International Energy and Climate Policy - Energy and Development - Projects - JEPP

Stakeholders

The next stakeholders are involved with JEPP:

• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
• Energy research Center of the Netherlands (ECN)
• ETC Energy
• Free Energy Europe
• FRES Foundation
• Nuon

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BuZa), through the directorate of Development Cooperation (DGIS), has adopted partnerships as an instrument to achieve poverty reduction and sustainable development in its cooperation strategy. DGIS seeks partnerships with the private sector to get additional results and generate additional funds to Official Development Aid (ODA) to pursue the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). The involvement of the private sector is the main issue in the Dutch government’s point of view on Partnerships for Sustainable Development.

Since Partnerships for Sustainable Development received a new legitimacy in Johannesburg, in September 2002, they are one focus point in the international part of 'Duurzame Daadkracht', the Dutch implementation policy of the outcomes of Johannesburg, issued by BuZa /DGIS.

In addition, in November 2003, BuZa/DGIS issued a call for ideas. By doing this, the Dutch government aims to stimulate the contribution of the private sector in development cooperation and poverty reduction, through building partnerships that are focussed on the WEHAB themes (Water, Energy, Habitat, Agriculture and Biodiversity). In these partnerships:
1. All partners (government, companies and preferably NGO’s) share responsibilities and risks.
2. All partners input their own expertise and contribute to capacity building and knowledge development in the country of implementation.
3. The Dutch government joins an initiative of the private sector, and covers 50% of the costs.
4. The national development strategy (NDS) of the country of implementation is taken into account.
5. The stakeholder participation is guaranteed.

Energy research Center of the Netherlands (ECN)
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands is the largest research centre in the Netherlands on the field of energy. ECN moves between fundamental research on universities and appliance of knowledge and technologies in practice. Its mission consists of:
1 Building knowledge and gathering information the government needs to develop and evaluate policy and achieve policy objectives in the field of energy, the environment and technological innovation.
2 working in partnership with the industry sector in the development and implementation of products, processes and technologies, important to the transition to sustainable energy management.
3 closely working together with Dutch and foreign universities and research institutes and performing a bridging function in the implementation by carrying out technological research.

ETC Energy
ETC Energy is a department of the Dutch consultancy group ETC Adviesgroep and is involved in various energy, poverty and gender initiatives, including research and analysis, information resources, policy influencing and advocacy, capacity development and field projects.

Free Energy Europe
Free Energy Europe develops, manufactures and markets amorphous silicon solar panels. The marketing office of Free Energy Europe is located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. In developing countries, Free-Energy Europe works in partnership with national distributors, with the aim of making solar products available in the shops in rural towns and villages.

FRES Foundation
There are some 2 billion people throughout the world who do not have access to electricity. The majority of these people live in rural areas where the low concentration of households makes it commercially unattractive to construct an electricity grid. The alternatives used such as lamp oil and candles for lighting and (car) batteries for radio and television often do not meet energy needs. In addition, these alternatives can have serious negative consequences, such as health problems, fire hazard and pollution of the environment caused by old batteries. FRES strives to promote rural electrification in developing countries in a commercial and sustainable way. FRES was founded in 2004 by Nuon and currently manages two joint ventures in Mali and South Africa. The joint venture in South Africa operates at the moment in partnership with the South African government, who funds an important part of the initial investments. FRES aims to develop and participate in new projects, joint ventures and partnerships in the field of rural electrification.

Nuon
For Nuon, sustainability is more than just investing in renewable energy: Nuon strives to make its business and activities more sustainable. Nuon has set itself the objective of not only being a sustainable producer, distributor and supplier of energy services, but also a business dedicated to improving its performance as an environmentally focused organization. They wish to service their stakeholders in a balanced way. They aim to create value for their customers, employees, society and the environment as well as for their shareholders. Following this philosophy, Nuon strives for openness and dialogue with the public and works side by side with a variety of social organizations.