Benin - Investing in Green Energy

Investir dans l’energie verte

The Transformational Potential includes:

• Development of renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency
• Development of a sustainable port economy
• Reduction of the environmental and climate footprint, increase in productivity and job creation
• Development of other innovative and productive initiatives in key sectors such as the agricultural and the digital ones
• Regional cooperation within the West African Electricity Exchange System, ECOWAS, the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the African Union.
• Sustainable energy: Regional cooperation instrument within the West African Power Pool

The Team Europe Proposal activities:

1. Support for renewable energies and energy efficiency. Sectorial  support through:

• Promotion of investments in the private - public partnerships
• Integration of green sources of energy in key sectors

2. Specific support:

• Addressing the gap of access to energy 
• Digitization of key sectors
• Job creation & training for the needs of growing sectors
• Priority in integrating gender issues, youth employment and North-South exchanges.