From gerhard at sopac.org  Thu Apr  6 11:27:18 2006
From: gerhard at sopac.org (Gerhard Zieroth)
Date: Thu Apr  6 11:22:05 2006
Subject: [Piepsap-fiji] ACP European Union Energy Facility - Important Notice
Message-ID: <3036294AE6B5D811A494000D9DDCF741012BFF38@BIGIRON>

Dear All
Last week European Union officials have announced the inception of the EU
Energy Facility in Suva. The objective of the EUEF is to contribute to the
achievement of the MDGs in particular the goal on poverty through increased
access to sustainable energy services. Proposals for funding under the EUEF
will be called in June 2006. In total 220 Million Euro will be made
available to co-fund three types of projects:
*	Increased Access to Energy Services (minimum 60 % of funding)
*	Improved Energy Management and Governance (maximum 20 % funding)
*	Improved Cross-border and Regional Co-operation (maximum 20 %
funding)

Strategic principles of the Facility include focus, effectiveness,
sustainability, ownership, efficiency, leverage and innovation.
Eligible for funding under the EUEF will be EU and ACP based public bodies,
non-state actors, aid organizations and the private sector.
Selection of proposals will be transparent and strictly competitive. I.e.
the best proposals will get funding. PIEPSAP believes that this is an
exiting opportunity for the Pacific ACP countries to attract additional
funding to the Pacific regions energy sectors. We therefore offer assistance
in proposal preparation and project identification. As the window for
proposal preparation will probably less than three months it is advisable to
start identifying and preparing projects now. Please let us know if you
require assistance in proposal preparation and project identification.


Gerhard Zieroth
Manager Pacific Islands Energy Policies and Strategic Action Planning
(PIEPSAP)
SOPAC  South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission

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