Developing and strengthening national and local capacity to expand access to energy services to the poor

This UNDP programme seeks to integrate energy access in national development frameworks and develop strategies and policies to address energy access challenges, particularly for the poor. In so doing, it works to develop policy options that tackle challenges for the poor in energy access matters. The programme facilitates multisectoral and multistakeholder dialogue to produce informed decisionson national energy targets, policies and institutional options to respond to energy access challenges. Additionally, it aims to strengthen national and subnational level capacities to support the planning and implementation of expanding energy services at the local level, including the capacity to codify lessons and to inform policymaking processes to support energy services delivery. It strengthens the level of application of innovative energy service delivery mechanisms to up-scale, expand and sustain service delivery at the local level. The programme is being implemented globally.