The 12th Meeting of the National Focal Institutions (NFIs) of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) took place on November 25, 2024 in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) as a prelude to the 9th edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2024 on November 28-29, 2024).
The Pre-Events include a workshop on Regional Opportunities for the Transition to Clean Cooking in West Africa on November 26, 2024, Workshop on Sustainable Off-Grid Solutions for Health Centers in Africa on November 27, 2024, Validation Workshop of the ECOWAS Market Study and Intervention Strategy of the EELA Program “Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa” on November 27, 2024.
The meeting, organized with the support of GiZ/ProMERC (Promotion of a Climate-Friendly Electricity Market in the ECOWAS Region), presented the achievements of the year 2024/
The action plans for the year 2025 are presentation of the Regional Report on the progress in RE and EE for the year 2023 and Development of the 2024 edition; development of the West Africa Energy Efficiency Report; presentation of the implementation of the renovation of ECOWREX; presentation of the 2024 achievements and the 2025 action plan of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Certification System; presentation of the state of implementation of the National Sustainable Energy Certification Committees and exchanges on the synergy of actions with CODINORM; exchanges on the launch of the Energy Efficiency Skills Certification Program within the framework of the synergy of action between ECREEE and the AfDB/ASAP project; presentation of the Draft 2025 Work Plan of the GiZ/ProMERC Project.
The monitoring and evaluation of the operationalization of the National Sustainable Energy Action Plans (Renewable Energies, Energy Efficiency, Bioenergy, Gender Mainstreaming) whose development was supported by ECREEE is a priority in the exchanges with the NFIs in order to ensure their translation into structuring programs and Sustainable Energy Infrastructure in the Member States.
