SEAF Experiences and Results in Africa and the Caribbean
SEAF interventions have been implemented in seven countries,
namely: Botswana, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Each intervention responded to specific needs of each participation
stakeholder:
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Botswana:
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Management Support to the National Photovoltaic (PV) Programme
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Ghana:
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Integration of Solar PV Technology into Rural Electrification
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Jamaica:
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Supporting Energy Policy Making under Sustainable Development
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Mali:
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Revamping Jatropha-Oil Multifunctional Platforms
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Namibia:
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Implementation Guidelines for Off-grid Electrification Policies
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Tanzania:
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Biofuel as Alternative Resource for Women's Income
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Uganda:
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Facilitating Development of a Sustainable Biomass Energy
Strategy
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The selection of SEAF interventions was driven by the following
criteria:
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Synergistic effects
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Since SEAF activities were aimed to be catalytic and supporting
planning or ongoing initiatives, priority was given to those
interventions that facilitate linkages and promote synergistic
effects.
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Enabling environment
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Institutional capacity to support the intervention and to
sustain its effects over time as well as the effectiveness
of interagency co-ordination, institutional stability and
human Resources.
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Thematic spread
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In order to test the concept in different contexts, the SEAF
pilot phase has aimed at covering relatively large thematic
areas.
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Collaborative experience or contacts with UNEP/UCC
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To develop interventions rapidly, avoiding the need of establishing
new institutional links and procedures, ongoing interventions
have largely been identified by UNEP and UCC staff through
personal knowledge of opportunities, existing contacts with
a number of national institutions, and a modest outreach effort.
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SEAF Interventions responded to specific needs:
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Uncovering technical, managerial and organisational barriers
that hinder the continuity of a programme (very low performance
of multifunctional platforms in Mali);
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Identification and analysis of unintended consequences and
negative effects of ongoing programmes (rural electrification
plans are eroding potential markets for solar PV in Ghana;
off-grid electrification policies are affected by rural electrification
plans in Namibia);
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Ensuring clarity and complementarity of sustainable development
objectives and national energy policy (sustainable development
goals are missing in energy policy formulation and decision-making
in Jamaica);
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Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of different institutions
and government agencies (lack of co-ordination between the
Departments of Forestry and Energy concerning fuel-wood policies
in Uganda);
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Plugging unforeseen gaps unanticipated in a project formulation
(test sample and market study need to be expanded in the project
on Biofuel as Alternative Resource for Women's Income in Tanzania).
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Key conclusions emerging from the SEAF experience
include the following:
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Flexible and rapid assistance at the right time can yield
widespread benefits to further sustainable energy development;
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A variety of technical, institutional and management -related
opportunities exist to move energy systems toward more sustainable
development paths. Tapping these opportunities in some case
requires small-scale and well targeted interventions;
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Sustainable energy development is a broad concept that encompasses
multidimensional and close linked issues. Creating synergies
among different dimensions lead to more coordinated and harmonised
strategies to the implementation of project and policies.
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Links with donnor supported activities have proven interesting
e.g., DANIDA in Ghana, GTZ in Uganda and Jamaica, and GEF
in Tanzania, but these opportunities can be better explored
in a larger and longer term activities.
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