THE Second Meeting of the Technical Steering Committee of the Project on enhancement of sustainable regional energy market in the Eastern Africa-Southern Africa- Indian Ocean (EA-SA-IO) Region starts today in Swakopmund, Namibia.
The project seeks to address market
governance and regulatory related challenges affecting the
implementation of energy development projects in the Eastern Africa,
Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region.
It is supported by a seven million euros
fund provided under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) for a
period of four years since the signing of the grant delegation agreement
with COMESA in May 2017.
The Technical Steering Committee meeting
will review the status of implementation of the first one year of the
project, provide guidance to ensure attainment of the project’s
objectives and induct new members of the Project Management Team.
The meeting brings together five
Regional Economic Communities: The Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC),
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Indian Ocean
Commission (IOC) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
Others are the Regional Association of Energy Regulators, Regional Power
Pools, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Centres and the
representatives of the European Union Delegations to the three
sub-regions.
The COMESA Regional Association of
Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) coordinates
the implementation of the programme.
The programme has three results areas,
the first is a regionally harmonised energy regulatory framework adopted
by regional and national regulatory institutions, with particular
emphasis on cross border issues to encourage investments in the region.
The second is the enhancement of
regulatory capacity of the National Regulatory Authorities and
strengthening capacity of the Regional Associations (RAERESA, EREA and
RERA) and Power Pools (EAPP and SAPP) to proactively influence
developments in the energy sector.
Thirdly, the enhancement of the
development of renewable energy and energy efficiency strategy, policies
and regulatory guidelines to attract investments in clean energy and
build capacity in clean energy in the region as well as the
domestication on a demand driven basis.
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