Harnessing Energy for Poverty Reduction www.gvep.org GVEP Progress and Challenges Ahead Abeeku Brew-Hammond Manager, GVEP Technical Secretariat World Bank Energy Week, Washington DC, March 2006

GVEP Overview Vision: a world in which access to energy services is provided for the unserved or underserved in a manner that enhances economic and social development, and reduces poverty. Objectives Catalyze country commitments to energy-poverty reduction Improve communications among investors, suppliers & users Facilitate policy and regulatory frameworks for scale-up Serve as a marketplace for lessons learned, best practices Create and maintain effective coordination mechanisms 5 Objectives and they are all about scaling up energy services

GVEP Value Added Amplifying and conveying the energy access message Demonstrating and brokering solutions Creating a space for dialogue and converting talk into action

Multiple Stakeholders National Government Municipal/Local Government Non-Government Organisations Community-based Organisations Academia Small/Medium Enterprises Large Companies/ Utilities Major Financial Institutions/ Donors Local / Micro Finance Institutions Media etc

Consolidating and Scaling Up Country Actions with Targetted Support Services & Multiple Actors Poverty Reduction and other Development Goals Finance Facilitation Capacity Development Country Actions Activities were identified after extensive consultations and a survey involving over 2000 people Knowledge Management Results Monitoring

GVEP Country Actions National Action Plans Brazil, Cameroon, Guatemala (Completed) Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, etc (In progress) Reorientation of Existing Access Programmes Brazil, Senegal, South Africa GAPfund/Small-Scale Energy Projects Demonstrate innovative approaches to energy services for the poor (151 proposals received from 41 countries)

GVEP Partnership Base Challenge Ahead: Mobilising partners from other stakeholder groups (particularly private sector/ inudstry)