Facilitation Workshop and Policy Dialogue

on

Energy Access for the Rural Poor

 

EU Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development

 

Hotel VIP, Maputo, Mozambique

12-15 April 2005

Facilitation Workshop

 

 

Tuesday 12 April

 

 

8.30 – 9.30

Registration

 

 

09.30 – 10.30

Opening session

 Chair: Mr. Pascoal Bacela, Ministry of Energy, Mozambique

Ψ                    Statement: Administrator Mr. Enrico Strampelli, DG-DEV, European Commission

Ψ                    Statement: Minister of Energy, Mozambique

 

 

11.00 – 12.30

Energy and Development: Introduction (plenary session 1)

 

Chair: Mr. Pascoal Bacela, Ministry of Energy, Mozambique

Ψ                    Presentation: MDGs and Energy (Dr. Patrick Milimo, UN Millennium Project)

Ψ                    Presentation: The poverty reduction strategy process and energy (provisional title) – (Mr. Stephen Karekezi, AFREPREN)

Ψ                    Presentation: EU Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development (Mr. Enrico Strampelli, DG-DEV, European Commission)

 

 

14.00 – 15.30

Energy Access and National Policy Development (plenary session 2)

 

Chair: Mr. Mengistu Teferra, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ethiopia

Ψ                    Presentation: Energy and the poverty reduction strategy process (provisional title) – (Mr. Geoffrey Musonda, Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Zambia)

Ψ                    Presentation: Integration of energy access in rural development (provisional title) – (Mr. Benon Bena, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda)

 

 

16.00 – 17.30

Energy Access and Rural Development in the participating countries (country working group session 1)

 

Parallel sessions comprising the country delegations

 

Each country group reflects on national experience and status with respect to energy and rural poverty alleviation

 

Facilitation by independent resource persons

 

Expected outcome:

 
  • Establishment of the group

 
  • Reflection on the needs and barriers

 
  • Reflection on the importance of energy in the specific national rural poverty context

 

Wednesday 13 April

 

 

09.00 – 10.00

Energy Access and Rural Development: Examples (plenary session 3)

 

Chair: Mr. Bright Kumwembe, Ministry of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment, Malawi

Ψ                    Integration of energy access into rural development: rural energy centres in South Africa (Mr. Monga Mehlwana, CSIR, South Africa)

Ψ                    Rural electrification in Zimbabwe: lessons learned (Mr. Maxwell Mapako, Biomass Users Network, Zimbabwe)

Ψ                    AREED - small energy enterprise development, experience in 5 African countries (Ms. Lillian Munyeka, CEEEZ, Zambia)

 

 

10.30 – 12.30

EUEI Actions and other initiatives by EU Member States (plenary session 4)

Ψ                    Presentation of the Partnership Dialogue Facility (Mr. Peter Davies)

Ψ                    Austria, represented by Mr. Rudolf Huepfl

Ψ                    Denmark, represented by Ms. Anne Schouw

Ψ                    Sweden, represented by Mr. Anders Hagwall

Ψ                    United Kingdom, represented by Mr. Peter Davies

 

 

14.00 – 15.00

Introduction to methodology (plenary session 5)

 

Chair: Mr. Ngosi Mwihava, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania

 

Procedure and methodology for the National Working Groups: identification of possible energy initiatives to address rural development and poverty alleviation (Mr. Christopher Stratford, Facilitation Consultant)

 

 

15.30 – 18.15

Identification of Potential Initiatives (country working group session 2)

 

Country groups identify initiatives to address rural energy access for poverty alleviation, addressing policy and capacity building, and focussing on implementation.

 

Elaboration of initiatives using open space technique and facilitated group discussion.

 

Expected outcome:

 
  • Short list of possible initiatives

 
  • 1-2 initiatives identified for further development

 

 

Thursday 14 April

 

 

09.00 – 10.30

Finalisation of Initiative Descriptions (country working group session 3)

 

Cross-sectoral aspects and collaboration potential

 

Expected outcome:

 

o        Elaboration of the initiative chosen by each country

 
  • Summary of initiative description

 
  • Follow-up plan

 

 

11.00 – 12.30

Presentation of Country Results (plenary session 6)

 

Chair: Mr. James Baanabe, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda

Ψ                    Mozambique (working group rapporteur)

Ψ                    Malawi          (   “             “            “         )

Ψ                    Zambia         (   “             “            “         )

Ψ                    Ethiopia        (   “             “            “         )

 

 


14.00 – 15.00

Presentation of Country Results - continued (plenary session 7)

 

Chair: Mr. Geoffrey Musonda, Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Zambia

Ψ                    Uganda         (working group rapporteur)

Ψ                    Kenya           (   “             “            “        )

Ψ                    Tanzania       (   “             “            “        )

 

 

15.30 – 16.30

Synthesis (plenary session 8)

 

Chair: Mr. Jackson Maina, Ministry of Energy, Kenya

Ψ                    Synthesis of findings and recommendations, discussion (Stephen Karekezi, AFREPREN)

 

 

16.30 – 17.30

Synthesis of the Findings and Recommendations (country working group session 4)

 

Parallel working group sessions, joined by policy makers

 
  • Facilitators sum up findings in each working group

 
  • Discussion of how the selected and characterised initiatives fit into national policy

 
  • Requirements for implementation, action plan

 

 

Extra presentations

Not included in Workshop due to logistic difficulties

 

 

 

Eritrea Country Background (Ghirmai Abraham, Ministry of National Development  and Semereab Habtetsion, Department of Energy)

 

 

Energy Needs for Achieving MDGs in Eritrea (Semereab Habtetsion (PhD), Department of Energy, Eritrea)

 

Policy Dialogue

 

 

 

 

Friday 15 April

 

 

 

 

9.00 – 10.30

Policy Dialogue (Plenary Session 9)

 

Chair: H.E. Minister of Energy, Mozambique

 

 

Ψ                    Introductory Note to the Policy Dialogue by the Hon. Minister of Energy, Mozambique

 

 

Ψ                    Synthesis of Ideas of the Facilitation Workshop (Team of Facilitators)

Ψ                    The future development of the EU Energy Initiative –  (Mr. Enrico Strampelli, DG-DEV, European Commission)

Ψ                    The follow-up after Maputo (Dr. Gordon Mackenzie –Risψ National Laboratory)

 

 

11.00 – 13.00

Policy Dialogue continued (Plenary Session 10)

Ψ                    Round Table Discussion by the Hon. Ministers, Hon. Deputy Ministers and the Heads of the National Delegations 

Ψ                    Workshop Declaration by the Hon. Minister of Energy, Mozambique, on behalf of the Participating African Countries 

Ψ                    Closing Remarks by the Hon. Minister of Energy, Mozambique

13.00

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