Technical assistance
Rural electrification. N/A  N/A

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Assistance to a privatisation project in Nigeria : provision of advisory services in designing and implementing rural energy policy support programme

Country : Nigeria .
Client : BPE - Bureau of public Enterprises .
Start Date : April 2004
Completion Date : December 2004
Value of services : 56 840 $
Funder : World Bank
Associate/Partner : N/A
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Description :
Consultancy services are provided to assist the Government in creating a Rural Energy Policy and Strategy and setting the stage for its implementation. The activities within the project framework are:
o Development of a Rural Energy Policy Paper : setting out the government’s vision and guiding principles for development of rural energy options
o Creation of an information baseline : including a consumer survey, market assessment and business opportunity review to establish a solid basis for establishing a strategy and design for Rural Energy programme
o Formulation of a Rural Electrification Strategy and Implementation Plan, which established appropriate roles for public and private sector entities and outlines pragmatic approaches to implementing the Rural Energy Policy, including progress indicators toward clear objectives that can be monitored
o Supporting Activities including:
- Design of a rural electrification fund
- Capacity building and knowledge transfer of International Experience
- Development of a Rural energy regulatory structure
- Preparation of design specifications for low-cost rural electrification systems
- Set-up and start off of Rural Electrification Agency, which will operate the RE fund
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Description of the Actual Services Provided IED has been subcontracted by ITC to provide the following specific services within the overall project framework:
o Support in Task 2 : Information Baseline.
- review of secondary data – comments on missing data
- Identification / listing of all questionnaires required
- Review of questionnaires drafted by the Supervisor, contribution to the design of all questionnaires
- Design of Database (ACCESS)
o Support in Task 3 : RE Strategy and Implementation Plan
- General contribution to the elaboration of the strategy
- Contribution on issues related to “consumer choice”
- Contribution on issues related to “improve economic benefits”
- Participation to consultation
o Support in Task 4 : Rural Electrification Fund
- General contribution based on the results of the surveys
- Design of Database (ACCESS)
o Support in Task 7 : Low Cost Distribution System Design
- Load Study
- Adapt Rural Electrification Demand Model