Delivery mechanisms for rural electrification

A two-day workshop was organised by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF) and the African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 29-30 October 2003, on the topic Delivery Mechanisms for Rural Electrification. The workshop was attended by 28 participants from Kenya, Mozambique South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, representing energy service providers (private, public and cooperative), consumer groups, public energy authorities, researchers, consultants, NGOs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

The topic of the workshop was how different types of electricity delivery mechanisms – i.e. the combination of an energy supply technology and the organisation managing it – can support rural development. Which energy services have high priority for rural development? What are the appropriate delivery mechanisms? How can the expansion of different delivery mechanisms be supported and made to work efficiently? These are some of the key questions that were discussed in the workshop.

The objectives of the workshop were to share experiences and develop a better understanding of existing and potential energy delivery mechanisms that contribute to development in rural areas in Eastern and Southern Africa. The workshop was targeted at, amongst others, the authorities which are in the process of being formed, or have recently been formed, to take charge of rural electrification such as the Rural Electrification Agencies and Rural Electrification Funds.

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