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Energy services for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 COOPENER projects supported by the IEE programmeMainstreaming Energy for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development(MEPRED)Programme area:Target countries:Status:COOPENERBurkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and ECOWAS regionongoingCoordinator: Michel HamelinADEME, Francemichel.hamelin@ademe.fr331.4765.2450Partners: • Direction général de l'énergie, Burkina Faso• Direction de l'énergie, Mali• Ministre des Mines et de l'Energie, Comité National Multisectoriel,Niger• Direction de l'énergie, Sénégal• ECOWAS, Western Africa regional organisation• ADEME, France• Danida, Denmark• GTZ, Germany• SenterNovem, NetherlandsWebsite:http://www.mepred.euObjective:Benefits:Keywords:Mainstream access to energy into national development policies andstrategiesIncrease support from public authorities, North and South, to energyaccess programmes aimed at poverty reduction and sustainabledevelopment."Access to energy", "national development strategies"Duration: 04/2005 – 04-2008Budget: 2 227 000€ (EU contribution: 41%)Contract number:Short descriptionThe MEPRED project, part of the European Energy Initiative, aims at laying the groundwork for broader access toenergy. MEPRED will apply a multi-stakeholder multi-sector approach in order to mainstream energy for povertyreduction and economic and social development into national and regional development strategies andprogrammes.This approach aims to lay the foundation for bringing public support, both from developing country publicauthorities and from developed country aid agencies, to projects and programmes delivering essential energyservices essential.Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and ECOWAS participate in MEPRED. Support comes from the EuropeanCommission Coopener programme, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands, along with the UNDPEnergy/Poverty Regional Programme. MEPRED cooperates with the World Bank/ESMAP and GVEP.25