Lead country
Guinea-Bissau
Participating countries
Guinea-Bissau
Project status
Approved/Endorsed
Project start date
July 22, 2020
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
- 9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, resilient infrastructure
- 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.
Project ID: 5885
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Technical team
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
- Renewable Energy
- Energy access
Sub-area(s)
- Resource: Solar
- Type: Off-grid, mini-grids
- Clean cooking
- Sustainable charcoal
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
- Forests
Sub-landscape(s)
- Rural areas
- General
Transformed sector(s)
- Energy
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Data collection and analysis
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Technology innovation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Energy finance
- Alternative energy sources
- Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
- Technical capacity building
- Community capacity building
- Institutional capacity building
Social inclusion
- Private sector
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
- 9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, resilient infrastructure
- 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
- Capital providers
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Poverty reduction
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
Project description
To promote integrated investment in sustainable mini-grids and low-carbon bioenergy technologies, and develop an appropriate business model for the sustainability of the system
USD $3,002,702
Grant amount
USD $14,500,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,002,702)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Guinea-Bissau
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