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VISIT BY TWO MINISTERS FROM COTE D’IVOIRE TO ECREEE

From L - R: H.E. Humberto Brito, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Energy of Cape Verde, Mr. Bah Saho, RE Expert of ECREEE, H.E. Charles Koffi Diby, Minister of Sate and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, H.E. Roger Kacou Minister for Tourism

On March 10th 2014, an Ivorian delegation composed of two ministers from the Ministries of Tourism and Foreign Affairs visited the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) with the aim to discuss issues related to the energy sector and the status of the energy situation seeking improvement for their country (Cote D’Ivoire).

COMING SOON: THE NEXT EREF CALL FOR MINI-GRIDS IN THE ECOWAS REGION

The ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility (EREF) will support the second call for proposals, which the focus is to provide grant co-funding for the installation of renewable energy powered micro-grids (including hybrids), in rural and peri-urban areas of the ECOWAS Member States.

Global Infrastructure Basel Summit

Are you ready for a challenge? Recent estimates say that around 75% of the infrastructure that will be in use in 2050 doesn’t yet exist. This means immense global infrastructure investment needs for decades to come, all in the context of the need for Climate Action, Sustainable Energy for All, and the post-2015 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The 4th Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Summit is tackling this challenge by laying the groundwork for the financing of economically, environmentally and socially sustainable infrastructure.

LAUNCH OF COALITION TO BOLSTER PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR RE

ECREEE was nominated as one of the International Founding Members of the Coalition for Public Support at the IRENA assembly on 19th January in Abu Dhabi, to discuss how to tackle these increasing concerns and negative campaigns about renewable energy. The workshop was attended by 40 leading renewable energy advocates from companies, industry associations and civil society organisations.

UNIDO support for ECREEE and new regional sustainable energy centers in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific

VIENNA, 13 December 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation, signed agreements to support the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and to set up three more centres in East and Southern African and in the Caribbean region.

Signing of UNIDO support to ECREEE and other centers in Sub Sahara Africa and the Caribbean

VIENNA, 13 December 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation, today signed agreements to support the second operational phase of ECREEE and to set up three more centres in East, Southern African and in the Caribbean region.

ECOWAS RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT WEEK

Cross section of participants at the Investment Week, Accra, Ghana

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in partnership with the USAID Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII), the Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), the West African Development Bank (BOAD, in French), and the Africa Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company (ABREC), organized the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Investment Week, from 8 to 10 October 2013 in Accra, Ghana.

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