Statement of Principles
Organizations are asked to commit to the Statement of Principles when they sign up with GVEP International.
Global Village Energy Partnership International: Statement of Principles
Partner Commitment: By participating in the Global Village Energy Partnership, partners are expected to:
Partner Commitment: By participating in the Global Village Energy Partnership, partners are expected to:
- Support the goal to increase and facilitate access to modern energy while improving economic and social development, the quality of life and services, and reducing poverty.
- Promote the use of environmentally sound technology options in a range of rural, peri-urban and urban areas where energy access is lacking and/or in sectors where the provision of energy services is not presently sustainable (e.g., agriculture, education, health, water, telecommunications, infrastructure, rural development, and small business).
- Combine, as appropriate, increased use of renewable energy resources, more efficient production and use of energy, greater reliance on advanced energy technologies (including cleaner fossil fuel technologies), with the sustainable use of traditional energy resources.
- Facilitate policy and market regulatory frameworks that create the economic, social and institutional conditions to improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally-sound energy services.
- Enhance human and institutional capacity in the delivery of energy services.
- Engage in the Partnership without discrimination with respect to race, religion or gender.
- Ensure that partnership activities are effectively integrated and coordinated with related activities at the local, national, regional or global levels, including programs implemented by partner organizations, host country governments and other partnerships.
- Establish and support implementation of work-plans for activities assisted by the Partnership.
- Participate in annual reporting of progress under the Partnership.