The Energy and Environment Partnership for Southern and East Africa (EEP-SEA) is an initiative targeting poverty reduction and mitigation of global climate change through promotion of an inclusive and job-creating green economy and improvements in energy security.

The purpose of this assignment was to undertake a detailed market landscape study and preparation of documentation to establish EEP-SEA as a multi-donor trust fund (EEP-SEA Trust Fund or the Fund) with open-ended mandate to be hosted and administered by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and to prepare for the phase III.

Building on the mid-term evaluation of the EEP-SEA, during which the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, climate, energy, and socio-economic impact and sustainability of the EEP-SEA was assessed, the MFA, ADA, and DfID requested DEM to undertake a market landscape study to attain the energy architecture across the region.

The assignment included:

• A political, social, and economic appraisal of rural energy access and energy efficiency;
• Interviews with over 150 stakeholders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors internationally, regionally and nationally;
• Identification of institutional and financial barriers and opportunities in the sector, and the value proposition for the EEP-SEA;
• Defining opportunities for private sector engagement in rural energy access and energy efficiency more broadly;
• Establishing the effectiveness of networking and knowledge-sharing activities across the sector and how to best harness the wealth of information available to drive change;
• Mapping of donor financing flows and stakeholders across all sectors in the energy sector.

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