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Strengthening productive capacity in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
through providing an enabling environment for investment
in sustainable energy development in support of graduation

Reference
PDF-SDG-2017-05
Implementing Entity/ies
UN-OHRLLS
Collaborating Partners
UNDESA, UNESCAP, UNECA, UNCTs of pilot countries, GEIDCO, SEforALL
Duration
Feb. 2018 - May 2021
Location
Global
Approved Budget
$ 584,220
Description
The project aims at strengthening the national capacity of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enhance their access to sustainable energy and in doing so building their productive capacity, sustainable industrialization and socio-economic development.

Synopsis

This project sought to strengthen the national capacity of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enhance their access to sustainable energy and their productive capacity, sustainable industrialization and socio-economic development. The project had two main outcomes: increased availability in LDCs of information on investment opportunities among public and private partners, and enhanced capacity and strengthened partnerships to improve access to sustainable energy in LDCs. The project entailed organizing and supporting LDCs participation to events to share policy options for financing sustainable energy in LDCs, developing a pilot investment prospectus at country level, facilitating partnerships, and delivering capacity building, and advocacy and communications tools. Through analytical work and public-private partnership building, the project provided a platform for stakeholders to engage in substantive collaboration and leverage technological know-how and attract investment in energy infrastructure.

Overall, the project substantially increased availability of information on investment opportunities in LDCs among public and private partners and strengthened capacity and partnership to improve access to sustainable energy in LDCs.

The project’s main deliverables include:

Spotlights

The project puts particular emphasis on multi-stakeholder partnership building, effective public-private partnership, and innovative and flexible financing schemes tailored to the local conditions of sustainable energy development in LDCs. To achieve this objective, advocacy efforts have been made to increase awareness on the impact that access to energy can have across the LDCs development, including an exhibition held during the 2018 HLPF as well as the publication of a magazine telling sustainable energy stories from least developed countries. The exhibition and the magazine were based on the competition UN-OHRLLS inviting journalist from LDCs to submit stories on how sustainable energy is affecting communities in their countries. The received submissions revealed stories of inspiring innovation, entrepreneurship and perseverance in overcoming, often, significant challenges. The initiative combined a focus on the SDGs with a support to journalists reporting on local realities from the ground: it directly linked efforts at international levels with micro actions on the ground.