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4 President’s remarks Mr THULANI S. GCABASHE, President of UPDEA The year 2002 has been for the UPDEA, an exceptional year in terms of redefinition of its mission as well as prospects and achievements. Indeed, at its inception in 1970, UPDEA was founded with the intent of providing support and assistance to members by promoting the regional integration of members’ activities in various fields for mutual benefit. In recent times however, with the advent of globalisation and deregulation of the electricity supply industry, international boundaries ceased to be barriers of trade, and changes in ownership structure of utilities introduced private sector partnerships. This marked the era of Liberalisation. Simultaneously, the African Union brought into being the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which by its very nature poses a challenge to UPDEA to contribute to its activities. As these developments and others continued to unfold, it became clear that UPDEA had to visualise a new role for itself that would transform it from an inwardly focussed organisation to a development orientated institution that will be relevant to the challenges of today Change was therefore inevitable and imminent. The process of developing a new strategic direction and thereby transforming UPDEA began in early 2002 when we resolved to craft a future role for UPDEA. It culminated in the milestone 14 th UPDEA Congress in the middle of 2002 where a new vision for UPDEA was inaugurated, namely, UPDEA will be the primary catalyst in the realisation of access to electricity for all the peoples of Africa. As a consequence of this work, the purpose of UPDEA is therefore no longer limited to the promotion and integration of the African power sector through active cooperation among members. It also extends to participation in the development of the power sector in conjunction with regional, continental and international players, hence the manifestly close relationship with PIESA. The 6 key objectives that subtend the new UPDEA vision and therefore characterise the transformed UPDEA of today are: • A promoter and facilitator of integration and regional exchanges, particularly through the power pools in Africa. • A facilitator of access to energy, and to electricity in particular, by all the peoples of Africa. • A preferred interlocutor of the African public institutions, eg, NEPAD, ADB, AU, AFREC, etc, and a leading voice of the African power sector at international level. • A centre for information, documentation, strategy and analysis of the African power sector. • A point of identification, convergence and management of common problems experienced by members.
5 • A promoter of the manufacturing and use of electrical materials and technologies adapted to African conditions. With these objectives in place, UPDEA considers itself in full alignment to engage the challenges of NEPAD. Let us take them up together.
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