Understanding Communities
Maximizing the impacts of energy access by understanding development opportunities, needs and aspirations of people and communities
Maximizing the impacts of energy access by understanding development opportunities, needs and aspirations of people and communities
This digital seminar is the second edition of our joint series that WISIONS is hosting in cooperation with the Learning Group of the ACCESS Coalition. It focuses on how to maximize the development effects of energy access.
The ultimate goal of energy access interventions is to support people to build prosperous and fulfilling lives. Local contextual factors determine what opportunities are feasible. Moreover, what fulfilling lives means for people is strongly linked to cultural specificities such as values and aspirations.
Thus, understanding how such contextual and cultural aspects of people’s lives and capacities can be recognized and integrated into the conception and realization of energy projects is key in order to maximize the impacts of energy access.
In the discussion our panelists established that conventional approaches to energy planning devote insufficient attention to community engagement. With their capacities and abilities, communities can support and lead the successful realization of energy initiatives. Engaging them is possible on three different levels:
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