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{{GBE ProjectDB
 
{{GBE ProjectDB
|GBE project name=Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund
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|GBE project name=Scaling Energy Access Solutions with Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund in Uganda
 
|GBE organisation=Fairtrade Foundation
 
|GBE organisation=Fairtrade Foundation
 
|GBE date start=August 2021
 
|GBE date start=August 2021
 
|GBE date end=September 2023
 
|GBE date end=September 2023
|GBE project description=Based on results and experiences from a pilot phase in  
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|GBE project description=Based on results and experiences from a pilot phase in Uganda, the Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund (IEF) is established to adaptively scale access to energy solutions into new SPO and HLO settings while prioritising project co-creation and bottom-up solutions. The IEF is thus a vehicle to allow for project ideas that advance access on cooperative and individual farmer level. For this purpose the IEF offers different support streams such as training of agents to create a link to trusted sources of solar energy systems, after-care service agents to provide support to the sold and installed systems or financial officers and accountants focused on setting up the loan systems for the purchase of solar energy systems. These streams are accompanied by farmer field days (member-focused awareness events) and road shows (community awareness events) where vetted solar products are improved and awareness of quality vs. generic products is increased. The overall objective of the IEF is to establish both (1) new tailored inclusive financial products and (2) inclusive off-grid energy products for use by cooperatives and their members.
Uganda, the Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund (IEF) is established to adaptively scale access to energy solutions into new  
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SPO and HLO settings while prioritising project co-creation and bottom-up solutions. The IEF is thus a vehicle to  
 
allow for project ideas that advance access on cooperative  
 
and individual farmer level. For this purpose the IEF offers  
 
different support streams such as training of agents to create  
 
a link to trusted sources of solar energy systems, after-care  
 
service agents to provide support to the sold and installed  
 
systems or financial officers and accountants focused on  
 
setting up the loan systems for the purchase of solar energy  
 
systems. These streams are accompanied by farmer field  
 
days (member-focused awareness events) and road shows  
 
(community awareness events) where vetted solar products  
 
are improved and awareness of quality vs. generic products  
 
is increased. The overall objective of the IEF is to establish  
 
both (1) new tailored inclusive financial products and (2)  
 
inclusive off-grid energy products for use by cooperatives  
 
and their members.
 
  
 
There are two key innovations within the IEF approach. The first is that trust must originate from producer and worker organisations. These are the entities who initiate project ideation and development thus ensuring that solutions have buy-in, ownership and sustainability. This is in line with the second innovative element, i. e. the IEF building on and catering to the wide Fairtrade network, which itself is a system of trust, checks and balances.
 
There are two key innovations within the IEF approach. The first is that trust must originate from producer and worker organisations. These are the entities who initiate project ideation and development thus ensuring that solutions have buy-in, ownership and sustainability. This is in line with the second innovative element, i. e. the IEF building on and catering to the wide Fairtrade network, which itself is a system of trust, checks and balances.
 
|GBE financed=Small Projects Fund
 
|GBE financed=Small Projects Fund
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|GBE category gender=Gender
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|GBE category community=Community-based Approaches
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|GBE category skills=Skills Development
 
|GBE category enaccess=Energy Access
 
|GBE category enaccess=Energy Access
 
|GBE countrySPF=Uganda
 
|GBE countrySPF=Uganda
 
|GBE locationSPF=0.32444, 32.58047
 
|GBE locationSPF=0.32444, 32.58047
 
|GBE FS source=Wiki Upload
 
|GBE FS source=Wiki Upload
|GBE FS source Wiki=GBE-SPF_2.3_01_Projectfactsheet.pdf
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|GBE FS source Wiki=GBE-SPF_Fairtrade_Projectfactsheet.pdf
 
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Revision as of 08:01, 7 May 2024

Scaling Energy Access Solutions with Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund in Uganda


Last edit made by Helen Mengs on 2024-05-14. This is a wiki, do not hesitate to update information by clicking on "Edit with form".

Key Data


Organisation
Fairtrade Foundation
Duration
August 2021 - September 2023
Project Description
Based on results and experiences from a pilot phase in Uganda, the Fairtrade Inclusive Energy Fund (IEF) is established to adaptively scale access to energy solutions into new SPO and HLO settings while prioritising project co-creation and bottom-up solutions. The IEF is thus a vehicle to allow for project ideas that advance access on cooperative and individual farmer level. For this purpose the IEF offers different support streams such as training of agents to create a link to trusted sources of solar energy systems, after-care service agents to provide support to the sold and installed systems or financial officers and accountants focused on setting up the loan systems for the purchase of solar energy systems. These streams are accompanied by farmer field days (member-focused awareness events) and road shows (community awareness events) where vetted solar products are improved and awareness of quality vs. generic products is increased. The overall objective of the IEF is to establish both (1) new tailored inclusive financial products and (2) inclusive off-grid energy products for use by cooperatives and their members.


There are two key innovations within the IEF approach. The first is that trust must originate from producer and worker organisations. These are the entities who initiate project ideation and development thus ensuring that solutions have buy-in, ownership and sustainability. This is in line with the second innovative element, i. e. the IEF building on and catering to the wide Fairtrade network, which itself is a system of trust, checks and balances.
GBE Component
Small Projects Fund
Categories
  • Gender
  • Community-based Approaches
  • Skills Development
  • Energy Access




Factsheet
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Location


Country SPF
Uganda
Geographic coordinates of project site
0° 19' 27.98" N, 32° 34' 49.69" E
Latitude            Longitude



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