REEEP

Backed by national governments, businesses, development banks and NGOs, REEEP is uniquely placed to contribute to international, national and regional policy dialogues. 

In accelerating the integration of renewables into the energy mix, and advocating energy efficiency improves a nation’s energy security, whilst reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emission, and ensuring further socio-economic benefits by increasing the energy security, and reducing the energy poverty of a country.

With a network of eight regional secretariats and several thousand Friends, REEEP has the ability to affect change worldwide.  The partnership has funded more than eighty high quality projects in forty countries that remove market barriers to clean energy in the developing world and economies in transition.  These projects are beginning to deliver new business models, policy recommendations, risk mitigation instruments and regulatory measures.

The partnership's overarching goals are to:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Deliver social improvements to developing countries and countries in transition, by improving the access to reliable clean energy services, and by making REES more affordable
• Bring economic benefits to nations that use energy in a more efficient way and increase the share of indigenous renewable resources within their energy mix.

REEEP is an Austrian legal entity with the status of an International NGO. The partnership was conceived at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002. The International Secretariat is based in Vienna, within the offices of the United Nations Industrial Development Programme (UNIDO).

The partnership is funded by a number of governments including: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, The United Kingdom, The United States and the European Commission.

REEEP's regional secretariats provide access to best practice in policy and finance to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. REEEP's International Secretariat engages political, financial and business support to reduce the risk inherent in implementing new policy and financing initiatives.