Saturday, 10 May 2008

SPARKNET is an interdisciplinary interactive Knowledge Network focusing on energy for low-income households in Southern and East Africa. SPARKNET is sponsored by the European Commission's 5th Framework Programme for Research under the research and technological development programme Confirming the International Role of Community Research (INCO). Acting as a ’virtual community’ and meeting / publishing through the internet - both the world wide web and email - SPARKNET brings together stakeholders from seven countries in Southern and East Africa and three from the European Union around the issue of energy and poverty in low-income households.

Welcome to the SPARKNET website! This is a dynamic site which will be updated regularly as the project develops. SPARKNET members are currently developing detailed peer reviewed country reports on the Household Energy situation in each of the target countries, and these will be made available through this website in the course of 2002. In this first phase we will compare and contrast the household energy situation in each country so as to highlight policy options and innovation opportunities. Other project highlights for 2003 and 2004 include the development and assessment of future scenarios for each country, and the exploration of policy options. Two international Internet-conferences will be held.

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SPARKNET Members

SPARKNET consists of twelve organisations from 10 countries under the leadership of ITDG and in close co-operation with eco. Five members come from the European Union (three from the UK, one from the Netherlands and one from Germany) and seven from countries in Southern and East Africa. There are three thematic partners from the EU that support local country members and bring expertise in key thematic areas (forestry, gender, and health). All twelve partners participating in this project are experts in the field of energy in low-income rural households although they come from a wide variety of backgrounds including semi-governmental, private sector, and NGO. Click on the logos below for details of each organisation.

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