Energy: Workshop for African Energy Experts: Operationalising the NEPAD Energy Initiative
2-4 June 2003
Dakar, Senegal
In partnership with the Government of Senegal, the United Nations convened a
workshop of African energy experts on the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD) energy initiative. The overall
objective of the workshop, which took place from 2-4 June 2003 in
Dakar, Senegal, was to provide a forum for inputs by African energy experts
into the operationalisation of the NEPAD energy initiative. Some 30 African
energy experts participated in the workshop, drawn from the ranks of
universities and research institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
government agencies and the private sector. The Energy and Transport Branch
joined forces with the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa and the United
Nations Environment Programme–Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment
to fund and organise the workshop.
1. AIDE
MEMOIRE
2.
AGENDA (English)
(French)
3. WORKSHOP
REPORT (PDF) (MS
Word)
4. OPENING
REMARKS
Honourable
Macky Sall, State Minister of Mines, Energy and Water (French)
Ms. Yvette Stevens, Office of
the Special Adviser on Africa, United Nations (English)
5.
PRESENTATIONS
Overview, Challenges and Elements of
Plan of Action, Ogunlade Davidson, Youba Sokona and Njeri Wamukonya
Energy Access in Rural Areas,
Peter Zhou, EECG Consultants
Harmonising the Regulatory Environment in Africa, Xolani Mkhwanazi, CEO,
National Electricity Regulator, South Africa
Regulatory Instruments to Advance
Public Benefits, Anton Eberhard, Graduate School of
Business, University of Cape Town
A Third Way for the Electricity
Industry, Gudrun Lammers, Electricité de France
African Energy Commission (AFREC) (English)
(French)
Hydropower
Development in Africa: Problems and Prospects, E.A.K. Kalitsi
6.
BACKGROUND PAPERS
Problems and Prospects for Hydropower
Development in Africa, E.A.K. Kalitsi
Renewable Energy in Africa: Prospects and
Limits, Stephen Karekezi and Waeni Kithyoma
Taking the NEPAD Energy Initiative
Forward: Regional and Sub-Regional Perspectives, Peter Zhou
Power Sector Development in Africa,
Xolani Mkhwanazi
Operationalizing the NEPAD Energy Initiative: Elements for an Action Plan,
Energy and
Transport Branch, DESA
(English) (French)
7. LIST
OF PARTICIPANTS
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