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Energy services for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 COOPENER projects supported by the IEE programmePoverty Eradication and Planning of Sustainable Energy (PEPSE)Programme area:Target countries:Status:Coordinator:Partners:Website:Objective:Benefits:Keywords:COOPENERMadagascarOngoingYves MaigneFondation Energies pour le Monde FONDEMFranceYves.Maigne@energies-renouvelables.org+33 144 187 323University of Magdeburg, GermanyMinistry of Energy and Mines, Antananarivo, Madagascarhttp://energies-renouvelables.org/pepseInstitutional capacity building and support of energy policy planning forsustainable decentralised rural electrificationA “ready-to-implement” DRE-program defining financial andadministrative means of realisationSustainable energy planningDuration: 03/2005 – 03/2008Budget: € 658,125 (EU contribution: 50%)Contract number: EIE/04004/S07.40667Short descriptionPEPSE aims to develop a program that enhances sustainable access to electrical energy services in rural regionsof Madagascar and to contribute in this way to the alleviation of poverty. It operates within the Poverty ReductionStrategy Paper and the national decentralisation policy framework. The main tasks are:• Exchange with rural development stakeholders on the impact of energy on rural development and povertyalleviation;• Development of decentralised rural electrification schemes using renewable energy sources that define detailsof the electricity supply for rural areas not supplied by the general network These schemes should befinancially viable and of interest for local operators;• Submission of programmes jointly with the competent authorities to private operators to encourage theirsupport;• Reinforcement of local capacities and skills at local, provincial and national levels in rural electrificationplanning.Expected and/or achieved results• A portfolio of at least four DRE programmes on a provincial scale and an incorporation of an energy constituentin the rural and economic development programmes;• Identification of private investors that are ready to invest in the projects;• Commitment of partners to launch the first stages stemming from the PEPSE;• Transmission of the methodology used to target groups;• A general understanding of the synergy between Energy and Poverty Alleviation by all the key players andtarget groups31