GIZ is a German government-owned development agency that works in over 130 countries to promote sustainable development. It focuses on issues like economy, governance, health, energy, and environment. In the energy sector, GIZ supports projects related to basic energy access, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy policy. For refugees and displaced people, GIZ aims to bridge humanitarian aid and development by providing integrated energy access solutions for refugees and host communities, as well as job training. In Kenya, GIZ is working to improve access to cooking and electricity in Kakuma refugee camp by introducing improved cookstoves, exploring alternative fuels, and increasing access to lighting and power for homes and social services. Future plans include expanding these programs and

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Anja Rohde, Energy Advisor
giz Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ Perspective on:
Refugees and energy - Meeting the needs of refugees and
displaced people

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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GIZ is a federal enterprise that supports the German federal government in achieving its objectives in the
field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
Ourclients
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Other public commissioning parties
Further clients:
World Bank
European Commission
UN
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regional development banks
Ethiopia
Etc.
Operations in Germany and over 130 countries around the world.
GIZ employees around the world:
− over 17.000 staff members (70 % national personnel in our partner countries)
Thematic Focus Areas: Economy and employment; State and democracy; Health; education
and social security; water, energy, transport; agriculture, fisheries and nutrition; environment
and climate; security and reconstruction etc.

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Areas of Activiy in the Energy Sector
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Basic energy supply
Renewable energies
Energy efficiency
International Energy policies
RE-Technologies
(e.g. wind, solar, biomass, geothermal)
Sustainable large-scale hydro power
RE policy development
Grid integration of RE
Household energy (cooking, heating,
electricity)
Rural energy supply (solar home systems,
village electrification, Mini and Micro-Grids)
Productive Use of Energy
EE in buildings
EE in end-use devices
EE in industry
EE in thermal power plants
EE in the transport sector
International processes and networks (REN21,
IRENA, AREI)
Energy Partnerships (e.g. Mexico, Brazil)
Policy and Strategy development
Energy system analysis and planning
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GIZ: Access to energy for displaced people
and host communities
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Trying to bridge the gap between humanitarian aid and development cooperation.
Elements of possible GIZ approaches:
Integrate medium to long-term market-based approaches in protracted crisis situations,
Provide integrated approaches to refugees/internally displaced persons and host
communities,
Offer technical and vocational training,
Support private-sector development,
Introducing cash-for-work measures
Implement activities in a way that is environmentally friendly and based on do-no-harm
approaches
Improve access to sustainable cooking energy by introducing improved stoves and
alternative fuels, increasing the sustainable woodfuel supply by introducing woodlots and
crops that can be also used as fuels (such as pigeon peas),
Improve access to electricity for homes, streets and social institutions
Promote productive use of energy

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Access to sustainable energy
for refugees in Kakuma, Kenya

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Lack of access to cooking energy

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Production and Provision of Improved
Cookstoves
GIZ project
“Support for Refugees,
especially Voluntary
Returnees, and Host
Communities in Kenya”
(SIF)
Refugees and host
work together in
the production
and distribution of
improved
coostoves

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Lack of
access to
electricity is
beeing
adresses by
the GIZ SIF
project

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Future activities of GIZ SIF and Endev Kenya
Access to
Energy for
Kakuma, Kenya
cooking, lighting,
productive use, and
social infrastructure
Introduction
of market
based
approaches
Support
refugees
AND host
communities
Capacity
Building and
Vocational and
Business
Training
Conduct
studies
Engage more
relevant
stakeholders,
refugees and
community
leaders
Increase
stove
production
and
marketing
Increase
distribution of
ligthing
products
Support
diversification
of fuels (e.g.
Prosopis)
Introduce
micro
finance
systems
Promote
inclusion of
private
sector
Promote
productive
use of energy

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Thank you very much for your attention.
17.03.2017
Anja Rohde
Desk Officer Energy
giz Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40
53113 Bonn
Germany
anja.rohde@giz.de
www.giz.de
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