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|headline = Welcome to the <big>'''Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) Project'''</big>
|teaser = Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) is one of four project components of the BMZ commissioned Global Programme “Support to UNHCR in the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus” (SUN) which assists UNHCR and other stakeholders in operationalizing the GCR in selected displacement contexts. ESDS focuses on the sustainable energy sector and seeks to remedy the lack of sustainable energy supply in order to enhance the self-reliance of communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
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The BMZ commisioned Global Programme '''''"Support to UNHCR in the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus”'''''(SUN), implemented by GIZ, seeks to support UNHCR in its role as facilitator of the implementation of the [https://www.unhcr.org/the-global-compact-on-refugees.html Global Compact on Refugees] (GCR) and the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in selected refugee contexts and sectors. The Global Programme is part of the German Special Initiative [https://www.bmz.de/en/issues/Sonderinitiative-Fluchtursachen-bekaempfen-Fluechtlinge-reintegrieren/deutsche_politik/index.html Tackling the Root Causes of Displacement, (Re-)integrating Refugees]

The Global Programme also aims to operationalise the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. The HDP Nexus envisions actors working in humanitarian, development and peace realms to work more cohesively together, capitalizing on their respective comparative advantages following the recommendations of the [https://www.agendaforhumanity.org/summit 2016 World Humanitarian Summit (WHS)] and in line with the 2030 Agenda. Under the [https://www.agendaforhumanity.org/initiatives/5358 “New Way of Working”] agreed at the WHS, the various actors are expected to work towards “collective outcomes” that reduce risk and vulnerability and serve as instalments towards the achievement of the SDGs.

The Global Programme consists of 4 components that include implementing activities with UNHCR in 8 countries, accompanied by organisational capacity development. The aim is the consolidation, analysis and sharing of lessons learned from implementation experiences in order to better implement the HDP Nexus. This is key in generating knowledge on ‘what works under which conditions’ and contributes to public, organisational and mutual learning between the two partners GIZ and UNHCR. The cooperation can result in better informed and coordinated programming and implementation of the GCR, CRRF and HDP Nexus.

* Component 1: Implementation of the HDP Nexus in selected displacement settings (in Niger, Mexico, Mauritania)
* Component 2: Implementation of the HDP Nexus in the sector of sustainable energy ('''Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings''' in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda)
* Component 3: Strengthening UNHCR's capacities to foster implementation of the GCR and cooperation within the HDP Nexus (UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, UNHCR national offices)
* Component 4: Strengthening capacities of governmental structures to implement the GCR at national and district levels (in Uganda, Rwanda)


ESDS is the German contribution to the [https://www.unhcr.org/clean-energy-challenge.html Clean Energy Challenge] issued by UNHCR in 2019 with the following objective:

'''''“All refugee settlements and nearby host communities will have access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030.”'''''

To that end, ESDS offers global advisory services, implements technical measures and cooperates with relevant stakeholders to promote sustainable and affordable energy access via market-based solutions and to create enabling framework conditions.

ESDS structures its activities along the following 3 intervention areas: {{ESDS3interventionareas}}

The project teams of ESDS work towards these objectives in selected regions in the three partner countries Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda in collaboration with UNHCR and local and national authorities. ESDS has teams in each country which implement activities on the ground and are supported by the Global-team based in Germany that coordinates all measures and aligns them to each other. As the [https://unhcr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1f2c23f25e5d416ebf7c1c0bc8c749ce Clean Energy Challenge Baseline Data Visualization] shows, the given conditions regarding access to sustainable energy for refugees and host communities differ in the three project-countries, translating itself into context-specific activities whose scope vary for the countries. The three intervention areas constitute however the overall and common framework.


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=== Contact ===

* Send your feedback and recommendations about the global program to [[User:Cathleen Seeger|Cathleen Seeger]]
* For questions related to Uganda, please contact [[User:Anja Rohde|Anja Rohde]]
* For questions related to Kenya, please contact [[User:Jackson Mutonga|Jackson Mutonga]]
* For questions related to Ethiopia, please contact [[User:David Otieno|David Otieno]] and [[User:Dorothee Merkl|Dorothee Merkl]]

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