Towards Sustainable Energy For All in West Africa

“Paving the way through renewable energy and energy efficiency”

When and where: 29 to 31 October 2012, Accra, Ghana

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The High Level Energy Forum takes place in the context of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, launched by the UN Secretary-General, which calls for concrete action towards ensuring universal access to modern energy services, doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency. Rio+20 concluded with more than US$500 billion mobilized with over 700 commitments made, most of them in sustainable energy. The Forum will discuss how these commitments can be transformed into a framework of concrete actions in the ECOWAS region.

The Forum has the following objectives:

• Launch the UN Sustainable Energy For All Initiative (SE4All) in the ECOWAS region and establish an implementation framework of for the ECOWAS region
• Adopt the ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy and  its corresponding Action Plan by the ECOWAS Energy Ministers
• Adopt the ECOWAS Energy Efficiency Policy and its corresponding Action Plan by the ECOWAS Energy Ministers
• Adopt the ECOWAS Small Scale Hydro Power Program
• Report on the progress of the GEF-UNIDO Strategic Program for West Africa (SPWA) – Energy Access and launch the ECOWAS Observatory for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECOREX)
• Present the ECOWAS energy efficiency initiatives on standards and labelling, lighting, electricity distribution and efficient cooking
• Identify the way forward on the concrete implementation of the ECOWAS RE&EE policies’ objectives at country and regional level