March 2006 Newsletter - Issue No. 89
In this issue
Country Actions
Burkina Faso promotes MFPs
From December 2005, Burkina Faso will integrate the use of the multifunctional platform, a diesel-fuelled machine which relieves village women of burdensome tasks such as grinding grains and collecting water, into its national poverty reduction strategy. Read more...
Scaling-Up Access to Energy Services in East Africa
Under the coordination of the East African Community (EAC), exciting work is well underway in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda to develop a regional approach to scaling-up access to energy services. Read more...
Pilot Activity in Lao PDR
Lao PDR was one of the six countries which participated in the Asia Regional Workshop held in Phnom Penh in May 2005 and a Rural Energy Project is going to be presented to the World Bank Board in March 2006. Read more...
Partner Activities
Training Activities at Ecovillage Training Centre
In 2005, the Global Village Institute became a founding sponsor of Ecoaldea Gratitud, a broadly based ecovillage and nature sanctuary program in Mexico, with participants from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Palestine, England, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Colombia, etc. Read more...
Training for Renewable Energy Actors in Cameroon
In March, Morningstar Corporation, African Energy and Xantrex, collaborated to provide an International Training Workshop on Solar PV, Wind and AC Power Backup Systems in Cameroon. The event was attended by 25 participants from 15 different enterprises or institutions. Read more...
E+Co promotes innovations in Central America
Sustainable hydroelectric project development was the subject of a workshop in San Jose , Costa Rica , February 28, 2006. The workshop brought together leaders in the Central American hydro sector... Read more...
Editorial
GVEP has great potential and my mission in accepting the position as Chair of the Board is to help unleash this potential. GVEP's wide range of different stakeholders makes it well placed, to facilitate the complex and inter-related policy, regulatory, institutional, and financing measures required to reduce energy poverty in the world today. Read more...
Kurt Hoffman, Chair, GVEP Board / Director, Shell Foundation