ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Week

10/17/2016

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) and the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), are jointly organizing the maiden edition of the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Week from October 17th to 19th 2016 in Accra, Ghana. The event is supported by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), the Spanish Agency for international Development Cooperation (AECID), the European Union (EU), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).                                                                                                  

The event will feature:                                                                                         

  • Presentation of ECOWAS SE4ALL Investment Prospectus
  • Presentation of the ECOWAS Consolidated Sustainable Energy Report
  • Match-making for identified projects
  • Adoption of the ECOWAS Bioenergy Policy
  • Presentation of first Regional Sustainable Energy Monitoring Report
  • Declaration on the implementation of the West African Clean Energy Corridor Initiative

The Forum will bring together top-level policy and decision makers, project promoters, investors and international partners to meet, showcase and discuss critical trends in the West Africa energy sector.