AfricaEU Energy Partnership

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Africa-EU Energy Partnership
A long-term framework for structured
political dialogue and cooperation on energy
issues EUEI PDF workshopDakar, 15 April 2008
Philippe NiyongaboHead of Energy
Division African Union CommissionDepartment of
Industry Energy
Rainer Hakala European Commission Economic
Development Division Directorate General for
Development
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Institutional path to Lisbon

• Africa - EU Ministerial Troika suggests
  comprehensive energy partnership (Brazzaville,
  October 2006)
• Strategic European Energy Review (SEER) with
  strong external dimension includes the
  importance of integrating energy in development
  cooperation
• Joint Presidency - Commission Background Paper.
  Berlin, Maputo and Accra meetings in March 2007
• Council conclusions in May 2007 support the
  Energy Partnership and outline the key elements
• Agreement with AUC in June 2007 on the key
  elements
• Adoption of the Energy Partnership as part of the
  Africa-EU Strategic Partnership

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Overall objectives of the Partnership

• Effective Africa-EU dialogue on energy access and
  energy security for both continents
• Improved access to reliable, secure, affordable,
  climate friendly and sustainable energy services
• Increased European and African investments in
  energy infrastructure in Africa, including
  promotion of renewable energy and energy
  efficiency

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Actors and Finance

• Actors
• AU Commission / Nepad, African States, RECs,
  AFREC and other African Energy Institutions
• European Commission, EU Member States
• Private Sector (in particular, energy companies
  and utilities), AfDB, EIB, other IFIs, energy
  centres, civil society
• African local authorities
• Finance
• Integrated framework of EU financing instruments
• Contributions from African states, the AfDB, etc.
• Private sector investment

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Integrated Framework of EUinstruments behind the
Energy Partnership

• Main elements
• Infrastructure Partnership and Trust Fund
  continental and inter-regional scale
• Regional Indicative Programmes of the 10th EDF
  (COM funds)
• National Indicative Programmes of the 10th EDF
  (COM funds)
• Energy Facility (COM and, possibly, MS) funds
  local scale
• Other resources
• DCI Thematic Programme (ENTRP)
• Capacity for management of energy resources
  (COOPENER II)
• Contribution to the Extractive Industries
  Transparency Initiative
• Contribution to the Global Gas Flaring Reduction
  Initiative (GGFRI), also in Africa
• Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  Fund (GEEREF)
• Africa-EU Partnership on Climate Change
• Bilateral programmes and other initiatives of MS,
  including the EUEI Partnership Dialogue
  Initiative (PDF)

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Infrastructure Trust Fund under the
Infrastructure Partnership
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Energy Facility (1) - regional projects

• Examples
• Liberia (with WAPP)
• Installation of power supply in Liberia to
  provide energy also in Ivory Coast
• CEMAC
• Contribute to the regional action plan on energy
  access - intensive peri-urban electrification-
  Planning of the energy sector - Coordinated
  development of hydro power
• UEMOA
• In implementing Information Systems (i)
  strengthen the capacity of the Energy Ministries
  for decision making, and (ii) at regional level
  contribute to the strategic multi-country
  planning

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EF (2) - outside the call for proposals

• Capacity Building to the Power Pools and to the
  African Forum for Utility Regulators
• Strengthening EAPP, CAPP, SAPP WAPP Studies
  Strategic Planning, Creation of cross-border
  framework, Transfer of know-how,Capacity
  building.
• AFUR Study of power markets, training for
  regulators on economic issues and on quality of
  service

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The State of Play the Way Forward

• EU and Africa to define appropriate institutional
  arrangements for the implementation of the
  Partnership
• Fine tune and implement Action Plan 2008-2010
• Mobilise additional European resources and
  actions via the Integrated Framework of
  instruments
• Look beyond 2010
• Monitoring and reporting
• Joint reports to EU-AU Ministerial Troika
  meetings
• Reports to future EU-Africa Summits