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ProBEC Burning Issues Newsletter, February 2010

Contributed by Clair Marrey
Added: 02 March 2010

Welcome to the February edition of the Burning Issues, a monthly source of energy-related news covering the SADC region in general and low-income household energy in particular.

For the full version of the news items you will be linked to the ProBEC homepage's newsfeed section at http://www.probec.org.

ProBEC's Mission: "ProBEC promotes improved energy solutions through market development and policy support"

ProBEC's Vision for SADC: "Low-income household groups in SADC have improved access to sustainable and affordable energy"

ProBEC's corporate vision: "Regional and national structures sustainably manage ProBEC’s lead in basic energy solutions"

ProBEC Carbon

ProBEC ready to recruit partners for carbon programme, ProBEC appoints a regional consultant to gauge government buy-in to support biomass energy conservation activities post 2010, Participates in Africa Carbon Forum

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ProBEC in 2010

As German donor support for ProBEC comes to an end in 2010, ProBEC will focus on achieving its goals and objectives as set out by the approved project proposal submitted to BMZ in October 2009.

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ProBEC Biofuel

The SADC Framework for Sustainable Biofuels approved by the SADC Biofuel Taskforce

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ProBEC BEST

ProBEC appoints a regional consultant to gauge government buy-in to support biomass energy conservation activities post 2010, EU supports BEST process

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ProBEC Monitoring and Evaluation

Users impact assesments to be conducted in household, Surveys begin and database of stove users developed

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ProBEC HIV/Aids Mainstreaming

This is an update on ProBEC HIV/Aids Mainstreaming

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ProBEC Mozambique

The following activities took place in Mozambique in February

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ProBEC Swaziland

Supply chain for mass-produced stoves developed, and more retailers identified for the StoveTec stove, Modified Welcome Dover Stove put to the test, Basintuthu cooking and baking stove is given the thumbs up

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ProBEC Lesotho

Hotbags get more fuel

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ProBEC Botswana

Biodiesel initiatives kick off with modular biodiesel processing plant.

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ProBEC Staff

The Staff biography of the month is Thokozile Sithole

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