Energising Development
The Energising Development Partnership Programme (EnDev) aims to provide five million poor people in developing countries with sustainable access to modern energy services, by 2015, thus contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). EnDev is a Dutch-German partnership programme. It is funded by the Directorate-General for International Cooperation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and carried out by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with NL Agency.
Long-term sustainability is a core criterion for activities to be supported within the framework of EnDev and special attention is given to the developmental effects of the energy activities implemented. This means aiming to establish or enhance self-sustaining markets for affordable energy technologies, fuels and services adapted to the needs, without creating a long-term dependency on external donor funding.
The technologies and services predominantly promoted in EnDev's country programmes include photovoltaic energy, grid densification, micro-hydropower, energy-efficient cooking stoves and biogas.
The EnDev portfolio today consists of over 23 projects in 20 countries, all with the same basic goal but slightly different approaches.
Areas of activity
EnDev focuses on significantly expanding energy access in the following four areas:
- Energy for lighting/household applications: provision of modern energy for lighting and powering small electrical appliances in households (e.g. information and communication devices).
- Energy for cooking: development of self-sustaining markets for the production and sales of improved cooking stoves.
- Energy for social infrastructure: provision of modern energy services to schools, hospitals and community centres.
- Energy for productive use: provision of modern energy services to small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and craftsmen for (additional) income generation.
