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IRENA Training Project Fact Sheet

Coordinator:  Mr. David Ato  Quansah

Client:  International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) C67 Office Building, Khalidiyah (32nd) Street, P.O. Box 236, Abu Dhabi 

Client Contact Person: Jayantilal M. Karia

Email: JKaria@irena.org   

Telephone: +971 24179000

Project Partners

  1. RENAC Renewables Academy (Contracting party), Shönhauser Allee 10-11, D-10119 Berlin, Germany, Tel: +49-30256895838, Email: buss@renac.de 
  2. 2iE, Burkina Faso, Rue de la Science – 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01 / Burkina Faso, Tel: : +226 50 49 28 00, E-mail: 2ie@2ie-edu.org
  3. IFOK, Reinhardtstraße 58, D-10117 Berlin / Germany, Tel: +49.30.536077 65, toby.couture@ifok.de  

Name of the Project/Activity: Promoting renewable energies in West Africa by knowledge exchange with interactive online map

Value of contract: US$72,500 (overall), US$13,690 (funds expected, KNUST)

Years of project duration; 4 months (9 June 2013 to 8 October 2013)

Countries covered; ECOWAS Region (with training events in Ghana and Burkina Faso)

Short project description:

  • Reinforcing the capacities among ECOWAS member states on policies, regulatory

frameworks and incentive schemes to promote renewable energies at the national level.

  • Support the development and implementation of an appropriate deployment strategy for RE technologies with emphasis on PV technologies at national level
  • Raise the level of awareness and understanding of policy makers on instruments and

mechanisms to strengthen RE development and investments.