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Regional Workshop on Access to Modern Energy Services
Policies Practices and Knowledge Sharing
Topic: Participatory Capacity Needs Assessment
in ECOWAS Member States
By:
Frank O. Atta-OwusuSnr. Projects Manager, KITE
November, 2009, Pullman Hotel, Dakar-Senegal
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Outline
1. Definitions
2. Introduction
3. Findings
4. Articulated Capacity Building Needs
5. Recommendations
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Definitions
The UNDP defines capacityas the ability of individuals, institutions and societies toperform functions, solve problems, and set and achieve objectives in a sustainable
manner. Capacity development is thereby the process through which the abilities to
do so are obtained, strengthened, adapted and maintained over time.
The UNDP definition of capacity development focuses on three key elements namely:
Policy and legal frameworks
Institutional structures and procedures; and
Human resources, including technical and functional capacity
A capacity assessment is defined as an analysis of current capacities against desiredfuture capacities, which generates an understanding of capacity assets and needs,which in turn leads to the formulation of capacity development strategies (UNDP,
2007).
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Context
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commissionand UNDP sponsored country level specific energy access capacitydevelopment needs assessments across the West African region in August,
2009.
Objective
The objective of the Participatory Capacity Building Needs Assessment is to
identify capacity-building needs of ECOWAS Member states to ensureimproved access to energy services for rural and peri-urban populations forthe attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
Stakeholders/participants
Energy and non energy non energy sector institutions (priority sectors
identified in the PRSPs of member states) Eg. Health, Agriculture, Education,Water and Sanitation, Communication, etc
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Introduction (Cont.)
Methodology A qualitative approach was used to collect and analyse diverse
information. Open and closed ended interviews were conductedto collect detail views from energy access stakeholders in the
Member States
The survey instrument was developed based on 10-pointfunctional capacity areas relating to access to energy services
for rural and peri-urban populations:
Vision,
Leadership,
Strategies and programmes
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Introduction (Cont.)
Organisation and sector institutions
Resources
Partnerships,
Commitment and dedication of actors,
Processes,
Annual plan of action
Results for end-users
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Key (preliminary) findings
Member states recovering from war (Liberia and Sierra Leone)has not as yet developed the necessary capacity for enhancingaccess to energy services in rural and peri-urban areas
Energy planning and service delivery in rural and peri-urbanareas is largely ad hoc in most member states
Outcome of the capacity needs assessment revealed a greatneed for political commitment, professional capacity andinstitutional reforms to provide enhanced access to energyservices for the rural and peri-urban populations in member
states.
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
Respondents were asked to indicate their countrys capacitylevel in respect of the 10-point functional capacity areas
Using the scale 1-5. Where 1 is defined as, no evidence of
relevant capacity; 2 anecdotal evidence of capacity; 3 partiallydeveloped capacity; 4 widespread, but not comprehensiveevidence of capacity and 5 fully developed capacity
The outcome showed that Liberia and Sierra Leone rankedbetween 1-2 on most of the functional capacity areas
Ghana and Nigeria ranked between 1-4 on most of the
assessed capacity areas
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
Vision : The future plan on access was not defined in nationaldocuments such as NEPs, PRSPs and other developmentdocuments
Leadership: The energy ministrys coordination and leadership
role on access in most of the countries is weak. Lack oftechnical experts, fragmentation of energy functions among
different MDAs etc
Strategies and programmes: Capacity geared towardsdesigning sustainable energy strategies and programmes in
most member states was assessed to be inadequate
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
Organisation and sector institutions: The assessment revealedthat sector specific institutions and organisations needed forthe design and implementation of energy access programmes
in rural and peri-urban areas is largely absent in most memberstates
Resources: In adequate funding and energy professionals was
identified as a key challenge. Ghana and Nigeria however havelatent capacity that can be harnessed for energy access inrural and peri-urban areas
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
Partnerships: identified limited numbers of bilateral andmultilateral partners who provide both technical and financialsupport for access to energy services in rural and peri-urban
areas capacity to engage and negotiate with partners islargely lacking
Commitment and dedication of actors: Dormant NMGs were
identified in all the countries. Stakeholders cited lack ofdedicated resources for their activities and the absence of achampion as contributory factors for the absence of aconsultative process on access to energy
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Key (preliminary) findings (Cont.)
Processes: Identified Limited involvement of non energy sectors in theplanning and delivery of services to rural and peri-urban populations. Lackof institutional framework for monitoring and evaluating access programmes
in most countries
Annual plan of action: Apart from Ghana and Nigeria, the other 2 countriesdo not have multi/annual year strategic plans on energy
Results for end-users: available results for end-users shows that that manyhouseholds and public institutions such as clinics, schools, and agriculture
facilities in the peri-urban and rural areas do not have access to modernenergy services.
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Vision
Awareness creation among national authorities
including the legislature on access to energy
services in rural and peri-urban areas Mainstream access to energy services in
national development documents such as the
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
Technical support and capacity building for
policy formulation
Stimulation of political commitment on access
to energy services in rural and peri-urban
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Leadership
Institutionalizing the national consultative group on
access to energy services
Restructure the Energy Division of the Ministry of
Energy with key technical departments responsible
for the various energy subsectors
Enhanced leadership from the Ministry of Energy to
coordinate activities relating to access to access
Energy experts to manage the energy division of the
Ministry of Energy
Consolidation of the energy subsectors under the
Ministry of Energy
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Strategies and Programmes
Technical and institutional support for the
development of an integrated approach to
energy service delivery Technical support for the development of
Strategic National Energy Plan
Formulate national access programmes for
rural and peri-urban locations
Technical support for the development of
energy master plan for rural and peri-urban
locations
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Organisation and Sector
Institutions
Establish national institutions focusing on
access to energy services in rural and peri-
urban areas
Create a unit in the energy division of the
ministry to be responsible for access issues in
rural and peri-urban areas
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Resources
Training of engineers to exploit the hydro potential
Rural Energy fund
Modern energy technology transfer for public and private sectorstakeholders
Mechanism for self financing access projects
Introduce innovative approaches in implementing access
programmes
Incorporation of energy in sector budgets of energy end-user
institutions
Feasibility study on the hydro potential/capacity
Expose existing engineers/technicians in priority sectors such as
agriculture and health to modern energy technologies
Energy resources assessment
Collaborate with the universities/other technical training
institutions to produce the manpower needs of the energy sector
Certification/qualifying scheme for artisans in the energy sector
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Partnership
Collaboration and partnership with
both local and international partners on
access to energy services
Negotiation skills to effectively engage
partners
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Processes
Development of a participatory process for
energy service planning and delivery
Capacity building for planning and modelling
energy services for rural and peri-urban areas
in Sierra Leone
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Annual Plan of Action
Annual operational plan on access to energy
services
Development of strategic energy plan for
access to energy services
Rural Energy Master plan
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Articulated Capacity Building Needs
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Functional Capacity Articulated Needs
Results for End-User and
Beneficiaries
Energy needs assessment in rural and peri-
urban areas
Ensure availability of energy services for end-
users and beneficiaries in rural areas
Productive use of energy services
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Recommendations
Focus on building institutional support for access to energy services for ruraland peri-urban populations in member states
Focus on strengthening human resources in access institution administrationand management and middle and upper level technical manpowerdevelopment.
Focus on institutionalizing multi-sector consultation on access by
establishing National Multisectoral Group on Energy Access that will focuson addressing specific issues of interest to access to energy services in ruraland peri-urban areas.
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Thank you
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