(Ecofin Agency) – East African countries aim to harmonize their energy policy. For its implementation, this project requires a skilled workforce like energy regulators. These professionals will be trained on site in a sub-regional institution.
The East African Community has launched a project to build an Energy Regulation Center of Excellence (ERCE). The center which will require an investment of 12 million dollars will be built in Arusha, Tanzania. A statement from the East African Energy Regulators Association (EREA), which is responsible for implementing the project, said that Tanzania has just made the site available.
« The Executive Secretary of the Association of Energy Regulators of East Africa, Dr Geoffrey Mabea [photo, à gauche]met with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, HE Dr Samia Suluhu [photo, à droite], at State House in Arusha. The President presented a title deed for 5 acres for land that has been designated for the construction of the Energy Regulation Center of Excellence and to house the EREA Secretariat”can we read in the press release published on March 3.
As a prelude to the official launch of the centre, the EREA launched short courses. These aim to identify gaps in training. Once run in, the courses will be used to train energy regulators from, among others, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, and others. other countries on the continent over the long term.
The centre, which will be the first of its kind on the continent, will reduce dependence on very costly European and American expertise. Also, he is expected to boost the energy policy harmonization project in the sub-region in order to guarantee affordable and reliable energy that can attract strategic and viable investments for job creation.
Vanessa Ngono Atangana
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