The HEDON Household Energy Network is an international forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector
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Sparknet
Sparknet is an interdisciplinary knowledge network focusing on
energy for low-income households in Southern and East Africa.
Sparknet is sponsored by the European Commission's 5th Framework
Programme for Research under the research and technological
development programme "Confirming the International Role of
Community Research (INCO)", and coordinated by the Intermediate
Technology Development Group (ITDG) in close cooperation with Eco
Ltd, both based in the United Kingdom.
Acting as a 'virtual community' and meeting / publishing through
the Internet - both the world wide web and email - Sparknet brings
together stakeholders from seven countries in Southern and East
Africa and three from the European Union around the issue of energy
and poverty in low-income households. The network initially runs
until December 2004. Sparknet members in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia,
Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa, working with
local NGO, Private Sector, and Government associates will compare
and contrast the prevailing rural household energy situation in
each country so as to highlight policy options and innovation
opportunities. Two international Internet-conferences will be held
so as to assist with the dissemination of the results.
Sparknet aims to make available online unique resources for policy
makers, companies, and civil society. Visitors to the web site have
access to briefing papers on the relationship between Health,
Gender and Forestry and Energy Poverty, as well as details of
Sparknet members and associates in the target countries. Over the
next years, additional resources will be made available by network
members, including detailed country reports, scenario analyses, and
policy assessments.
Further details
You can check out the Sparknet website at www.sparknet.infoDr Grant Ballard-Tremeer, Eco Ltd grant@...
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