Regional capacity-building workshops for experts fromROGEAP’s member states
Regional capacity-building workshops for experts fromROGEAP’ member states on standards for solar home kits with a capacity of up to 350 watts.
As part of the implementation of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP), the ECOWAS Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation is organising a series of regional capacity-building workshops for experts from the member states covered by the project on standards for solar home system kits.
Niamey in Niger, Lomé in Togo and Accra in Ghana are the three cities selected to host the regional workshops in May 2023, which will be led by experts from ROGEAP, the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and VERASOL, a diverse network of organisations, institutions and programmes established to improve the quality and availability of modern off-grid solar solutions worldwide.
Niamey, the capital of Niger, will host the first regional capacity-building workshop for the first group of French-speaking countries from 3 to 5 May. This will be followed by the second workshop, from 9 to 11 May in Accra, Ghana, for the English-speaking group, and the third, from 16 to 19 May in Lomé, Togo, for the second group of French- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
The main objective of this activity is to provide the necessary technical assistance to experts from rural electrification and/or renewable energy agencies and standardisation bodies responsible for off-grid systems in ECOWAS Member States, with a view to capacity building on the draft standards ECOSTAND CEI TS 62257-9-8:2020 and ECOSTAND CEI TS 62257-9-5:2018, relating to off-grid solar home systems up to 350Wp and their laboratory test methods.