In the context of the Energy partnership, several high-profile initiatives of the European Commission were instrumental to kick-start the implementation.
The Joint Energy mission of Commissioners Piebalgs and Michel to Africa (visits to Ethiopia, Nigeria and Burkina Faso), the first EC-AUC high level dialogue on energy in Addis Ababa on 8 September 2008 (including the signing of the Joint Statement on the main priorities and governance setup for the implementation of the Partnership), and the endorsement of the Joint Statement by the European and the AU Commissions at their College-to-College meeting on 01.10.2008
The European Commission played an active role in the 1st and 2nd Joint Experts Working Group meeting (15-16.10.2008 in Addis Ababa and 18-19.06.2009 in Brussels). As well, they will participate in in the 1st High-Level Africa-EU Meeting on Energy in October 2009, and in the Energy Partnership Forum which will take place back-to-back with the High-Level Meeting and will include the participation of civil society and of the private sector
the replenishment of the Energy Facility (200 MEuro, aiming at increasing access to energy services using renewable energy sources) and contribution to the EU-Africa Infrastructure Partnership and its Trust Fund can be considered to cover, inter alia, the Energy sector. The European Commission will cooperate with the AUC on the elaboration of an Electricity Master-Plan for Africa and on the definition of a Capacity Building Programme to support the African Power Pools and AFUR (10 MEuro, covered by the first Energy Facility)
The European Commission will assist in the promotion of energy interconnections in Africa and between Africa and Europe, with recourse to funding through inter-alia the Africa-EU Infrastructure Partnership and its Trust Fund, National and Regional Indicative Programmes under the EDF, ENPI funds, as well as through the preparation of a Programme of Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) including energy
The promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency will be funded through the Energy Facility and the thematic programme on Environment, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources including Energy (ENRTP)
ENRTP also supports the establishment of the policy dialogue under the Africa-EU Energy Partnership, work to establish enabling legal, fiscal and regulatory environments to promote investment in the energy sector as well as on rural electrification in Africa, and contributes to Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund GEEREF as well as to the World Bank’s Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
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