Communication and Visibility Plan

The Communication and Visibility Plan has been formulated to respond to the needs of the TA project and to address the current situation regarding RE and EE in Zanzibar. Despite government and development interventions concerning power supply, fuel efficiency, and policy, plus considerable private sector investment in RE, the Project Inception Report notes the lack of coherence around a common vision. A symptom of the lack of a common vision is stakeholders working in “silos” instead of sharing experiences, viewpoints and learning. Without a common understanding RE investment decisions are made in an isolated way, the overall development of the energy sector is slowed and EE measures are inconsistently applied.

The response of the C&V plan is to create a space for the development of such a vision that would give direction to regulatory reform and at the same time put specific technical interventions such as the Lot 1 Wind and Solar Potential assessment into an investment context. Such a vision would include encouraging a joint understanding of the different roles that stakeholders should can play and better awareness of opportunities for RE and EE.