Project Info

Project Code
1617X
Tranche
T10
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Sustainable energy for all in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
ECE
Collaborating DA Entities
DESA
ESCAP

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$564,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Regions: Asia, Europe
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDC)

Areas of Work

SDG
7
SDG Targets
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.a
7.b
Thematic Clusters
Energy

Brief Description

Sustainable Energy for All is a global initiative led by the UN Secretary General and the president of the World Bank. It pursues three key development objectives for the energy sector by 2030: ensuring universal access to electricity and modern cooking solutions, doubling the rate of improvement of energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. These objectives have been endorsed by the UN General Assembly, which declared 2012 the Year of Sustainable Energy for All and made 2014–24 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the national capacity of economies in transition to develop National Action Plans for Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All). While national governments are the only entities with the responsibility and authority to collect and publicly report the statistics to construct national energy policies, there is a lack of adequate knowledge and experience on expert level in collection of data and monitoring of process on the actual situation in promoting three objectives of SE4ALL. UNECE can have roles in building national capacity to better track energy data collection and develop sustainable energy policies. The beneficiary countries of this project are: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The countries were selected to ensure representation from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The countries were chosen on the basis of their energy profiles such that energy producing, consuming and transit countries would all be represented: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are energy-rich countries, Belarus is an energy importer, Georgia is as an important energy transit country, and Kyrgyzstan is looking to diversify its economy and has significant potential for renewable energy development other than hydropower. The key stakeholder from the countries will be policy makers responsible for development of national action plan on SE4ALL (energy related ministries) and private sector, which should play active role in investments to employ advanced EE and RE technologies with all related benefits. The project further seeks to help member States with economies in transition to identify best practices, measures and procedures relevant to prepare a sustainable energy transition, with a particular focus on the cross-cutting nature of energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy access. Targeted Member States do not have the necessary policy and regulatory infrastructure to enable progress on these fronts. The project will assist member States in development of their national action plans for energy for sustainable development drawing on best practice guidance from the UNECE, and will help to convert the plans into effective national policy frameworks.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen the national capacity of select economies in transition in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia to develop National Action Plans for Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All).
Expected Outcome 1
Improved national capacity for data collection and monitoring of progress on energy related sustainable development goals
Expected Outcome 2
Strengthened national capacities to develop national action plans for sustainable energy based on the best international practices