CCREEE - Strategic Plan 2021 - 2023



Contract partner: CCREEE - Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Country: Nord- und Mittelamerika, regional/länderübergreifend Funding amount: € 1.740.000,00 Project start: 01.01.2021 End: 30.06.2024

Short Description:

Overall goal


Improved access to climate resilient, sustainable and affordable energy for the people in the Caribbean region, through a transformation of the energy landscape and the development and advancement of a renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) agenda.


Expected results


1. Strengthened regional support capacities for RE&EE through reinforcement of CCREEE as an organization and centre of competence

2. Accelerated implementation of regional and national gender sensitive RE&EE policies, programmes and projects through targeted regional interventions

3. Strengthened capacities of local key institutions and stakeholder groups through the development, up-scaling and replication of certified training and applied research programs and mechanisms

4. Enhanced awareness of key stakeholder groups on RE&EE opportunities through the up-scaling of regional mechanisms for data and knowledge management and advocacy

5. Increased RE&EE business opportunities for local companies and industry through the development and implementation of regional investment promotion programs and facilities

 


Target group / Beneficiaries


The 15 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States with its over 18 million people are the key beneficiaries of the activities of the Centre. Non-CARICOM Member States and Overseas Territories can opt-in to become members. With ADA’s contribution of about 10% of CCREEE’s total budget between 2021 and 2023, it can be expected to reach about 1.8 million beneficiaries.


Activities


- Establish CCREE as CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub, leveraging existing resources to ensure stakeholders make full use of currently available information services and sources, including setting up a Community of Practice to support peer-to-peer learning and collaboration

- Develop a Project Preparation Facility providing technical and financial support to design bankable sustainable energy projects across the region

- Create an Energy Modelling and Renewable Energy Integration Virtual Laboratory for training and research in several topics of interest concerning energy systems performance and modelling

- Construct a CCREEE Residence and Visitor Centre as a net zero energy building, which will serve as a sustainable building showcase and education centre in the region

- Establish an Emergency Response Mechanism, containing the procurement of electric marine vessels which can be deployed immediately to provide emergency power services and water in case of extreme weather events, and the creation of a robust information management system to inform resilience strategies and action plans

- Launch Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Centres with mini-grids featuring innovative applications of sustainable energy and climate technologies, e.g. rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment, on-site renewable energy generation and distribution to neighbouring communities, households and other facilities through a micro-grid

 


Context


In 2014, SIDS DOCK, UNIDO and the Government of Austria had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assist Small Island Developing States in Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in creating regional sustainable energy Promotion centres. Thereafter, a consultative preparatory process was executed in close coordination with the CARICOM Energy Programme. Initial support towards the establishment and operationalisation of the centre was implemented with technical support from UNIDO. After achieving the CCREEE's full operational capacity, the cooperation beyond 2021 is based on a bilateral contribution agreement ADA-CCREEE. The stronger deployment of RE&EE solutions is an effective tool to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports, enhance climate resilience and support the sustainable socio-economic development of the Caribbean region and its member states.

project number 2734-00/2021
source of funding OEZA
sector Energiegewinnung, -Verteilung und -Effizienz, allgemein
tied 0
modality Project-type interventions
marker Environment: 2, Climate change mitigation: 2, Climate change adaptation: 1, Gender: 1, Disaster risk reduction: 1
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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