Em 2017, o Centro da CEDEAO para as Energias Renováveis e Eficiência Energética (ECREEE) recebeu financiamento do Grupo do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, através do Fundo Especial para a Preparação de Projectos de infra-estruturas da NEPAD (IPPF), direccionado para o projecto "Estudo de Viabilidade sobre Oportunidades de Negócios para Mulheres numa Cadeia de Valores Energéticos em Evolução na África Ocidental".

No âmbito da Política da CEDEAO para as Energias Renováveis e dos Planos de Ação Nacionais para as Energias Renováveis (PANERs) dos Estados-membros, o Centro da CEDEAO para as Energias Renováveis ​​e Eficiência Energética (ECREEE) com o apoio da Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a Agência Internacional para as Energias Renováveis (IRENA) e outros parceiros estabeleceram um Sistema Regional de Certificação de Competências (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.