About ENERGIA-Africa

ENERGIA-Africa is a regional network which is part of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, an international network on gender and sustainable energy. The network links individuals and groups concerned with energy, sustainable development, and gender. ENERGIA's goal is to contribute to the empowerment of rural and urban poor women through a specific focus on energy issues. Founded in 1995 and with the support of the Netherlands and Sweden, ENERGIA has built a strong southern ownership of the network through support to creation of regional, Southern networks, including ENERGIA-Africa.

The ENERGIA-Africa Network was established through a regional consultative process in 2000. It exists as an informal network based on organisations working on energy and sustainable development issues in Africa, who share agreed Principles on gender, women's empowerment and sustainable development. The COOPENER project TIE ENERGIA builds on the existing Network to implement a number of capacity building activities.

The Network is structured around:

• National Focal Points that coordinate the national gender and energy networks. See table below for names and contact details.
• Sub-regional Focal Points that coordinate the network at the sub re-gional level
• Regional co-ordination is arranged by Intermediate Technology Development Group East Africa based in Kenya and ENDA-Tiers Monde based in Senegal

Focal points and networks