1. The Africa-EU Energy Partnership
and its instruments
CEMA workshop
Nairobi, Kenya
Sanne Willems
European Commission

2. The starting point: the EU Energy Initiative (EUEI)
Johannesburg 2002 – World Summit on Sustainable Development
An expanding global energy agenda:
energy security becomes a key concern
access to energy services remains key issue for Africa
climate change moves higher on the agenda
EUEI scope and dialogue expands accordingly, especially the energy dialogue with Africa

3. Institutional path to the Africa-EU Partnership on Energy
Africa - EU Ministerial Troika suggests comprehensive energy partnership (Brazzaville, October 2006)
2006/2007 Strategic European Energy Review (SEER) with strong external dimension; includes the importance of integrating energy in development cooperation
Joint Presidency - Commission Background Paper. Berlin, Maputo and Accra meetings in March 2007
Council conclusions in May 2007 support the Energy Partnership and outline the key elements
December 2007: Adoption of the Energy Partnership as part of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership in Lisbon

4. Overall objectives of the Partnership
Effective Africa-EU dialogue on energy access and energy security for both continents
Improved access to reliable, secure, affordable, climate friendly and sustainable energy services
Increased European and African investments in energy infrastructure in Africa, including promotion of renewables and energy efficiency

5. The Partnership’s Actors and Finance
EU Implementation Team:
Co-chairs Germany and Austria, other EU Member States
European Commission
African Implementation Team:
Co-chairs African Union Commission and Mauritius, other AU Member States
Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AFREC and other African Energy Institutions
Private Sector (in particular, energy companies and utilities), AfDB, EIB, other IFIs, energy centres, civil society
Finance
Integrated framework of EU financing instruments
EU & African states, the AfDB, etc.
Private sector
Comprehensive partnership
Include every stakeholder where he can best contribute

6. The State of Play & the Way Forward
EU and Africa to enlarge appropriate institutional arrangements for the implementation of the Partnership
Adopt Roadmap and Political Targets at High Level Meeting 14th September 2010 in Vienna, Austria
Develop second Action Plan for period
Monitoring and reporting

7. The Africa-EU Partnership on Energy
Priority actions and a Roadmap for implementation adopted
A reformulated overall objective:
Improved access to reliable, secure, affordable, cost- effective, climate friendly and sustainable energy services for both continents, with a special focus on achieving the MDGs in Africa
Three priority areas, with political targets for 2020:
Energy Access
Energy Security
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
High Level Meeting in Vienna Austria 14 September 2010 to endorse the second Action Plan ( )
See website:
On 8-9 December 2007, the long-awaited second EU-Africa Summit was held in Lisbon. This Summit was the first since the 2000 Cairo Summit and allowed the official launch the new Africa-EU strategic partnership.
This new long-term strategic partnership –enshrined in the Lisbon Declaration, the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and the Action Plan - marks a fundamental break in the way the EU deals with Africa, the way Africa looks at Europe and the way we work together on global issues in the global arena.
The Action Plan, setting out clear and measurable priorities for , will serve as common roadmap for action. It provides both an institutional and an operational framework with concrete objectives for the 8 partnership priorities.

8. The Africa-EU Energy Partnership Joint Africa-EU Targets
Access to Energy
+100 million people in Africa
to have access to
modern energy sources
Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency
renewable energy (+10,000 MW
hydro, +5000MW wind, +500MW
solar, triple other renewables)
improve energy
efficiency in Africa
Energy Security
double energy interconnections
in Africa and between
Africa and Europe
double the use of
natural gas in Africa
The targets are political in sense and are not to be seen as commitments. The targets are in the context of the Africa-EU Partnership and do not represent the wider African targets. The targets may have to be revised over time.
On access to energy, the African target is to reach an additional 250 million people by 2020.
N.B. Political Africa-EU targets (not commitments), within a scenario of wider African targets.

9. Integrated Framework of EU instruments behind the AEEP
Main elements
Africa Infrastructure Partnership & its ITF: continental & regional scale
Regional Indicative Programmes of the 10th EDF (COM funds)
National Indicative Programmes of the 10th EDF (COM funds)
ACP-EU Energy Facility (COM and, possibly, MS) fund local scale projects
ENPI: Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF), Mediterranean Solar Plan
Other resources
DCI Thematic Programme (ENTRP)
Capacity for management of energy resources (Coopener, CEMA)
Contribution to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Contribution to the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGFRI) Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF)
Africa-EU Partnership on Climate Change/GCCA (e.g. CDM)
Bilateral programmes and other initiatives of MS, including the EUEI Partnership Dialogue Initiative (EUEI PDF)

10. Instruments: EC contribution breakdown on 9th EDF Energy Facility projects
Comp. 3-
Improvement of cross border cooperation in the energy sector:
4 projects
4% EC funding (8,57€ M)
Comp.2-
Improvement of the management and governance of energy:
11 projects
5% EC funding (10,58€ M)
Comp. 1a-
Small-scale initiatives:
41 projects
30% EC funding (58,01€ M)
Access to energy projects divided in: 1.a Small scale (up to 2,5 M Euro EC contribution) and 1.b Large scale (from 2.5 to 10 M Euro EC Contribution).
Major share of funding for large infrastructure projects (61%) and small-scale initiatives (30%)
However, the distribution by number of projects shows a different picture: 41 projects on small-scale infrastructure, 18 on large infrastructure
The « soft » activities not only in component 2 projects; also in all the infrastructure projects (notably capacity building). In funding of exclusively governance projects it is 5% but in nr of projects it is 15% (11 projects out of 74)
Component 3: Of the 4 regional projects, 3 are in West Africa and managed by the West Africa Power Pool to deliver cross border electricity services
Comp.1. b-
Large infrastructure projects:
18 projects
61% EC funding (118,81€ M) 10

11. Instruments: Lessons learned EF I
EF has increased awareness on access to energy both at the level of the EC, Delegations and ACP countries.
ACP bodies received major contribution from the 1st EF, both in terms of number of projects and funds.
Generation projects used mainly renewable energies alone or combined in hybrid systems
Local and decentralised solutions have proved potential to increase access to energy
CfP not considered the most suitable tool for large infrastructure projects
Level of financing from private sector rather low

12. Instruments: The 2nd Energy Facility
2 Call for Proposals
EC € 150M & MS; 2,5m per project
Focus on Renewable Energy
Rural and peri-urban areas
Private sector involvement
Other components
€ 40m Pooling Mechanism: leverage of loans, private sector investment
€ 3,5m EUEI Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF): Governance

13. Instruments: The 2nd Energy Facility- Process
The €100 M CfP was launched on 1/11/2009 and the deadline to submit the concept notes was the 01/02/2010
668 project proposals were received and submitted to the first administrative check
613 project proposals passed the administrative check and have been evaluated
The 219 successful candidates (representing 320M€) have been invited to submit a detailed proposal
167 full proposals have been received and evaluation of these proposals is ongoing.
End of October evaluation is expected to be finalised and successful candidates will be informed

14. Initial distribution of projects per energy type

15. Instruments: Infrastructure Trust Fund under the Infrastructure Partnership

16. Instruments: Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund - GEEREF
Overall objective of GEEREF is contribute to the expansion of RE, efficiency and other clean energy technologies markets and services in developing countries and transition economies
Catalyst function to attract commercial investors to become shareholders of the Fund and thereby multiply the volume of finance
Implemented by EIB/European Investment Fund

17. European Union- Delegation to the Republic of Kenya
Thank you
Sanne Willems
European Union- Delegation to the Republic of Kenya