Guidelines for Developing Sustainable Energy for All National Action Plans in Africa. NEPAD-UNDP SE4ALL Experts Meeting Gaborone, April 2013

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1 Guidelines for Developing Sustainable Energy for All National Action Plans in Africa NEPAD-UNDP SE4ALL Experts Meeting Gaborone, April 2013

2 Revised Guidelines final draft, April 2013 Incorporates comments and inputs of the NEPAD-UNDP Workshop on Action Plan development, Nairobi, 3-4 December 2012 Reflects an update and current status of SE4ALL developments in Africa and globally, e.g. establishment of the SE4ALL Africa Coordination Hub Workshop Recommendations at ure/knowledge/doc/2960/regional-sustainable-energyall-se4all-techn

3 Comments: Add Introduction Context of energy challenges in Africa Value added of SE4ALL initiative

4 Comments: Many comments emphasizing importance of stakeholder participation, involvement in coordinating mechanism, gap analysis, identification of criteria for and selection of priority areas for action Reflected in section 5 Participation & Coordination; section 6 Prioritizing Actions Reflected throughout document

5 Comments: Several comments addressed issues and principles of good governance Social justice, level playing field, political commitment, integrity, transparency Reflected in section 2. Principles Combines principles articulated in the September and December 2012 NEPAD-UNDP consultation workshops

6 Comments: Several comments stressed the need for an integrated and cross-sectoral approach Transformational change in relation to broader sustainable development goals; coordination across sectors, e.g. health, education, agriculture Reflected in section 3. Approach and throughout document Mainstreaming gender and climate change integrated with section 3. Reference to the Sustainable Charcoal Policy Framework

7 Comments: Capacity building, access to information, knowledge sharing to improve awareness and understanding of SE4ALL issues, including gender dimensions Reflected in several parts, including sections on participation, identifying priorities, gender mainstreaming

8 Comments: Several comments addressed building on existing frameworks and strategies, e.g. in context of coordinating mechanism, sectoral and national planning, climate change Reflected in referring sections, e.g. in context of mainstreaming climate change reference to drawing on methodological guidance provided by CC frameworks (e.g. NAMAs, NAPAs)

9 Comments: A number of comments stressed the need for a balanced approach and emphasis on decentralized energy systems; comparative assessment of different service delivery options Reflected in relevant sections, including sections on Approach, Prioritizing Actions, Financing Reference to the African Decentralized Energy Services Strategy

10 Comments: Definition of energy access Discussed in section 6. Prioritizing Actions in terms of defining total energy access Section 11. Tracking Progress reflects work of the global SE4ALL initiative to define and move towards a multi-tiered framework for measuring energy access.

11 Guidelines document outline: Context African energy challenges Global SE4ALL and African SE4ALL Framework Guideline purpose, principles and approach National Action Plan process and elements Phases of national Action Plans Participation & coordination Prioritizing actions Enabling environment & institutional framework Setting goals and targets Financial resources planning Tracking progress

12 Introduction: SE4ALL Global Initiative Context of African energy challenges Characteristics of energy access Climate change considerations Energy agenda linked to broader sustainable development goals

13 Introduction: African response and SE4ALL framework AUC and NPCA led consultations CEMA resolutions coordination and Guidelines SE4ALL Africa Coordination Hub, hosted by AfDB Three inter-connected instruments: National SE4ALL Action Plan Guidelines Sustainable Charcoal Policy Framework Decentralized Energy Services Strategy 44 African countries opted in, as of April 2013

14 1. Purpose of the Guidelines: Provide a common framework for SE4ALL in Africa Ensure a shared understanding among national, regional, and international development partners Articulate guiding principles for national Action Plans Suggest an integrated, coherent and balanced approach to identifying national SE4ALL priority actions Promote alignment between national, regional and global SE4ALL goals and initiatives

15 2. Principles: Political commitment and leadership Balanced approach - centralized & decentralized Integrated planning - aligned with sustainable development goals Cross-sectoral coordination and coherence Adherence to sustainable development principles Effective participation Transparency and accountability Gender equality and inclusiveness

16 3. Approach Integrated energy policy and planning Overcoming fragmentation and silos Cross-sectoral coordination Energy services for households, community services, productive uses Balanced approach Address economic and social disparities Mix of centralized and decentralized solutions Immediate and longer term action

17 3. Approach Mainstreaming gender considerations Include gender experts in consultations Use gender mainstreaming tools Monitor gender outcomes Mainstreaming climate change considerations Assess climate resilience of different options Draw on existing engagement with CC frameworks Explore CC financing opportunities

18 4. Phases of SE4ALL Action Plans Ensuring a start while preparing the ground Iterative process based on lesson-learning

19 5. National Action Plan development Platform for public dialogue, improved understanding, monitoring policies and implementation Coordination mechanism two main functions Ensure effective stakeholder participation Enable cross-sectoral coordination Managing complexity of broad participation Capacity building for effective participation

20 6. Prioritizing actions Gap analysis as starting point for dialogue Build on existing strategies, programmes Identify what needs to change or happen Shared understanding of how energy access is defined Agree criteria for identification of priority areas Cross-sectoral, integrated perspective to avoid unintended outcomes or missed opportunities

21 6. Prioritizing actions Sustainable Charcoal Policy Framework as a tool to orient priority actions related to charcoal sector Aligning national, regional, global priorities Scope of interventions mix of centralized and decentralized options Decentralized Energy Services Strategy as a tool to prioritize measures for decentralized energy services provision

22 7. Assessing the enabling environment Coherent policy, legislation, effective governance to set the rules of the game Enabling policies, regulation and measures to facilitate innovation, private sector investment, overcome market and other barriers, improve affordability Among priority actions of the national Action Plan

23 8. Getting the institutional framework right A review of the institutional framework to assess suitability government, private sector and civil society organizations Map partner institutions and stakeholders Roles, mandates, responsibilities, coordination Outline of major vertical and horizontal coordination problems Recommendations for improvements and capacity building Coordination with SE4ALL Africa Coordination Hub and Global Facilitation Team

24 9. Setting goals Further define action areas in terms of prioritized goals, targets, implementation actions, timelines Clear roles and responsibilities of all partners Take into account the analysis of enabling environment and institutional arrangements Stakeholder involvement through Coordination Group Develop indicators to track progress

25 10. Financial resources planning Resources to carry out action planning process Resources and investments to implement technology and service delivery approaches identified Comparative assessment of costs of different options Government spending as well as measures to facilitate market-based approaches and private sector investment Explore range of financing mechanism and instruments Costing of targets/activities, sources, gaps Commitments from development partners and resource mobilization strategy

26 11. Tracking progress Stakeholders involved in tracking progress Move towards adopting the multi-tier framework being developed by SE4ALL at global level Draw on the SE4ALL Africa Hub for assistance Also establish indicators of political support and policy implementation

27 12. Conclusion Not a prescriptive how to manual Draws attention to critical components and processes of national Action Plans Framework to define national priorities and their implementation Iterative process that benefits from lessons learning SE4LALL Africa Hub can facilitate knowledge sharing