Strengthening the capacity of African countries to promote the use of renewable energy to achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction: implementing biofuels programme for household and transport energy use

Abstract

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Policy and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) are implementing a project which explores and promotes modern biofuels development in Africa, particularly providing policy and regulatory support. It is expected that the project will lead to (a) establishment of harmonized financial, institutional and policy frameworks for the promotion of biofuels mainly for household and transport end uses in Africa; (b) enhanced capacity of African countries to formulate and implement gender sensitive policies and programmes on biofuel development; and (c) improved capacity of African countries, particularly project developers, to package biofuels projects for investment.