Folkecenter is proud to announce the launch of a new project in East Africa. The project, named East African Civil Society for Sustainable Energy & Climate Action (EASE & CA) will run up to 2022 and it is carried out in collaboration with INFORSE, INFORSE East Africa, Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization (TaTEDO), Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SusWatch), Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD) and JEEP Folkecenter Uganda. The countries involved are Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Denmark and the aim of the project is to empower poor, rural communities to get access to clean energy and improved livelihoods in an economic and climate friendly way. The project actions will be on a local, regional, national and international level. You can follow the project updates on this page.
The project is supported by CISU -
Civil Society in Development, Denmark
On June 3rd, 2022, the the partners will meet in Nordic Folkecenter, where a seminar titled "Transfer knowledge and climate Change" will take place. The partners will participate in the seminar and share the outcome of the project with the audience.
The full program of the event can be found here.
Deadline for registration is June 1st, at 12:00. To register, please send a mail to jk@folkecenter.dk or call +45 9795 6600
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On September 1st the partners organized a webinar on Climate Action in East Africa. The title of the event was: "Climate Action in East Africa on the way to the Climate COP26 in Glasgow - Review of the National Contributions to Combat Climate Change, and to what extent are Local Level Climate and Sustainable Energy Solutions considered?"
The program can be found here.
Presentations:
Moderator: Mr. Kimbowa Richard, INFORSE-East Africa Chairperson, UCSD, Uganda
On July 13th the partners organized an official side event during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The title of the event was "Local Climate Solutions for a Sustainable & Resilient Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic in East Africa, and South Asia; Women’s Role; 100 % Renewables as driver for climate mitigation from Denmark to Kenya and Globally.". During the event, the catalogue was presented. The proceedings can be found here.
On May 21st, the partners organized a webinar titled: "How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable - Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal". The program can be found here. The following material was presented:
More information about the topic can be found here.
On May 4th, the partners organized a webinar focusing on e-mobility solutions in East Africa. The program was the following:
The event was moderated by Mr. Kimbowa Richard, INFORSE-East Africa Chair, UCSD.
On February 12th and on February 25th, the catalogue was presented in Tanzania and Kenya respectively. Our local partners (TaTEDO and SusWatch) were in charge of the events.
On December 22nd, the catalogue was presented in Uganda, by our partners Joint Energy and Environmental Project (JEEP Folkecenter).
In occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the partners launched the online catalogue: Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa. The aim of the catalogue is to showcase good practices for sustainable solutions, which can be replicated both in East Africa and elsewhere in the world. The catalogue is available online at the address http://localsolutions.inforse.org and it will continue to get updated with new cases for the whole duration of the project and more).
On November 27th, the partners from INFORSE-East Africa (Tatedo, UCSD, SusWatch Kenya, Joint Energy and Environment Projects) organized an online event on electric pressure cookers in Africa. The program consisted of the following:
On September 3rd, the report "100 % Renewable Energy Scenario in Kenya by 2050" was presented to the public via an online meeting. The report can be found here, while the proceedings of the event are available here.
The partners of the project participated to the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development with an event titled "Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions, South Asia, East Africa, Eco-Village Development, 100% Renewables".
The proceedings of the event can be found here.
The policy brief: "CSOs Call for Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) in Tanzania in Order to Close the Energy Gap" is available here.
The December edition of the magazine "Sustainable Energy News", published by INFORSE, dedicated a section to the EASE & CA project. You can find the article here.
The parners organized an official side event in COP25, Madrid. The title of the side event was "Local Solutions with Poverty Reduction in NDCs". All the information and proceedings can be found here.
The event was live streamed and it is also possible to see it here.
The first publications of the project are now available for consultation! You can find them here:
The policy brief on NDCs in Uganda is available here.
The policy brief on NDCs in Tanzania is available here.
The policy brief on NDCs in Kenya is available here.
Press Release: Uganda Should Scale up Energy Efficiency to Secure Sustainable Energy for ALL and to Increase Local Climate Action by UCSD, JEEP, INFORSE-East Africa
Download the
press release here.
The East Africa Civil Society (EASE-CA) had project launch July 1, 2019. 22/7 - 26/7 2019, the six organizations in the EASE-CA project met at JEEP Uganda to hold a kick off meeting.
The East Africa Civil Society project takes place in three districts of Uganda and at the national level in the three partner countries and is also intended to strengthen cooperation and participation of civil society organizations at international level.
The project is supported by CISU -
Civil Society in Development, Denmark
att. Prossie Nabiyonga, Ruth Kiwanuka
att. Richard Kimbowa
att. Wendy Mitoko, Justus M. Munyoki, Frank Msafiri
c/o INFORSE Europe
att. Gunnar Boye Olesen, Judit Szoleczky
Project coordinator
Att. Nicolaj Stenkjær, Lene Høgh, Jane Kruse, Daniele Pagani