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The
GNESD Steering Committee decided
in late 2002 on a number of success criteria for the Network’s operation after one year.
These included:
- The GNESD network is
operational and with a broad membership,
- The website established
with comprehensive information complementing and building on other
partnerships, other means of communication, and info sharing,
- Priority theme on
“energy access” with focus on policy aspects and national and regional
differences/similarities and experience sharing opportunities,
- Impacts should be
visible on e.g. developed relations and cooperation with other key
partnerships and relevant international programmes,
- Network is able to
provide relevant overviews on regional basis of policy relevant options
for addressing specific aspects of energy access,
- Identification of
proven policy measures for improving access and analysing their
replication potential.
During
the first half of 2004 the objectives listed above were reached.
The
Work Programme for GNESD activities 2005 - 2007 was approved at the second
Network Assembly 15 December 2004 in The Netherlands and focuses on
increasing the impacts of the Network. This will be pursued in three ways:
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Collaborating with other WSSD Energy initiatives (GVEP, EUEI & REEEP) and
Energy Programmes of international organisations (UNEP, UNDP, World Bank and
others)
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Improving
the ways of transmitting the findings of the analytical work both through
increased support for regional networking by the members and through
targeted dissemination of findings and stakeholder consultations
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Engaging
in direct capacity building, training and institutional support activities
as part of the new more flexible approach to Network activities
The GNESD Steering Committee has furthermore
decided that activities in the coming years should be developed with the aim
of maintaining the current strengths of the Network while at the same time
allow flexibility in implementing projects, either as a single GNESD Centre,
or a partnership of several Centres. |
