Praia, 1st October 2015 – The project is launched to support the Agency for the Promotion of Electrification in Rural Areas of Niger (ANPER) to conceive an inclusive National Master Plan to accelerate rural electrification activities in Niger, which among other objectives, will allow the Government of Niger to reinforce its capacities to collect accurate data to monitor and follow up the plan implementation. The project, implemented by ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), is developed in the framework of the APIA program of the Spanish Cooperation to support Inclusive Public Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. APIA is jointly managed by the Spanish International Development Agency (AECID) and The International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP).