ECREEE in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the Energy Centre, KNUST, the Ministry of Energy Cabo Verde, and Noveltis S. A. S., jointly organized a Regional Training Workshop on Geographical Information System for Energy planning, from 11 to 12 of August 2014, in Dakar, Senegal. The workshop is funded by the European Union under the ACP-EU Science and Technology programme. It brought together experts from the Rural Electrification Agencies and the departments of energy planning, statistics and data collection, from the ECOWAS Region.
Objectives of the workshop
The main objective of this workshop was to strengthen capacity within the member States, on how to collect data and the relevant metadata in the context of GIS, for supporting energy access.
The specific objectives of the workshop were: