African Energy Commission

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The African Energy Commission ( Afrec for short ) is an organ of the African Union that aims to promote the development of the African energy market. The chairman of the commission is the Sudanese Rashid Ali Abdallah .

history

Back in Lagos Plan ( Lagos Plan of Action ) 1980 designated African heads of state, the bad power supply on the African continent as a constraint to the development of Africa and called for the establishment of an international Energy Commission. In the 1990s, efforts to establish such a commission at the continental level became more concrete. At the 63rd ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization for African Unity in 1996, the establishment of Afrec was confirmed as a goal and its early implementation was initiated. At a conference of energy experts to found the African Energy Commission in Cairo in May 2000 , a draft for the Afrec's founding agreement was drawn up. The concrete steps for founding the African Energy Commission were worked out at a conference of energy ministers in April 2001 and finally confirmed on July 11, 2001 at a summit meeting of the heads of state.

After a sufficient number of states had ratified the agreement, the Afrec, headquartered in Algiers , began its work on February 17, 2008 following a decision by the Conference of Energy Ministers.

aims

The Afrec has set itself the following goals:

  • Development of plans and strategies for a better energy supply and a more efficient use of resources
  • Establishment of a database for energy statistics and enabling data exchange across the continent
  • Promote regional and continental projects as well as cooperation between African countries in the energy sector
  • Training of suitable workers for the energy sector
  • Establishment of a technical network at continental level to support the member states
  • Enabling the transportation and trading of energy across Africa

Member states

As of January 2019, the treaty establishing the Afrec has been ratified by 35 states:

States that have ratified the Afrec founding treaty
EgyptEgypt Egypt AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria AngolaAngola Angola EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia BeninBenin Benin
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso BurundiBurundi Burundi Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast GabonGabon Gabon GambiaGambia Gambia
GhanaGhana Ghana Guinea-aGuinea Guinea CameroonCameroon Cameroon KenyaKenya Kenya ComorosComoros Comoros
Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo LesothoLesotho Lesotho LiberiaLiberia Liberia LibyaLibya Libya MaliMali Mali
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique NamibiaNamibia Namibia NigeriaNigeria Nigeria NigerNiger Niger
RwandaRwanda Rwanda ZambiaZambia Zambia SenegalSenegal Senegal SudanSudan Sudan ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania TogoTogo Togo TunisiaTunisia Tunisia Western SaharaWestern Sahara Western Sahara

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AFREC | International Hydropower Association. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Convention of the African Energy Commission | African Union. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  3. ^ African Energy Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Algerian Minister of Energy Received Interim Executive Director of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) | African Union. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  5. ^ African Energy Commission. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  6. ↑ African Union (ed.): CONVENTION OF THE AFRICAN ENERGY COMMISSION . Addis Ababa 2019.