The Swedish Energy Agency and Climate Business Network (CBNet) held a joint side event in Copenhagen during COP15 (webcast) under
the EU umbrella. The event, entitled ‘Mentoring to Empower African CDM Project Developers’, highlight the experience and current approach
of the CBNet team in Africa. Evolved during the last 11 years of providing CDM assistance in the region, the approach is now being
road tested in East Africa under a Swedish Energy Agency-SIDA programme.
Apart from CBNet core team members, panelists included representatives from Kenya (Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited and Kridha Limited) and Tanzania (Mkonge Energy Systems Co. Ltd. and the Rural Energy Agency). Presentations