Governance & Policy Making

Providing developing communities with support, guidance and knowledge

The importance of sound policies and governance to the economic growth of any country are evident. For developing communities, they represent a foundation that is essential for its development. MWH offers a unique blend of extensive and in-depth expertise of policy frameworks across the globe.

Over the years, we have carried out a great number of studies and analyses of regulatory environments in the energy market in Africa, the Balkans and Central Asia. We are currently executing the two largest EU-funded energy service contracts under the “Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4All) initiative for the whole Sub-Saharan Africa. SE4All is an UN initiative financially supported by the European Commission that aims to provide people around the globe with access to modern electricity and improve energy efficiency and renewable energy. MWH is the leading and partnering contractor for the execution of two EU contracts under the SE4ALL initiative covering Western and Central Africa (22M EUR) and Eastern and Southern Africa (15M EUR), therefore covering all the 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

One of the key components of the SE4ALL programme is to establish national energy sector policies (including access, supplies, efficiency and reforms) to assist partner countries in identifying energy access, supply and efficiency strategies and policies - including renewable energy readiness assessments where they are lacking.

MWH is also responsible for the delivery of technical assistance services at national and regional level, and advice to the beneficiary countries all over the African continent, on how to significantly increase investments in the energy sector. More specifically, MWH provides technical support in programming and project preparation in the field of rural electrification, renewable energy, energy efficiency as well as energy savings. In the light of this project, we can rely on our established contacts with government counterparts in the Sub-Saharan region.