BUILDING TECHNICAL CAPACITY FOR ENERGY ACCESS PLANNING

In July 2023, SEforALL partnered with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) to provide specialized training to energy planners from nine African countries. The program focused on geospatial data collection, curation, management, and governance to improve the planning of electrification and clean cooking access. Participants from countries including Madagascar, Malawi, and Rwanda are now applying these skills to develop national data governance plans and clean cooking models, utilizing tools such as OnStove.

• SEforALL identified that geospatial data and analytics are underused by government planning units and local utilities due to a lack of capacity in tools and techniques, particularly in Madagascar, Malawi, and Nigeria.
• The training program, delivered in June and July 2023, focused on two main areas: the collection, curation, management, and governance of geospatial data, and the application of this data to improve planning for clean cooking and electrification.
• Participants from various countries applied specific tools and frameworks during the training, including the open-source OnStove tool for clean cooking models and the development of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) and draft data management plans.
• The training has led to direct applications in national planning: a participant in Madagascar is formalizing a data management plan for the country's Energy Planning Unit, the Ministry of Energy in Malawi is building a data governance plan, and participants from Rwanda are supporting the National Integrated Clean Cooking Plan.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2024). BUILDING TECHNICAL CAPACITY FOR ENERGY ACCESS PLANNING. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-05/Case-Study-Capacity-Building-web.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. BUILDING TECHNICAL CAPACITY FOR ENERGY ACCESS PLANNING. 2024. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-05/Case-Study-Capacity-Building-web.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2024building, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{BUILDING TECHNICAL CAPACITY FOR ENERGY ACCESS PLANNING}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-05/Case-Study-Capacity-Building-web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }