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THE SMART VILLAGES INITIATIVE
Date 7 March 2017
Presenter: Dr John Holmes
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Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
By 2030:
■ Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and
modern energy services
■ Increase substantially the share of renewable energy
in the global energy mix
■ Double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency
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ENERGY ACCESS AS ENABLER OF MOST SDGS
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ENERGY AS A CATALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT
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SMART CITIES: NEED FOR A VILLAGE LEVEL ANALOGUE
SMART VILLAGES
SMART CITIES
47% of world’s
population and 70% of
the world’s poor live in
rural villages
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SMART VILLAGES: SOME KEY FEATURES
Key services: education, health , clean water and sanitation
ICT connectivity: distance learning and world’s knowledge base
Modern health services and tele-medicine
Provision of clean water and safe sanitation
Foster entrepreneurship in the provision and use of energy services
Capture more of the agricultural value chain
Create new businesses
Through ICT connectivity, participate in governance processes
At local, regional and national levels
Smart communities with strong rural/urban linkages
Building more resilient communities better able to
respond to shocks
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SHIFTING THE BALANCE OF OPPORTUNITIES
BETWEEN CITIES AND VILLAGES
Technological
advances
Game changing
technologies
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THE SMART VILLAGES INITIATIVE
Focus: sustainable local energy solutions for rural
communities
Policy advice: an insightful, ‘view from the frontline’ of
the challenges of village energy provision for
development, and how they can be overcome
Engagement: bringing together the key players:
scientists, entrepreneurs, villagers, NGO’s, financers,
regulators and policy makers etc:
What are the barriers?
How can they be overcome?
What messages to funders and policy makers?
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Science community
Frontline workers
Policy & development communities
Facilitating discussion between communities…
…on the barriers to energy access for rural development and how they can be overcome
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Connection and discussion
interpretation Synthesis
communication
More effective policy &
interventions
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Project team: Universities of Cambridge and
Oxford
Key partners:
- National Science Academies
- Practical Action
- Global Young Academy
Funding: charitable
foundations: CMEDT & TWCF
SMART VILLAGES INITIATIVE: A PARTNERSHIP
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SIX REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES
East Africa – June 2014
SE Asia – January 2015
South Asia – April 2015
South America – January 2016
West Africa – May 2016
Central America/Caribbean –
November 2016
East Africa – June 2014
SE Asia – January 2015
South Asia – April 2015
South America – January 2016
West Africa – May 2016
Central America/Caribbean –
November 2016
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SIX REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES
East Africa – June 2014
SE Asia – January 2015
South Asia – April 2015
South America – January 2016
West Africa – May 2016
Central America/Caribbean –
November 2016
12-18 month engagement
programmes:
Workshops → reports/policy
briefs
Briefing meetings
Capacity building event
Media workshop
Entrepreneurial competition
Final event pulling together key
stakeholders
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WORKSHOPS HELD TO DATE
Southeast Asia
First Southeast Asia regional workshop: Kuching, Malaysia, January 2015
Southeast Asia media dialogue workshop: Seoul, South Korea, September 2015
Energy for off-grid islands: Bunaken island, Indonesia, November 2015
Sustainable dissemination of improved cookstoves: lessons from Southeast Asia: Yangon, Myanmar, December 2015
Smart Villages and resilience to natural disasters: National University of Singapore, May 2016
The energy & water nexus, Philippines June 2016
South Asia
Smart Villages in Nepal: Kathmandu, Nepal, April 2015
Southeast Asia media dialogue workshop, Seoul, June 2015
Smart Villages in Bangladesh: Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2015
Smart Villages in Pakistan: Islamabad, October 2015
State level brainstorm: Odisha, India, April 2016
4th Forward Look workshop: Mini-grids, Bangalore, India ,July 2016
Energy & Agriculture, Hyderabad India, September 2016
East Africa
First East Africa regional workshop: Arusha, Tanzania, June 2014
East Africa media dialogue workshop: Kigali, Rwanda, November 2014
East Africa Community Leaders’ dialogue workshop: Terrat, Tanzania, August 2015
Concluding high-level workshop for East Africa engagement: Kigali, Rwanda, September 2015
West Africa
First West Africa Regional workshop: Accra, Ghana, May 2016
The WEF nexus, Senegal, August 2016
Country focus – Togo, February 2017
South America
First South America regional workshop: Lima, Peru, January 2016
Sustainable energy for rural communities in Bolivia: La Paz, Bolivia, April 2016
Media workshop, Paraguay, July 2016
Resilience, Ecuador January 2017
Central America and Caribbean
Opening regional workshop, Dominican Republic, November 2016
UK
1st Forward Look workshop: New technologies for off-grid villages – a look ahead: January 2014
2nd Forward Look workshop: Potential breakthroughs in the use of energy in off-grid villages: December 2015
Business and financial models: January 2016
3rd Forward look Workshop: Frontier energy storage technologies: Edinburgh University, May 2016
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CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES
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THE SMART VILLAGES INITIATIVE
1. A key aim: identify framework conditions to:
■ foster entrepreneurial activities in delivering & using energy
services
■ maximise leverage of public sector funding
2. An underlying premise: to maximise social benefit
and development impact:
■ integrate energy access with other development initiatives
■ take a community level approach
3. An important concern:
■ to catalyse rapid progression through the various levels of energy
access
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ENERGY ACCESS FOR IMPROVED
HEALTHCARE & EDUCATION IN VILLAGES
• Globally, 1 in 3 children go to a primary
school without electricity (188 million out
of 660 million)
• In sub-Saharan Africa only 24% of health
facilities have access to reliable electricity
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HEALTH CLINICS NEED:
■ Electricity for:
■ lighting to enable examinations, operations and childbirth, particularly at night
■ refrigeration to preserve vaccines and medicines, and for staff food where on-site accommodation is provided
■ diagnostic equipment including microscopes, blood analysers, ultrasound, electrocardiographs, and (for larger clinics) X-ray machines
■ water pumping and purification, and sanitation
■ ICT and to enable the connectivity required for tele-medicine and e-health
■ fans.
■ Thermal energy for:
■ equipment sterilisation, hot water, space heating (in some climate zones), and for
cooking.
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SCHOOLS NEED:
■ Electricity for:
■ lighting to provide adequate levels of illumination in classrooms over longer
periods, and to enable teachers to prepare lessons.
■ ICT to enable distance learning and for the running of the school.
■ water pumping and purification, and sanitation.
■ fans to help keep classrooms and offices at an acceptable operating temperature
■ Thermal energy for:
■ food preparation, water heating and space heating (in some climatic zones).
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COMMON ISSUES FOR SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CENTRES
■ Need to take an integrated approach focused on overall
outcomes:
■ Investment in equipment to effectively use electricity access
■ Address other resource shortfalls, not least staffing
■ Address sources of ill-health: clean water, sanitation, improved
cookstoves
■ Lighting in homes to enable children to do homework
■ Strong interlinkages between improved education and
healthcare
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COMMON ISSUES FOR SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CENTRES (2)
■ Meeting the costs of energy access & connectivity, and of equipment: ■ Falling costs and innovations to deal with intermittency
■ Health centres and schools as anchors
■ Powering productive enterprises to generate income
■ System sustainability ■ Operation and maintenance
■ Design based on needs not technology led
■ Issue of theft and vandalism
■ Maximising the value derived from connectivity: ■ access to expert resources and the world’s knowledge base
■ Support to health workers, teachers and school children
■ Increase efficiency and reduce costs
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ENERGY AND ICT ACCESS FOR SCHOOLS
■ Access to content via the internet and TV/radio
■ High quality teaching materials developed centrally
■ Augment teaching resources and modes – not
replacement for teachers
■ Training for teachers
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ENERGY AND ICT ACCESS FOR HEALTH CENTRES
■ Quality of electricity supply: reliability and voltage surges
■ Tele-medicine: overcoming distance barriers and access
to scarce specialist care
■ Expanding array of innovative diagnostic technologies
■ Early detection and action on epidemics
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QUESTIONS FOR BOTH SCHOOLS AND HEALTH
CENTRES IN VILLAGES
■ What lessons can we learn from previous experiences of providing
energy and connectivity to schools and health centres?
■ Looking ahead, what are the key developments required: for
example in technology, infrastructure, financing etc?
■ How can energy access for schools and clinics best be integrated
with other development initiatives in villages?
■ How should energy access and the equipment it powers in schools
and clinics be financed?
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QUESTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE
■ What needs to be in place in the broader healthcare
system outside the village to make the most of the
opportunities arising from energy access and connectivity?
■ What else needs to happen in the village in order to get
the best health outcomes for the villagers?
■ What are the challenges and opportunities for health
workers arising from energy access and connectivity?
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QUESTIONS FOR EDUCATION
■ How can internet access (and TV/radio) best augment
classroom teaching?
■ What are the priorities for further developments in the
technology, teaching materials and methods,
connectivity etc?
■ What are the challenges and opportunities for teachers
arising from energy access and connectivity?
