REEEP

It was conceived in 2002 at the WSSD. It was first housed at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, and then became an independent Austrian legal entity (NGO) in May 2004.

• REEEP works with governments, municipalities, financial institutions and industry to translate commitments for sustainable energy into concrete actions on the ground.
• REEEP initiates and funds projects; targeted interventions in two specific areas that offer the greatest potential for developing the market for sustainable energy: 

                            o  assisting governments in creating favourable regulatory and policy

                            o  promoting innovative finance and business models

• REEEP facilitates networking with specific expert-oriented sub-networks such as the Energy Efficiency Coalition (EEC), the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) and Renewable Energy and International Law (REIL)
• REEEP disseminates and replicates learnings through news items, publications, its website and events. It also operates a  search engine for the green energy world (reegle) including a clean energy blog.

REEEP works closely with its donor governments in priority-setting for its programme activities and in identifying  areas of geographic focus.  These governments are also represented on REEEP's Governing Board and Programme Board.

If the government of an emerging market or developing country requests assistance in formulating laws and legislation in support of renewable energy or energy efficiency, REEEP will work with them to fund a project within the next Call for Proposals, or create a specific tender to meet the identifed need.

REEEP works with a number of universities and research institutions. The partnership has several formal relationships, including Warwick University and Yale University. Warwick University is the home of the Sustainable Energy Regulation Network (SERN) and Yale University is a contributor to the Renewable Energy and International Law (REIL) project.

REEEP is backed primarily by governments (Australia, Austria, Canada, the European Union, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom), and by some donations from the private sector.

Current board members are:

Alfred Ofosu-Ahenkorah
Energy Commission, Ghana
Deputy Chairman

Elfriede More
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
Rapporteur

Sven Teske
Greenpeace
Deputy Rapporteur

Martin Schöpe
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Germany    Deputy Treasurer

Maher Chebbo
SAP AG
Member

Corrado Clini
Ministry of Environment, Italy   
Member

Henry Derwent
IETA
Member

Mark Fogarty
CBD Energy, Australia
Member

Mark Lewis
Deutsche Bank
Member

Pradeep Monga
UNIDO
Member

Even Stormoen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Member

Rajendra K. Pachauri
TERI
Member

Piotr Tulej
European Commission Environment Directorate-General
Member

Martijn Wilder
Baker and McKenzie
Member

REEEP has Regional Secretariats covering Southern Africa, Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and East Asia. The secretariats are hosted by prominent organisations that share  a strong belief in clean energy.  REEEP also has a regional focal point with ECOWAS in West Africa and its own subsidiary in North America, REEEP USA.

The G8 Energy Working Group has listed REEEP as a delivery mechanism for the promotion of energy efficiency in buildings. REEEP also has observer status with the APEC Energy Working Group. The partnership contributes to the Commission on Sustainable Development and is an official observer to the UNFCCC process.

Typically REEEP issues a general “Call for Project Proposals” every 12 to 18 months. All proposals should seek to support clean energy development, either by supporting policy and regulation or by developing innovative financing or business models.

More specific, single-purpose tenders may be issued outside this cycle, possibly developed with a specific national government to answer a particular need.

REEEP seeks to fund specific types of targeted interventions in emerging markets and developing countries that assist with:

• developing long-term policies and regulations that provide a stable, long-term environment for renewable energy and energy efficiency
• innovative finance mechanisms and business models to make renewables and energy efficiency a bankable prospect for the private sector

The REEEP contribution to an individual project typically does not exceed €150,000. Therefore projects are selected not only for their direct local impact, but also with a view towards their potential for up-scaling, and/or for replication in other countries.

REEEP does not typically provide funding to large-scale power generation projects or to one-off events and conferences.