Current and future EU actions in the energy sector from DG DEVCO

Georgios GRAPSASPolicy Officer ‐ DG DEVCO EuropeAid

Unit C5 ‐ Energy

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Current Instruments 

Blending Instruments

Technical Assistance Facility

Calls for Proposals (Rural Electrification and fragile countries)

National Programmes 11th EDF

Regional programmes 11th EDF

Scarce resources / increasing needs

EU committed to increase its external aid effectiveness and improve aid coordination

The Facilities optimally ‘blend’ grants and loans from EU development actors

Optimising the role of European Financial Insitutions and EU Member States Agencies

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Blending financial instrumentsEU context

BLENDING : EU Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund ‐Types of 

project financing 

Investmentco‐financing (grants)

Interest rate subsidy

Technical assistance

Insurance

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EU‐Africa Infrastructure Trust FundTotal buget 2007‐2013: € 746.4 million (EC contribution € 637.7million)

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49 projects62%

30 projects 38% Energy Infrastructure Projects

Transport, ICT and WaterInfrastructure projects

Blending operations approved

Leverage 1:X €330 million

EU contribution €8.9 billion

Total projects cost

Other Regional Investment Facilities

Energy Projects Approved

EU contribution (million EUR)

Total Projects Costs

Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF)

13 69.3m 4 850 m

Asian Investment Facility (AIF) 4 € 14.5m 518 m

Central AsiaInvestment Facility (IFCA)

4 € 23.8m 339.8m

Latin America Investment Fund (LAIF) 6 € 42.8m € 1 311.2m

Caribbean Investment Facility  (CIF) 4 € 30.6m € 89.2m

Investment Facility for Pacific (IFP) ‐ NA NA

(Nov. 2013 data) 

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PEOPLEAccess to

sustainable energy

PROFITSupport Financial Sustainability

PLANETCombateClimate Change

A fund of funds

Initial Commission participation of 75M

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SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility

Support countries in their reform agenda

To that end, there must be a catalysing  investment framework

High investment needs involvement of the private sector

Promote capacity development, awareness raising, transfer of technology

A necessary tool for policy follow up and project preparation   

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SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility

Support countries in their reform agenda

To that end, there must be a catalysing  investment framework

High investment needs involvement of the private sector

Promote capacity development, awareness raising, transfer of technology

A necessary tool for policy follow up and project preparation   

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SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility

Purpose: to deliver high level technical assistance at country (and regional level) through expert missions to be mobilised at short notice and to support committed countries to reach the SE4All objectives

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SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility‐Activities1. Initial stocktaking and technical support in the elaboration and 

implementation of national energy sector policies and reforms;2. Capacity building in policy and regulatory framework;3. Technical support in the programming and preparation of 

concrete investment projects 4. Mobilization of funds and facilitation of partnership (with 

particular emphasis on the private sector and the banking institutions); and

5. Industrial and technology cooperation; project demonstration.

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SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility

West and Central Africa  ‐ EUR 28M

East and Southern Africa  ‐ EUR  17M 

Priority will be given to the countries willing to go forward with reforms

Other regions ?  will be covered – not defined yet 

Two tenders launched and evaluation ongoing 

Call for Proposals ‐ Rural Electrification 143 project applications received 

€ 1,2 billion Total amount of investments proposed

€ 825 millionGrant amount requested

€ 55 million  EC 

funding available 

Targeted countries 

Call for Proposals ‐Distribution of proposals per lead applicant 

Local applicants, 58%

Germany; 7

Austria; 11

Belgium; 2Spain; 2

France; 8

Great Britain; 9

Ireland; 1Italie; 5

The Netherlands; 6

Portugal; 6Sweden; 1Switzerland; 2

European  applicants 

42%

Call for Proposals ‐ Grant requested and total project value

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Burundi

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Liberia

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Call for proposals in fragile countriesRural electrification

Programming process: translation of key principles of Agenda for Change  

Main elements of the new period:

Ownership

Sector concentration

Differentiation

External Action under Multiannual FinancialFramework (2014‐2020) 

Other External Actions

(Heading 4)€ 62 bnEuropean

Development Fund

€ 34 bn

Development Cooperation Instrument

€ 23 bn

How much energy?

The EU has already mobilised €465 million, for the short term, to support actions in the energy field mainly to be managed through EU Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund

Energy stands high in the bilateral cooperation: 

• At least 25 countries indicated that they favour energy as focal sector for the next programming cooperation (2014‐2020) 

• Regional seminars are ongoing 

Energy in National Programming  

Energy is important in the regional cooperation with: 

West Africa

East Africa

Central Africa (Great Lakes) 

Central Asia, Middle East/Gulf

Caribbean 

Neighbourhood South 

Energy in Regional Programming

Notably through grants in Regional Investment Facilities 

Global public goods and challenges (GPGC)

( draft allocation in EUR mil)

GPGC objectives 

Support multi-regional, multi-country and cross-cutting actions

Build alliances of relevant stakeholders

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Current Instruments Blending Instruments

Technical Assistance Facility

Calls for Proposals (Rural Electrification and fragile countries)

National Programmes 11th EDF

Regional programmes 11th EDF

? SE4ALL Trust Fund

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