SOU 33 - Sustainable Energy Access Climate Action Plans (SEACAPs) in Sub Saharan Africa: What are the key ingredients? - Africities The most important democratic gathering in Africa

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SOU 33 - Sustainable Energy Access Climate Action Plans (SEACAPs) in Sub Saharan Africa: What are the key ingredients?

22 Nov

22 November

14:30 to 17:30

Venue: Erfoud

LEAD ORGANIZER

Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Email: helpdesk@comssa.org

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ASSOCIATE ORGANIZER

Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie (ADEME)

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PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION

The fastest urban-related growth is happening in developing countries putting Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at the centre of urban transformation (UN Habitat, 2014). Currently home to over 1 billion inhabitants, SSA is responsible for only 4% of the world’s energy demand; much of which is met through traditional biomass fuels (IEA, 2014). Approximately 62% of the population do not have access to electricity. It is projected that urban populations will make up two thirds of Africa’s population by 2050. Whilst lowering emissions is a key global agenda for SSA this trajectory needs to be undertaken in such a way as to deal with the pressing sustainable development needs of the region, namely, poverty alleviation, inequality and unemployment. The focus of this session will be to engage with participants and draw on their expertise.

PANEL

Programme

Summary

Context setting

Introduction and welcome – Peta Wolpe, moderator
Introduction of the CoM SSA project – Felice Zaccheo, DG DEVCO, European Commission
Sub-Saharan Africa context: key challenges, opportunities and statistics – Secou Sarr, ENDA – CoM SSA
Lessons learnt from the CoM SSA project inception – Muriel Desgeorges & Peta Wolpe, CoM SSA
Introduction to the CoM SSA guidebook: main elements of a sustainable energy access climate action plan (SEACAP) – Jean-Françcois Dallemand & Irene Pinedo, Joint Research Centre
Common Reporting Framework – Elise Abbes, Global Covenant of Mayors

Sharing of experience

Rokhaya Sarr (Dakar, Senegal): a brief overview of their city, the challenges they face. They will describe why they are developing SEACAPS and where they are in the process and what difficulties they have faced.
Q & A

TEA/COFFEE

The key ingredients of SEACAP: world café

Break into either small group discussion/world cafe – give three key questions for discussion based on SEACAP process and how to integrate the three pillars at each step of the process, according to the SSA context: initiation Phase / pre-assessment / Development of the local action plan / Implementation / Monitoring and evaluation

Plenary feedback and conclusions

The plenary feedback will be undertaken in the form of a panel discussion. A panel of experts to discuss their views on the 3 pillars, the key elements in the elaboration of a SEACAP and the specificities of the SSA context.

Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Mayor of Kampala
Secou Sarr, ENDA – CoM SSA
Naguib Amin, Clima-Med
Expert from CoM EU

The floor will be open for discussion and feedback from the small group work.

Speakers

Elise Abbes
Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM)
Elise Abbes
Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM)
Erias Lukwago
Lord Mayor of Kampala
Erias Lukwago
Lord Mayor of Kampala
Felice Zaccheo
Head of Unit, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DG DEVCO, EU Commission
Felice Zaccheo
Head of Unit, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DG DEVCO, EU Commission
Mr Zaccheo has over 25 years’ experience in international cooperation and development. He has been project manager and adviser for several development projects financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair in Peru, Tanzania, Tunisia and Nicaragua. Mr Zaccheo joined the European Commission in 1997 at the Food and Veterinary office in Dublin. In 2003-2007 he was Head of Rural Development for the EU Delegation in Jamaica. As from 2007 he works in the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels. Since 2016 he has been the Head of Unit for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change in the Directorate for Planet and Prosperity at DEVCO.
Irene Pinedo
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Irene Pinedo
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Muriel Desgeorges
ADEME – CoM SSA
Muriel Desgeorges
ADEME – CoM SSA
Naguib Amin
Clima-Med
Naguib Amin
Clima-Med
Ndeye Rokhaya Sarr
Ndeye Rokhaya Sarr
Peta Wolpe
Sustainable Energy Africa – CoM SSA
Peta Wolpe
Sustainable Energy Africa – CoM SSA
Sécou Sarr
Director of Enda Energie Environnement, Senegal
Sécou Sarr
Director of Enda Energie Environnement, Senegal
Mr. Sarr is a senior Energy and climate change specialist with more than 20 years of experience in sustainable Energy and Development Planning; African rural electrification, SME clean energy specialist, Energy Policy analysis, clean technology transfer. Having profound background and competences as economist, Mr. Sarr has recently participated in several projects in the field of energy and sustainable development in Africa. Currently he holds the position of the Director in ENDA ENERGIE – an international NGO, providing services in consultancy, education and research sectors on energy and technology development and implementation. Mr. Sarr has published numerous articles on solar energy, rural energy access, electrification, energy transition and its social aspects.

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