SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: to increase and improve access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for rural poor by focusing on renewable energy solutions as well as on energy efficiency measures.

 

The action will have to adhere to the following priorities:

1. Scaling-Up: Scaling-up of proven successful actions having high impact on poverty reduction through sustainable rural electrification activities. In such cases, demonstration of the successful deployment along with proof of capacity to replicate/upscale it will be critical. Will be considered for funding only actions providing access to energy services to not less than 30,000 people by the end of the project duration whilst priority will be given to projects demonstrating higher efficiency through providing access to a higher number of people. The feasibility of such a target will have to be duly proven in the feasibility study.

2. Focus: concentrate on the target group, i.e. poor people living in scattered settlements, villages, rural towns.

3. Ownership: anchor ownership of a project to the beneficiary and to ensure the coherence and alignment of the project with Local, National or Regional Development Plans and other sector-specific, poverty reduction and energy-related policies.

4. Geographical coverage: Priority of funding will be given to actions to be implemented in African ACP Countries. Actions in the Pacific ACP Countries are not subject of this Call for Proposals because for this region a separate initiative will follow.