The implementation of the regional strategies shall be strengthened by increasing knowledge and ownership of the policies amongst civil society actors, private sector actors and decision-makers nationally and regionally in ECOWAS member countries. INFORSE is cooperating with ENDA (INFORSE regional cordinator) in Senegal, CEAS in Burkina Faso, MFC in Mali, JVE in Benin, OPED in Togo, AFHON in Cote dIvoire, CODDAE in Niger, and SustainableEnergy (in Denmark, project leader). During 2016, the project is analysing national practices and identifying best practices in seven countries. Then national civil society organisations knowledge and capacity to conduct advocacy for clean energy will be improved, and national coalitions and cooperation on advocacy will be strengthened as well, in particular in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. During 2017 and 2018, the project focuses on increasing national and regional advocacy. This will be towards national decision-makers and the regional ECOWAS institutions. The project is supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the CISU Fund for Climate and Environment. Launch of the seven national analysis and the regional analysis is expected in the beginning of 2017.
	INFORSE - ENDA - INSEDA at UNFCCC COP24 Katowice, Poland - Side Event: December 7, 2018, 15.00-16.30, Room: Warmia - Exhibition (#68): December 3-14, 2018 Download presentations from: INFORSE COP24 Side Event Watch Side Event online at: UNFCCC BROADCAST More: - Policy Brief - Guideline Social Effects of Large-scale Renewables; West Africa (English pdf) - (French pdf)

	November 14, 2018 - Senegal NFORSE West African organisations presented recommendations for the social content of renewable energy, in particular how to organise renewable energy projects that yield local benefits and that not become problems for the communities around them. The recommendations were the results of dialogues initiated in the 3 countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. They set the stage for further expanded dialogues and further in-depth analysis to arrive at an approach that can guide future renewable energy developments. The recommendations were presented at a side-event during the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF), November 13-14, Dakar, Senegal. At the end of the side-event, the facilitator, Secou Sarr, ENDA, invited all stakeholders to take part in continued dialogues for development of inclusive guidelines for renewable for energy plants with local benefits. *Roundtable Panelists were:* Charles D. Konseibo CEAS Burkina, Ousmane Ouattara, MFC Nyetaa; Hyancith Elayo, Policy Analyst, ECREEE; Djimingue Nanasta, ENDA; Emmanuel Kabore, APER. From INFORSE Secretariat: Gunnar Boye Olesen participated at the event. Read the Policy Brief with the Recommendations pdf English and pdf French EFES: http://esef2018.com/ and INFORSE-West Africa ACE Project:
	Brochure of the ACE West Africa Project Download it in French: (pdf 4 pages, 0.8 MB)
	Accelerating Implementation of Regional Policies on Clean Energy West Africa Regional Baseline Study Dowload in English (53 pages, 0.6 MB) and in French (53 pages, MB)
	Accelerating Implementation of Regional Policies on Clean Energy National Baseline Studies in French: - Togo Full Study (53 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary - Benin Full Study (78 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary - Senegal Full Study (52 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary - Niger Full Study (62 pages, 0.6 MB) English Summary - Mali Full Study (58 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary - Burkina Faso, Full Study (47 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary - Cote dIvoirey, Full Study (48 pages, 0.6 MB), English Summary Download the above Publications from ENDA Energy
Events & Workshops
	13-14 November, 2018 ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) in Dakar, Senegal 9-12 April, 2018 ACE-WA Project Meeting in Dakar, Senegal 6 October 2017 Burkano Faso's Minister of Energy received a copy of Charter from CEAS Burkina (INFORSE member) and 18 other NGOs showing that now they formed a national coalition in Burkano Faso for sustainable energy. 6-9 February,2017 Seminar to Accalerate Regional Clean Energy Policies in West Africa, Dakar, Senegal Discussing ACE Project, findings of national baseline studies, the role of ECREEE - Ecowas Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, SE4ALL With Enda Energie (INFORSE regional cordinator) in Senegal, CEAS in Burkina Faso, Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa in Mali, ONG JVE Benin, OPED Togo, AFHON Cote D'ivoire, CODDAE in Niger, and VedvarendeEnergi.

Partners: ENDA, Senegal / INFORSE West Africa Coordinator: - http://endaenergie.org/accelerating-implementation-of-regional-policies-on-clean-energy-in-west-africa - www.inforse.org/africa Mali Folkecenter Nyetaa: www.malifolkecenter.org CEAS: www.ceas-burkina.org/projets/ and www.ceas-burkina.org/projet-plaidoyer-lacceleration-de-mise-oeuvre-politiques-regionales-lenergie-propre-afrique-de-louest INFORSE: www.inforse.org SustainableEnergy: sustainableenergy.dk/west-africa
The project is supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the CISU Fund for Climate and Environment.