Afghanistan Energy Sector Improvement Program (ESIP)

ESIP Afghanistan Overview

Energy Sector Improvement Program (ESIP) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The program aims at promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in Afghanistan by supporting the Afghan government in implementing strategies for the energy sector. ESIP succeeds the program Institutional Development for Energy in Afghanistan (IDEA), which ended in 2018. ESIP bases its interventions on lessons learnt under IDEA and put explicit focus on establishing a net-metering policy in Afghanistan, supporting the Afghanistan Renewable Energy Union (AREU) to promote private sector involvement in the renewable energy sector and deepening local technical know-how through anchoring a blended learning Masters study course at Afghan universities. Furthermore, ESIP will put mechanisms in place to encourage local economic growth in rural areas through renewable energy technologies.