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Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report
Agenda of the Local Stakeholder Consultation held in Addis Ababa on 29 th of June, 2010:
Time Activity
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 9:35 Program Introduction
9:35 - 9:45 Key Note Address
9:45 - 10:00 Overview about Solar Energy Foundation (SEF), incl. short Video
Show
10:00 - 10:20 Presentation of Revolving Fund Project
„Solar Lighting in rural Ethiopia“
10:20 - 10:30 Basic Concept & Objectives of Carbon Credits
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion on the Presentation /
10:45 - 11:00 Tea break
Questions for Clarification
11:00 - 11:30 Sustainable Development Matrix: Collecting
Participants’ Feedback & Questions for Clarification
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion on Monitoring Sustainable Development
12:00 - 12:10 Fill-up Feedback Evaluation Form
12:10 - 12:30
ii. Non-technical summary
Closure of the Meeting / Closing Speech
In Ethiopia’s rural areas estimated 98% of the population do not have access to
electricity.
The project aims to install small photovoltaic cells on the roofs of 300.000 houses in
Ethiopia within the next 10 years and provide the households with solar light to replace
the kerosene lamps. We, the non-profit Solar Energy Foundation, will operate 25-50
Solar Centers on a long-term basis mainly in the regions of Amhara, South, Tigray and
Oromia. After current pilot phase, official start for the larger scale project is expected in
September 2010.
We have already succeeded to provide a village in Ethiopia (Rema) with 5000 inhabitants
with solar electricity. Almost all kerosene lamps and dry-cell batteries have disappeared
since then (2007).
For the size of this project, many well-trained people are needed. Therefore we founded
the “International Solar Energy School (ISES)” in autumn 2007 in Rema. Our staff is
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