Page 68 - 41st Summit Brochure

The Ministers responsible for Energy energy deployment in Southern Africa
considered the recommendations from a study supported by the World Bank; and
on the Framework and Roadmap for • Skills for Energy in Southern Africa
strengthening of RERA from an Association (SESA) supported by Sida.
into a Regional Energy Regulatory Authority The Ministers responsible for Energy
and tasked the Secretariat to analyse the cleared an Assessment Report for the Kafue
impacts of such a transformation. Gorge Regional Training Centre (KGRTC) and
To ensure alignment of the SADC energy recommended its adoption as a Regional
programme with the Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence to the SADC Council of
Goal (SDG) Number 7 on Energy Access, the Ministers. In April 2021, KGRTC launched the
Secretariat revised the Regional Energy Access Skills for Energy in Southern Africa (SESA)
Strategy and Action Plan (REASAP) which was project, supported by the International Labour
approved in 2020 as a guiding document for Organization (ILO) with funding from Sida, to
increasing universal access to affordable, contribute to the development of skills for the
reliable and modern energy services by 2030. Renewable Energy (RE) Energy Efficiency (EE)
REASAP adopted the World Bank Tier 3 and Regional Energy Integration (REI)
energy universal access characterised by Technologies in the region.
medium power supply capacity, 8-16 hours/day
of quality, reliable, and affordable electricity Tapping the Abundant Energy Resources in
availability. the Region for Sustainability
Member States continued to express their In order to increase the share of gas in the
leadership and commitment to increasing the regional energy mix and its contribution to the
utilisation of renewable energy and promotion of industrialisation of the region, the SADC
energy efficiency in the region. Of the 15 Secretariat completed a study to develop a
Member States that negotiated the establishment Regional Gas Master Plan Phase I with a high-
66 of the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and level Implementation Programme focusing on

Energy Efficiency (SACREEE), the Secretariat five key outcomes:
has secured 10 signatures on the • Economic corridors that maximise
Intergovernmental Memorandum of Agreement, regional integration;
from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, • Effective trade of natural gas and its
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, downstream products;
Zambia and Zimbabwe. • Enabling policy environment;
The Secretariat provided guidance to • A highly skilled and innovative
SACREEE to coordinate the following workforce; and
renewable energy-based programmes and • Investment driven economic growth.
projects in the region: The Secretariat received some grant
• Development of the Minimum funding from the Development Bank of
Energy Performance Standards Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Industrial
(MEPS) under a project on Development Corporation (IDC) of South
Energy Efficiency Lighting and Africa for the development of the RGMP Phase
Appliances (EELA) supported II.
by the Swedish International The RGMP Phase II is expected to map out
Development Agency (Sida); the strategic location of natural gas-based
• Renewable Energy industries/projects and produce a Gas
Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructure Investment Blueprint.The priority
Facility supported by is on mapping out locations for the development
IRENA; of gas-to-power and gas-to-liquid projects as well
• Accelerating large- as its conversion into fertilisers and other
scale renewable industrial applications.