Switch Africa Green Programme - Brochure

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SWITCH Africa Green is an EU funded programme being implemented by UNEP (in collaboration with UNDP and UNOPS) in 6 pilot countries in Africa. The overall objective of SWITCH Africa Green is to support countries in Africa to achieve sustainable development by engaging in transition towards an inclusive green economy which has the potential to generate growth, create jobs and reduce poverty.

The objective will be achieved through support to private sector led inclusive green growth. The specific objective is to develop green business entrepreneurship and the use of green economy and SCP practices by having in place (i) better equipped businesses and (ii) conditions in form of clear policies, sound regulatory frameworks, incentives structures and tax and market-based instruments in targeted sector(s).

Selected pilot countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mauritius, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda) have developed and are currently implementing national and local SCP programmes and/or national green economy policies and strategies.

The project will focus on 1-3 sectors in each country with good opportunities for advancing green business and SCP practices, and will to the extent possible select the same sectors across the pilot countries. In addition to the selected priority sectors for each country, the country-specific projects will have to address the following cross-cutting themes that were identified as critical: Energy efficiency, Labelling and standards, Water efficiency, Eco-innovation, Sustainable trade. Projects on the ground will focus specifically on growing “green” sectors and capturing market opportunities for resource efficient green goods and services and supporting local green entrepreneurs starting up and developing green business ventures in the selected sectors.