Rayaan Foundation participated (Global Conference on Rural Energy Access: A Nexus Approach to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication 04 DECEMBER 2013 TO 06 DECEMBER 2013 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia representing Somalia).
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), UN-Energy and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), organized that event to strengthen capacities on policy, technical and entrepreneurial approaches to rural energy access for eradicating poverty. Specific objectives of the conference included, among others: promoting dialogue among practitioners, experts, donors and policy-makers; assessing potential integrated policy options to address rural energy poverty; identify synergies between energy and other development factors including health, education, economic growth, gender, water and food security; Also participants discussed ways to apply models and practices to scale-up clean cookstoves and renewable energy home systems; and supporting the Rio+20 follow-up process and the post-2015 development agenda.
The workshop emphasized the strong nexus between energy and other important development factors such as education, health, gender, environment, economic growth, food security, and water. Extension of national grids, in many countries, is too costly to allow isolated areas to receive energy access. Yet, appropriately scaled renewable energy systems – in particular advanced "clean" cookstoves and stand-alone off-grid electric generation systems – are now both widely available and affordable.
The Conference provided opportunities for South-South, as well as North-South-South capacity building, technical cooperation and exchange of experiences. Also Participants gained an enhanced understanding of the opportunities and synergies that can be derived from broader cooperation on rural sustainable energy access and from a nexus approach to sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Rayaan Foundation participated Rural Energy Conference:
Rayaan Foundation participated (Global Conference on Rural Energy Access: A Nexus Approach to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication 04 DECEMBER 2013 TO 06 DECEMBER 2013 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia representing Somalia).
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), UN-Energy and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), organized that event to strengthen capacities on policy, technical and entrepreneurial approaches to rural energy access for eradicating poverty. Specific objectives of the conference included, among others: promoting dialogue among practitioners, experts, donors and policy-makers; assessing potential integrated policy options to address rural energy poverty; identify synergies between energy and other development factors including health, education, economic growth, gender, water and food security; Also participants discussed ways to apply models and practices to scale-up clean cookstoves and renewable energy home systems; and supporting the Rio+20 follow-up process and the post-2015 development agenda.
The workshop emphasized the strong nexus between energy and other important development factors such as education, health, gender, environment, economic growth, food security, and water. Extension of national grids, in many countries, is too costly to allow isolated areas to receive energy access. Yet, appropriately scaled renewable energy systems – in particular advanced "clean" cookstoves and stand-alone off-grid electric generation systems – are now both widely available and affordable.
The Conference provided opportunities for South-South, as well as North-South-South capacity building, technical cooperation and exchange of experiences. Also Participants gained an enhanced understanding of the opportunities and synergies that can be derived from broader cooperation on rural sustainable energy access and from a nexus approach to sustainable development and poverty eradication.