Procurements

In 2017, the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) received financing from the African Development Bank Group, through the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparatory Facility (IPPF) Special Fund, towards the project “Feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for Women in a Changing Energy Value Chain in West Africa”.

Within the implementation framework of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy and the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) of the Member States, the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and other partners have set up a Regional Certification Body (RCB).

The energy system of West Africa is facing interrelated challenges of sustainable energy access, energy security and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Principal among the energy challenges of sustainable energy access are the widespread and unsustainable production and utilization of traditional biomass (firewood and charcoal).  This high dependence of the populations on the traditional biomass use continues to contribute to smoke-related health problems, deforestation and desertification and thereby affecting production and security.

ECREEE in collaboration with the TGSB and other stakeholders are currently conducting the implementation of Energy Efficiency testing facility for the TGSB. Consequently, some capacity development programmes are also being conducted in this regards with the main actors in the energy sector in the Gambia.

The overall objective of the assignment is the development and implementation of training programmes for technical and marketing skills for Energy Efficiency and Clean Cooking Solutions.