Strengthening the regional positioning of the Center for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance of Cabo Verde

The project for the strengthening of the regional establishment of the Center for Renewable Energies and Industrial Maintenance (CERMI) is part of the 2016 Annual Action Programme for West Africa, funded by the 11th European Development Fund. The Action Programme, entitled "Development of the Energy Sector Governance in West Africa", is itself part of the UN's Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 (SE4All).

The programme aims to:

• ensure universal access to modern energy services;
• double energy efficiency in order to reduce total energy consumption;
• double the share of renewable energies in the global energy mix.

The first component of the Strengthening the regional positioning of the CERMI project is to set up and implement training of trainer plans in the different fields related to the development of renewable energies and energy efficiency. This includes the creation of specific training modules and the training of trainers from the 16 West African countries covered by the action. The training will be delivered at CERMI. This should also allow the development of private sector capacities and the penetration of good practices in the region.

The second component aims to accompany the transformation of CERMI into a regional skills center in view of the quality of its infrastructures and its equipment. This activity will also include seeking partnerships with international technical institutions for increased sustainability.

The main beneficiaries of the action are:

• the CERMI, whose profile will evolve towards a reference regional competency center and its trainers who will have their skills reinforced;
• the institutions and organisations with which CERMI will sign partnership agreements;
• professionals in renewable energy/energy efficiency and industrial maintenance sector from the public and private sectors or from civil society, who wish to complete their training, become trainers and thus participate in the effort to multiply their skills.