From 26 to 28 June 2017, representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Accra, Ghana, at the Kempinski Hotel, to review and deliberate on the draft Directive on gender assessment in energy projects, at a regional workshop organized by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE). The Directive establishes… Read More »
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has been awarded a grant of US$ 1 Million for its project on “Feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for Women in a Changing Energy Value Chain in West Africa”. Funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Infrastructure Project Preparatory Facility… Read More »
Celebrating International Women’s Day takes many different forms, in many different countries and in many different sectors around the world. In West Africa, and in the energy sector, International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to recognize cutting edge work addressing women’s energy poverty. In West Africa, ‘ensuring universal energy access by 2030’ is proving to be more than… Read More »
On 13 August 2016, the ECOWAS Women’s Business Fund Project in Senegal, known as Autonomisation Economique des Femmes de la Filière Transformation de Produits Halieutiques (PAAEF) was commissioned and the project officially transferred to the beneficiaries, i.e. the women fish producers in Bargny, Senegal. The commissioning ceremony brought together representatives of the National Agency for Renewable Energies in… Read More »
Deconstructing Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access – Part 2 “Gender mainstreaming” is, without a doubt, one of the most trending development buzzwords out there today. However, just because it is used frequently does not mean its application is wide-spread, especially where it matters most – in development interventions. Experiences show that the idea of gender mainstreaming continues to… Read More »
In 2015, the ECOWAS initiative on Youth Leadership Development in Energy was established. One of the five-high impact initiatives under the ECOWAS Programme on Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access (ECOW-GEN), the initiative aims to prepare the region’s young women and men to become globally competitive energy leaders, that in future shape and influence energy development in the… Read More »
