Capacity Building for Quality Energy Services in Rural Benin

Capacity Building for Quality Energy Services in Rural Benin

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Key Data

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Organisation

Brücken bauen mit der Sonne e.V; TierraSol Benin

Duration

April 2022 - June 2023

Project Description

The project aims to improve the knowledge about solar PV systems in rural Benin. With a specifically designed, hands-on solar PV installation and maintenance training, the implementing partner TierraSol builds capacities among youths and young adults in the Zou region in southern Benin. The training takes place part-time over the course of six months in a classroom that is rented for this purpose. All material and demonstration equipment is bought locally. Participants are recruited through awareness and advertisement campaigns, which are broadcast over the radio. The training is designed to improve their theoretical and practical technical capabilities and to prepare them to take up jobs as technicians for solar home appliances. To strengthen the practical application, the approach also foresees an internship for each participant and a networking event for the regional solar energy sector. Thereby, the approach not only improves the employment opportunities of each participant, but in the long term also increases the quality of service for solar installations and repairs in the Zou region. Ultimately, the project accelerates the sustainable development of a decentralised renewable electricity supply in Benin.

The project is characterised by a locally tied approach. Local experts are hired to impart their knowledge in a low-entry, practical way. The measures target local students with the intent of providing training that builds on their school education and offering them a promising job perspective. Accessing material from local sources not only keeps costs down, but also helps to connect the project to the region. Not many projects in Benin have so far put capacity building for solar energy technologies in rural areas in the focus of their activities, which characterises the added value of this project.

GBE Component

Small Projects Fund

Categories

• Skills Development

Factsheet

Location

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Country SPF

Benin

Geographic coordinates of project site

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Latitude            Longitude

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• Capacity Building for Quality Energy Services in Rural Benin

• Skills Development