FIRST MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The first meeting of the UPDEA Scientific Committee of the 2008-2011 period, hosted by STEG, was held in Tunis from 15th to 17th October, 2008. This meeting gathered the experts of the UPDEA power utilities, the development partners as well as other guests. The proceedings were held in hotel Karthago le Palace in Tunis.
Many presentations were made on the energy efficiency, renewable energies and rural electrification. After these different presentations, the delegates discussed the issue of the revitalization of the Scientific Committee. As a reminder, the Scientific Committee is the technical organ of the UPDEA and is composed of Study Committees.
The experts also set up the various Study Committees adapted to the challenges which need to be taken up by the African power utilities; they also defined the themes for the present mandate.
The proceedings which were done in a smooth environment did achieve the expected objectives.
The proceedings were closed by a visit of the wind power station of Sidi Daoud. This power station is located in Cape Bon at a hundred kilometres from Tunis. Work of extension is in progress to increase its capacity from 20MW to 55 MW.
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GENERAL REPORT OF THE 16th CONGRESS OF UPDEA

On June 10, 2005 in Accra, the 15th Congress of UPDEA selected the following topic for the 16th Congress: “Good Governance in national electricity sector Key factor for achieving access to electricity for all African people.”

For this 16th Congress held in Nairobi from 24 to 26 June, 2008, several papers were collected and reviewed by the Scientific Committee in order to propose a program tantamount to the stakes of the selected topic.
The participants were given the opportunities to debate on 25 (twenty five) papers presented by the authors.
Besides, for three years, the study committees have endeavoured, in as much as possible, to carry out their assignments.
This Congress was therefore an opportunity, on the one hand, to continue sharing our experiences during the debates on the general topic and to take stock of the Study Committees activities over the past three years. The items mentioned below are a summary of the debates. Cont.....