Increased access to modern energy [NDF C7]
The NDF grant will contribute to climate change mitigation by supporting sustainable use of forestry resources including measures to reduce deforestation by strengthening community-based sustainable wood fuel production and market management systems.
Benin
Increased access to modern energy
Ref: NCF C7
EUR 1.5 million
Project period: 2010–2018
Partner agency: World Bank
Project completed in December 2018. Actual disbursed amount EUR 1,006,925.00.
Objectives
The NDF grant will contribute to climate change mitigation by supporting sustainable use of forestry resources including measures to reduce deforestation by strengthening community-based sustainable wood fuel production and market management systems. Also, the grant aims at reducing aggregate wood demand and the depletion of forest stocks by promoting inter-fuel substitution. Furthermore there is support to local economic development through beekeeping and cashew nut plantation. The overall objective for the Increased Access to Modern Energy Project, of which the NDF intervention is part, is to improve reliability and access to modern energy services in Benin.
Financing
The NDF initiative is part of the Increased Access to Modern Energy Project with The World Bank/IDA as lead agency. NDF’s grant is part of the financing for the project component related to the modernisation of biomass energy services in Benin.
NDF Contact
Program Manager Martina Jägerhorn
Telephone +358 10 618 002
