Sustainable Rural Development through Renewable Energy with Special Focus on Women-Led Enterprises in Sierra Leone (SURE)

About this project

<p class="ql-align-justify">The Action ¿Sustainable Rural Development through Renewable Energy with Special Focus on Women-Led Enterprises in Sierra Leone (SURE)¿ builds on GIZ¿s long-standing experience in rural electrification in Sierra Leone under the Energising Development Programme (EnDev) and directly follows the implementation of the pilot action ¿Transformational Energy Use for Sierra Leone 1¿ (TEUSL 1) co-funded by the EU under the contribution agreement signed with GIZ for implementation of activities within the EU-GoSL Financing Agreement for ¿Transformational Energy Access for Sierra Leone¿ (TEASL) programme.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">As the follow-up to TEUSL 1, which focused on pilot regions to identify, design, and test the most promising entrepreneurial uses of off-grid renewable energy around existing mini-grids in particular, SURE, on one hand, will integrate lessons learned and scale up successful approaches, but on the other hand, increase its impact through a broader scope of activities and implementation on a national level.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The <strong>Specific Objective</strong> of SURE is: ¿Promote the use of renewable energies, technologies and digitalisation, with a focus on strengthening rural value chains in Sierra Leone¿.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The <strong>Outputs</strong> to be delivered by this Action are:</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><strong>Output 1: Capacities of the technical and managerial staff in selected pu…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 3Good Health and Well-being
• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Sierra Leone

Sectors

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBH

Accountable

Other public entities in donor country

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2026-PC-25231.

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