EELA Webinar Series

 

 

East African Regional Electric Mobility Workshop

Event Date: 
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Join us on 30th July for the Regional Electric mobility workshop for the EAC region

Time : 10:00AM EAT

Platform: Zoom 

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Market Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement (MV&E) for EELA

Event Date: 
Friday, December 4, 2020

The webinar will focus on the monitoring, verification, and enforcement of the minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for energy efficient lighting and appliances. There are a lot of inefficient and substandard appliances in the SADC and EAC regions. The webinar will provide knowledge and information on the development, and implementation of minimum energy performance standards for appliances.

The responsible authorities will be empowered to conduct market surveillance for energy efficient appliances, and make efforts to reduce the inefficient and substandard products in the market. Substandard products affect the market for energy efficient appliances, economy, and environment.

Moderator: Ms. Bettina Schreck – Montreal Protocol Division, UNIDO

Webinar Item

Name

Organisation

Opening and welcome remarks

 

Prof. Mackay Okure

EACREEE

International Best Practice for MV&E

Peter Bennich &

Christofer Silfvenius

Swedish Energy Agency (SEA)

Challenges and Opportunities of implementing MV&E in an Import Oriented Market

My Ton

ECONOLER

 

EELA Compliance Survey on MEPS for Lighting and Gender Aspects to MV&E

Lina Kelpsaite &

Readlay Makaliki

CLASP &

EELA PCU

Panel discussion (30min)

General Questions (ALL Panellists)

  • How does the economy benefit from a strong MV&E framework?
  • What is the EELA supply value chain that need to be considered for an effective MV&E framework?
  • What are the lessons learnt from country implementation of MV&E frameworks?

PANELISTS

  • Ms. Patsy Andrews – National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS), South Africa
  • Mr. Charles Diarra - ECREEE
  • Mr. Ibrahim Khaleel SHEHU - African Union
  • Mr. Yohane Mukabe – ESREM (under COMESA)

Discussion

All

 

Wrap Up and Takeaways

Mr. Fungai Matura

SACREEE

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Putting a gender lens on EELA

Event Date: 
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Women and men are both users and buyers of lighting and appliances. Women are important decision-makers when it comes to household products, and they are also strongly affected by low-quality and inefficient products, which can, for example, impact their health. While women are important users of such appliances, the purchase decision is often taken by somebody else.

The energy efficient lighting and appliances market also offers opportunities for women entrepreneurs. To capitalize on this, capacity building and awareness raising activities under EELA will address both women and men equally.

This webinar will put a gender lens on the EELA from a policy, capacity building and business persepective. It will look into opportunities for women's empowerment in the EELA market of East and Southern Africa and elaborate on the business case for gender in EELA. It will also look into existing barriers and opportunities to overcome them in order to create a more gender balanced business environment in the EELA space.

Moderator: Petra Schwager, UNIDO

Webinar Item

Name

Organisation

Opening and welcome remarks

Mr. Kuda Ndhlukula

SACREEE

Putting a gender lens on the energy efficient lighting and appliances markets of East and Southern Africa

Ms. Asteria Markus,

Mr. Denis Ariho

EELA team

Creating Policies that Foreground Appliances in Achieving Gender Equality and Energy Access for All

Ms. Makena Ireri

Efficiency for Access

Entrepreneurship opportunities in EELA:  The role of women as actors of change

Ms. Sabera Khan

PFAN - Zambia  

Questions to the presenters

 

 

Panel discussion (30min)

  • What are the opportunities for women's economic empowerment in the EELA market of East and Southern Africa?
  • Where is the business case for gender in EELA?
  • Which incentive mechanisms are needed to create a more gender balanced business environment in the EELA space.

Ms. Mathapelo Keke Silase, Ministry of energy and EELA focal point, Lesotho

Ms. Meseret Teklemariam Zemedkun, Africa Women Energy Entrepreneurship Framework (AWEEF) 

Ms. Betty Ikalany – Executive Director of Tewdi, Uganda

Mr. Edouard Ndayisaba, Chief Executive Officer, DGridenergy Rwanda Ltd

Discussion

All

 

Wrap up and Takeaways

Mr. Mackay Okure

EACREEE

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Opportunities for the private sector participation in EELA

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The private sector is key in contributing to the accelerated adoption of energy efficient appliances and ensuring sustainability of the EELA project initiatives after the project comes to an end. Energy users from both the public and private sectors seeking to make new or replacement investments in efficient appliances and equipment often face a number of barriers including inadequate capital funds, inability to access affordable debt with an appropriate tenure, competing budgetary commitments as well as limited technical skills.

There is a need to create awareness to the energy users of existing business models that can assist them to access energy efficient appliances and services. These models include those applied by Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) which include Energy Performance Contracting (EPC), equipment leasing, Lighting as a Service, and Cooling as a service. Technical support will be availed to energy users to enable them to prepare bankable energy efficiency project proposals.

There is also need to create awareness to ESCOs of the existing potential for them to expand their product offering and market reach in EAC and SADC member countries by showcasing these opportunities and putting in place a market incentive facility aimed at promoting the execution of energy efficiency projects.

Moderation: Karin Reiss, UNIDO

No.

Webinar Item

Name

 

Organisation

1

Opening and welcome remarks

Mackay Okure

EACREEE

2

Achieving a market transformation in the EE sector:
Lessons learnt from the UJALA domestic lighting project

S P Garnaik, Executive Director

EESL India

3

Opportunities for the private sector in the
EE lighting and appliances market in East and Southern Africa

Fungai Matura

EACREEE/SACREEE
       

5

Panel discussion

Jalel CHABCHOUB 

Tsitsi MUSASIKE 

Arieh EYTAN

Kelvin ODHIAMBO 

African Development Bank

Development Bank of Southern Africa

Unique Technology (1993) Ltd

Icopower

 

Implementing EELA projects in EAC and SADC– Opportunities and challenges for the private sec

  • Where are the opportunities for the private sector in the EELA market?
  • Which business models have proven to be the most relevant?
  • What are the biggest obstacles?
  • How have you overcome these obstacles?
  • What solutions would you propose towards increased private sector participation in the EELA markets in the EAC and SADC regions?

6

Discussion

All

 

7

Wrap up and Takeaways

Kuda Ndhlukula

SACREEE

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Enabling policies for a market transformation towards EELA

Event Date: 
Sunday, September 13, 2020

The webinar will focus on the enabling policies for a market transformation towards energy efficient lighting and appliances. The level of adoption of energy efficient appliances in SADC and EAC regions is still low which has led to increased costs of production and costs of offering services. The following items will be presented: Case studies of successful development and implementation of energy efficiency policies, Policy instruments, Policy briefs on energy efficiency, model regulations for room air conditioners and refrigerators and International lessons learnt and tools that govern the use of energy efficient appliances.

The objective of the webinar is to create awareness to the policy makers, NGOs and private sector in the SADC and EAC regions on the development of enabling policies that contribute to widespread adoption of energy efficient appliances.

Moderator: Rana Ghoneim - UNIDO

Opening and welcome remarks (3min)

Kuda Ndhlukula

SACREEE

Overview of the EELA policy landscape in SADC and EAC and EELA interventions (12min)

Readlay Makaliki /

Denis Ariho

SACREEE/EACREEE

Overview of international best practices on policy interventions (12min)

Monica Wambui

CLASP

Introduction of Efficiency for Access and selected Policy briefs (12min)

Charles Miller

Energy Saving Trust

 

Intervention by U4E (5 min)

Intervention by Rwanda (5 min)

Intervention by Mauritius (5 min)

Sharing country experiences and discussion (30 min)

Madeleine Edl

Steven Bihinda

Nawsheen Safee

 

U4E

MININFRA -Energy Division

EE Management Office

 

Wrap up and take away  (5 min)

Mackay Okure

EACREEE

 

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