14-18 September 2015 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Policy and Investment High-Level Forum

This Forum will focus on, inter alia: investment opportunities arising from Sustainable Energy Country Action Plans of members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); a multi-stakeholder dialogue on ways to mobilize funds for the implementation of Sustainable Energy Country Action Plans; and public and private sector financing instruments for project implementation. The Forum is also expected to launch the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy 4 All (SE4All) Network, and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Project and Financial Navigator in West Africa.
The Forum will: bring together high-level policy and decision makers, project promoters, investors and international partners to discuss relevant interlinkages between an enabling environment and project development and to identify concrete investment opportunities; facilitate matchmaking for investment ready projects; and provide a platform for discussions on next steps to overcome existing barriers to sustainable energy investments in the ECOWAS region.
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the CTI Private Financing Advisory Network, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) are jointly organizing the event. The event is being supported by the Spanish Agency for international Development Cooperation, the Austrian Development Cooperation, the European Union, the UN Agency for International Development, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and IRENA.  

dates: 14-18 September 2015  
location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire  
contact: Adeola Adebiyi  
e-mail: aadebiyi@ecreee.org  
www: http://www.ecreee.org/event/ecowas-sustainable-energy-policy-investment-high-level-forum