Procurements

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) in collaboration with the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers des Energies Renouvelables (ESMER) and the Beninese Agency for Rural Electrification and Energy Management (ABERME) are organizing a regional examination for the certification of off-grid solar photovoltaic system technicians (level 1).

Date: Monday December 12, 2022 (all day) to Wednesday December 14, 2022 (all day)

Within the implementation framework of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy and the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) of the ECOWAS Member States, the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) set up a scheme called the ECOWAS Certification of Sustainable Energy Skills (ECSES) in 2014.

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has received a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB), toward the implementation of the Desert-to-Power West Africa Regional Energy Program (WAREP) and intends to apply part of this grant to payments under the grant for the hiring of a consulting firm to conduct Clean Mini-Grids feasibility studies in Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, and Niger.

The first call of the ECOWAS Special Intervention Fund (ESIF) is managed by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) based in Praia, Cabo Verde. With the Fund, ECREEE contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the international agreements to reduce GHG emissions to keep the global average temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.