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Regional Workshop on Access to Modern Energy Services

Policies Practices and Knowledge Sharing

Topic: Participatory Capacity Needs Assessment

in ECOWAS Member States

By:

Frank O. Atta-OwusuSnr. Projects Manager, KITE

November, 2009, Pullman Hotel, Dakar-Senegal

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Outline

1. Definitions

2. Introduction

3. Findings

4. Articulated Capacity Building Needs

5. Recommendations

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Definitions

The UNDP defines capacityas the ability of individuals, institutions and societies toperform functions, solve problems, and set and achieve objectives in a sustainable

manner. Capacity development is thereby the process through which the abilities to

do so are obtained, strengthened, adapted and maintained over time.

The UNDP definition of capacity development focuses on three key elements namely:

Policy and legal frameworks

Institutional structures and procedures; and

Human resources, including technical and functional capacity

A capacity assessment is defined as an analysis of current capacities against desiredfuture capacities, which generates an understanding of capacity assets and needs,which in turn leads to the formulation of capacity development strategies (UNDP,

2007).

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Context

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commissionand UNDP sponsored country level specific energy access capacitydevelopment needs assessments across the West African region in August,

2009.

Objective

The objective of the Participatory Capacity Building Needs Assessment is to

identify capacity-building needs of ECOWAS Member states to ensureimproved access to energy services for rural and peri-urban populations forthe attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Stakeholders/participants

Energy and non energy non energy sector institutions (priority sectors

identified in the PRSPs of member states) Eg. Health, Agriculture, Education,Water and Sanitation, Communication, etc

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Introduction (Cont.)

Methodology A qualitative approach was used to collect and analyse diverse

information. Open and closed ended interviews were conductedto collect detail views from energy access stakeholders in the

Member States

The survey instrument was developed based on 10-pointfunctional capacity areas relating to access to energy services

for rural and peri-urban populations:

Vision,

Leadership,

Strategies and programmes

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Introduction (Cont.)

Organisation and sector institutions

Resources

Partnerships,

Commitment and dedication of actors,

Processes,

Annual plan of action

Results for end-users

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Key (preliminary) findings

Member states recovering from war (Liberia and Sierra Leone)has not as yet developed the necessary capacity for enhancingaccess to energy services in rural and peri-urban areas

Energy planning and service delivery in rural and peri-urbanareas is largely ad hoc in most member states

Outcome of the capacity needs assessment revealed a greatneed for political commitment, professional capacity andinstitutional reforms to provide enhanced access to energyservices for the rural and peri-urban populations in member

states.

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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)

Respondents were asked to indicate their countrys capacitylevel in respect of the 10-point functional capacity areas

Using the scale 1-5. Where 1 is defined as, no evidence of

relevant capacity; 2 anecdotal evidence of capacity; 3 partiallydeveloped capacity; 4 widespread, but not comprehensiveevidence of capacity and 5 fully developed capacity

The outcome showed that Liberia and Sierra Leone rankedbetween 1-2 on most of the functional capacity areas

Ghana and Nigeria ranked between 1-4 on most of the

assessed capacity areas

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Vision : The future plan on access was not defined in nationaldocuments such as NEPs, PRSPs and other developmentdocuments

Leadership: The energy ministrys coordination and leadership

role on access in most of the countries is weak. Lack oftechnical experts, fragmentation of energy functions among

different MDAs etc

Strategies and programmes: Capacity geared towardsdesigning sustainable energy strategies and programmes in

most member states was assessed to be inadequate

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Organisation and sector institutions: The assessment revealedthat sector specific institutions and organisations needed forthe design and implementation of energy access programmes

in rural and peri-urban areas is largely absent in most memberstates

Resources: In adequate funding and energy professionals was

identified as a key challenge. Ghana and Nigeria however havelatent capacity that can be harnessed for energy access inrural and peri-urban areas

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Partnerships: identified limited numbers of bilateral andmultilateral partners who provide both technical and financialsupport for access to energy services in rural and peri-urban

areas capacity to engage and negotiate with partners islargely lacking

Commitment and dedication of actors: Dormant NMGs were

identified in all the countries. Stakeholders cited lack ofdedicated resources for their activities and the absence of achampion as contributory factors for the absence of aconsultative process on access to energy

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Processes: Identified Limited involvement of non energy sectors in theplanning and delivery of services to rural and peri-urban populations. Lackof institutional framework for monitoring and evaluating access programmes

in most countries

Annual plan of action: Apart from Ghana and Nigeria, the other 2 countriesdo not have multi/annual year strategic plans on energy

Results for end-users: available results for end-users shows that that manyhouseholds and public institutions such as clinics, schools, and agriculture

facilities in the peri-urban and rural areas do not have access to modernenergy services.

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Articulated Capacity Building Needs

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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs

Vision

Awareness creation among national authorities

including the legislature on access to energy

services in rural and peri-urban areas Mainstream access to energy services in

national development documents such as the

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)

Technical support and capacity building for

policy formulation

Stimulation of political commitment on access

to energy services in rural and peri-urban

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Leadership

Institutionalizing the national consultative group on

access to energy services

Restructure the Energy Division of the Ministry of

Energy with key technical departments responsible

for the various energy subsectors

Enhanced leadership from the Ministry of Energy to

coordinate activities relating to access to access

Energy experts to manage the energy division of the

Ministry of Energy

Consolidation of the energy subsectors under the

Ministry of Energy

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Strategies and Programmes

Technical and institutional support for the

development of an integrated approach to

energy service delivery Technical support for the development of

Strategic National Energy Plan

Formulate national access programmes for

rural and peri-urban locations

Technical support for the development of

energy master plan for rural and peri-urban

locations

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Organisation and Sector

Institutions

Establish national institutions focusing on

access to energy services in rural and peri-

urban areas

Create a unit in the energy division of the

ministry to be responsible for access issues in

rural and peri-urban areas

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Resources

Training of engineers to exploit the hydro potential

Rural Energy fund

Modern energy technology transfer for public and private sectorstakeholders

Mechanism for self financing access projects

Introduce innovative approaches in implementing access

programmes

Incorporation of energy in sector budgets of energy end-user

institutions

Feasibility study on the hydro potential/capacity

Expose existing engineers/technicians in priority sectors such as

agriculture and health to modern energy technologies

Energy resources assessment

Collaborate with the universities/other technical training

institutions to produce the manpower needs of the energy sector

Certification/qualifying scheme for artisans in the energy sector

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Partnership

Collaboration and partnership with

both local and international partners on


Negotiation skills to effectively engage

partners

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Processes

Development of a participatory process for

energy service planning and delivery

Capacity building for planning and modelling

energy services for rural and peri-urban areas

in Sierra Leone

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Annual Plan of Action

Annual operational plan on access to energy

services

Development of strategic energy plan for


Rural Energy Master plan

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Results for End-User and

Beneficiaries

Energy needs assessment in rural and peri-

urban areas

Ensure availability of energy services for end-

users and beneficiaries in rural areas

Productive use of energy services

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Recommendations

Focus on building institutional support for access to energy services for ruraland peri-urban populations in member states

Focus on strengthening human resources in access institution administrationand management and middle and upper level technical manpowerdevelopment.

Focus on institutionalizing multi-sector consultation on access by

establishing National Multisectoral Group on Energy Access that will focuson addressing specific issues of interest to access to energy services in ruraland peri-urban areas.

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