Africa - EU Green Energy Initiative

The Transformational Potential:

• Contributing to a higher share of renewable energy sources in primary energy production in African countries.
• Increase the number of African people gaining access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services.
• Promote energy efficiency in Africa.

The Team Europe Proposal:

Continental level:

• Strategic follow-up of AEGEI.
• Promote Continent to Continent high-level contacts and policy, visibility and effectiveness.
• Inclusive multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue and capacity development.
• Promote harmonised approach on Team Europe and knowledge management.
• Increase cooperation between SSA DG INTPA and North Africa DG NEAR actions.

Regional level:

• Regional project pipeline and database on regional and national EU projects.
• Coordinate the selection, financing and implementation of regional energy projects.
• EU development assistance to mobilise private sector capital and technology (green transition).
• Reinforce the TE members cooperation and interaction with multilateral and regional organisations on sustainable energy.
• Partner countries and organisations dialogue.
• Information exchange among TE actors. 

Country level: 

• Maintain project pipelines, coordinate the selection of projects, ensure effective information flows.
• Policy and TA support coordination.
• Information exchange among TE actors. 
• Ensure coherence and complementarity between regional and national actions.

Geographic coverage: the energy cooperation with Africa including the North Africa countries.