eu solar energy final narrative report fed 2011 232-92...

FED/2011/232-92 July 2011 to September 2014

2014 of 20 EU Solar Energy Final Narrative Report FED 2011 232-‐92.docx

ENERGY FACILITY Enabling 18.000 people to access sustainable small

scale solar power in Quissanga and Ancuabe Districts, Cabo Delgado

________________________________

FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE GAIA-MOVEMENT

ADPP MOZAMBIQUE

Final Narrative Report

July 2011 – September 2014



Table of contents

List of acronyms used in the report 3

1. Description 4

2. Assessment of implementation of Action activities 5

2.1. Executive summary of the Action 5

2.2. Results and Activities 6

2.3. Project continuation after the support from The European Union has ended 15

2.4. Mainstream of cross-cutting issues 15

2.5. Monitory/Evaluation 16

2.6. Lessons Learned: utilization and dissemination 16

2.7. List of all materials (and number of copies) produced 17

2.8. List of all contracts (works, supplies, services) above € 60 000 17

3. Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other Cooperation 17

4. Visibility 20

5. Location of records, accounting and supporting documents 20



List of acronyms used in the report ADPP Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo FUNAE Fundo Nacional de Energia GAIA GAIA Movement TERI The Energy and Resources Institute EU European Union ROM Results Oriented Monitory LaBL Lightning a Billion Lives UNDP United Nations Development Program DAs District Administrators



1. Description 1.1. Name of Coordinator of the grant contract:

Jone Queniasse, Coordinator for Renewable Energy and Farmers' Clubs projects, ADPP

1.2. Name and title of the Contact Person:

Birgit Holm, Executive Director from Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo (ADPP);

1.3. Name of Beneficiary(ies) and affiliated entity(ies) in the Action: Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo (ADPP); Fundo Nacional de Energia (FUNAE) of Mozambique; and TERI of India and GAIA;

1.4. Title of the Action: Enabling 18.000 People to access sustainable small scale solar power in Quissanga and Ancuabe districts, Cabo Delgado;

1.5. Contract number: FED/2011/232-092;

1.6. Start date and end date of the Action: 20th of July 2011 to 19th of September 2014

1.7. Target country(ies) or region(s): Mozambique

1.8. Final beneficiaries &/or target groups1 (if different) (including numbers of women and men):

1.8.1. Final beneficiaries – 30,000 women, men and children’s in Quissanga and Ancuabe districts

1.8.2. Target group – 18,000 women, men and children and 200 potential entrepreneurs;

1.9. Country(ies) in which the activities take place (if different from 1.7):

1 “‘Target groups”’ are the groups/entities who will be directly positively affected by the project at

the Project Purpose level, and “‘final beneficiaries”’ are those who will benefit from the project in the long term at the level of the society or sector at large.



2. Assessment of implementation of Action activities

2.1. Executive summary of the Action The project “Enabling 18000 people to Access sustainable small solar power in Quissanga and Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado”, commonly called Solar Energy Project fulfilled its objective of providing light in 41 communities that did not have access to quality and clean light sources before this intervention. Special groups like children have benefited from this solar light source to study and do their homework after dusk.

The project success is also evidenced in the income generation activities of 41 entrepreneurs, who are managing the Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) stations – also known as solar charging stations –who were unemployed before this Action and 200 small business owners/entrepreneurs who are using the solar lamps to keep their businesses open longer and increase their earnings and others expanded their businesses. Anecdotal reports and observations during field visits testify that all these entrepreneurs found this innovative technology useful in improving their incomes and living conditions. Trainings held assisted the beneficiaries to develop their own businesses at the same time they got to know about the importance of protecting the environment and use the resources in a sustainable manner. The training component of the intervention was strengthened by the synergy this EU funded project had with other interventions such as the farmers’ clubs project financed by AECID, the solar food driers and the firewood saving stoves which were developed simultaneously in Intutupue, financed by UNDP. Unexpected positive results are the use of the solar charging stations for charging cell phones and other small appliances (like radios and barbershop machines), as well as the use of the solar lamps by the traditional midwifes. At local level this initiative was welcomed by local authorities who supported the Project Team and coordinated the intervention activities, indicating the sites for project implementation, collaborating attending the training sessions and meetings to motivate and encourage the community members to become part of the project. The support and commitment demonstrated by government and the involvement of local community leaders is also evidence that the solar energy project was in line with the government priorities and socio-economic plans/policies. The specific objectives of this intervention were achieved as illustrated in the table below as follows:

Strategic Objective 1 Indicator Target value

Level of achievement

To provide quality illumination based on clean energy to rural households for 18000 people and thereby facilitate education of children, provide better illumination and provide opportunities for increased livelihood

Evidence of increase to 18,000 people with access to clean energy for their daily needs (light use)

14760 82%

Greater number of children (3,240) are able to improve schools results because they can study for longer (into dusk)

3240 142%

To increase the profit margin of beneficiary households through training, which maximises the

Evidence of increased number of people with the possibility to maximise

240 100%



output of work during the extra hours of light

their productive, professional and academic output

2.2. Results and Activities

R1 – 4,000 families, or 18,000 people with access to quality illumination from solar energy-charged lanterns for a small daily fee 1.1 Evidence of increase in number of families with enough and good light for their own

needs: 2460 families/14.760 people (R1)

A1.1 – Project team identification; identification of candidates who will be LaBL entrepreneurs The Project team was established in August 2011 and consists of 1 Project Leader and 10 Area Leaders, 1 Driver and 1 Cashier. The Project Leader coordinated the overall project activities. The 10 Area Leaders were chosen locally and distributed in the 25 villages where the project was implemented (14 in the District of Quissanga and 11 in the District of Ancuabe) for monitoring the operation of the 41 solar stations. Throughout the three years the project went through leadership changes. The first Project Coordinator (Mr. Alberto Amóros) resigned in 2012 and was substituted by Mr. Eugenio Mangue, who is a skilled technician, he oversaw the establishment of the Solar Charging Stations and the technical training of the Station Entrepreneurs. In November 2013 Mrs. Eracel Monteiro took over the leadership, focusing more on the community development aspects of the project, like the small scale entrepreneurs and the women’s empowerment, improving the pace of project implementation. Due to the project team’s efforts, project activities in the 25 villages in the districts of Quissanga (14) and Ancuabe (11) were well coordinated, supported and monitored resulting in the efficient operation of the 41 solar stations. In selecting the managers/entrepreneurs of the LaBL stations, priority was given to women who could write and read (this was a long and delicate process because most of the community leaders wanted to be in charge of the stations). Through use of persuasion and demonstrating benefits of having women managers, the project team succeeded to get a sizeable number of women as managers/entrepreneurs of the Solar Charging Stations. As a reward for these actions, in Ancuabe, 18 women are managing the Solar Charging Stations and 2 women are managing the Solar Charging Stations in Quissanga. The index of illiterate women is high and is partly a reason why few women enrolled as Solar Charging station entrepreneurs in Quissanga, the first District. When starting in Ancuabe, the project put more efforts in enrolling female A1.2 – Project team capacity building During the 3 years of training, the project team participated in technical trainings by TERI, internal capacity building sessions monthly, and distance learning course on Community Development, designed specifically for project staff at ADPP projects. Below the different trainings are described. A technician from Global Telelink conducted a 3 days training session in February 2012 in Maputo City. This training was directed to the Project Leader (Mr. Eugenio Mangue). This initial training session covered the following topics: solar panels installation and their positioning in the sun light, lamps charging, care and maintenance and how to repair the



equipment. With the intensive tailor made training sessions and practical instructions, the project leader was all set to train his project team. On return to Cabo Delgado he trained the 10 Area Leaders of the project on the same topic to enable them to support project implementation. The second training wave started in the second year of project implementation, when the Project Leader went to India, between July and August 2012, and visited similar projects implemented by Humana People to People India in cooperation with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He was trained on the maintenance of solar lamps and solar charging stations’ equipment. The Project Leader gained valuable know how and creativity from the projects established in India, where the concept of LaBL had scaled up and was reaching out to many people. This training was important for the project progress as the Project Leader came back and was capable of training the Area Leaders in these topics and thus ensured the maintenance of the existing 18 solar charging stations. In the second year of the intervention the Area Leaders attended refresher training sessions, in addition they held monthly meetings, where each Area Leader presented queries and challenges encountered in the field. This exercise aimed to ensure that the Area Leaders would continue training the communities’ members, mainly on associations’ administration and management of small businesses. TERI also conducted a 7 days training, between 30th June to 5th July 2013, in Bilibiza, on troubleshooting and maintenance of equipment. The participants were the Project Leader, 10 area leaders and 1 community member (who is a phone repair technician). This was an important training to enhance the maintenance skills of the project Leader and Area Leader, so they could be of assistance in event of problems in any of the solar charging stations and could also be able to replicate what they have learnt and ensure part of the solar charging stations sustainability. The Project Leader (Mr. Eugenio Mangue) and 3 Area Leaders took part in a 15 days’ training on “community development” in Kwazulu Natal Experimental College, in Pinetown, Durban, in South Africa. This training was important to strengthen the capacity of the Area Leaders, as recommended by the Results Oriented Monitory (ROM) report, in the area of communication, conflicts solving, understanding the project tools as well as crosscutting issues such as environment, gender and governance In the last year of the intervention the 10 Area Leaders participated in monthly capacity training in Bilibiza, to keep the team’s competence levels high and ensure their levels of support to the community members on small business management and administration was effective and responded to emerging community members’ requirements. The training sessions formed the foundation of the programme to support the communities to gain skills they need to fully engage and drive the project. In addition the Area Leaders used this forum to share challenges and supporting each other with solutions in the project catchment areas. A1.3 – Procurement For the establishment of the Project Office, an open and transparent procurement process resulted in the purchase of project assets as follows: 6 bicycles, 11 motorbikes one of them a Honda XR 125 and 1 second hand Toyata Hilux car; office furniture and equipment such as 1 desktop, 1 printer, 1 scanner, 1 digital camera, 5 laptops, 1 furniture set comprising of desks with chairs, cupboard and shelves and 1 meeting table and 15 chairs. For the installation of the solar charging stations ADPP signed a contract with TERI, which was already identified in the ADPP application to EU as the supplier of solar



charging stations. In total ADPP acquired 41 solar charging stations from TERI (4 were using 6 small chargers with a capacity to charge 10 lamps each, different from the other ones which were using 2 chargers with capacity to charge 30 lamps each). In terms of financing 37 solar charging stations were funded by EU and 4 by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). One of the 37 solar charging stations was small, with only 30 lamps and this station was installed using some savings from the budget. In addition the station was installed in response to the request from a small village in the neighbouring zone of the project that was in need of this smaller sized solar charging station. The solar charging stations comprise of 2 solar panels of 100 watt, 2 junction boxes and sixty lanterns/lamps and cables for all parts connection (except the little one with only 30 lamps). In order to improve the houses2 of the solar charging station 40 doors and 40 tables were purchased to safeguard the solar charging stations. In addition the project also procured and purchased. . ; 100 uniform kits (100 T-shirts and 100 hats) for the Project Team; 41 logos to identify the 41 Solar Charging Stationss; and 41 signboards. The uniforms, logos and signboards were important as part of increasing project visibility and ownership. A1.4 – Selection of locations for the establishment of Solar Charging Stations The identification of the villages for Solar Charging Stations installation started in August 2011 after the Project Team was established. This process was conducted in close collaboration with District government authorities and community leaders. The community leaders held meetings with the residents of the villages, and the future Solar Charging station entrepreneurs were consensually chosen by the community and they were considered people who were literate, respected by the community and willing to take on this responsibility. The local authorities and leaders are also respected people in the area and their involvement would also contribute to the project appropriation by the final beneficiaries. During the 3 years of the project 4 solar charging stations were moved to other villages as requested by local authorities, in order to guarantee a better distribution of the lamps according to population density. The District of Ancuabe has 22 solar charging stations and Quissanga 19. In the end the 41 stations were established in 16 villages in the following way:

DISTRICT OF QUISSANGA

DISTRICT OF ANCUABE

Village No. of Stations

Village No. of Stations

1. Indique 3 1. Nanduli 2 2. Muaja 1 2. Ngeue 2 3. Nacoba 1 3. Nicuita 2 4. Namange 3 4. Nanoa 2 5. Napuda 2 5. Giote 1 6. 1º de Maio 1 6. Nacussa 2 7. Natugo 1 7. Nacololo 3 8. Cajembe 1 8. Cajarene 1 9. Namaluco 1 9. Ntutupue 4 10. Quilite 1 10. Ntele 1 11. Nancaramo 11. Muaguide 2

2 During the first training held in Cabo Delgado, the Project Staff agreed on improving and strengthening the physical conditions of the houses where the solar charging stations would be installed. The houses needed to have new doors and windows installed to avoid theft of the equipment as well as tables for lamps, chargers, junction boxes and cables.



12. 19 de Outubro 1 13. Arimba 2

24 Villages 41 Solar Charging Stations

Table 1: Distribution of the 41 solar charging stations in the two districts A1.5 – Establishment of project office ADPP Teacher’s Training College in Bilibiza, in Quissanga District provided one of its Offices to the project, which facilitated communication, transportation and good accessibility to the project operation areas. The office also offered access to good facilities for trainings as well as accommodation for the participants, when coming from the project areas to trainings and meetings. A1.6 – Project launch locally and meetings with local authorities In Quissanga District the project was “unofficially” launched in September 2011, and formally authorized by the Quissanga District Administration Secretary on the 24th October 2011 with the signing of a letter authorizing the project implementation, by the Quissanga District Administration Secretary. Meetings with the Quissanga District Administration took place in January and February 2012, where the new Project Leader, Mr. Eugénio Mangue was presented. The project has throughout the implementation made quarterly reports to the District Authorities as agreed. In addition monthly meetings were held with the authorities in each village where the stations operated, to inform them about the project progress, share lessons and ask for recommendations when needed. The local authorities played an active role to support the success of the project. In Ancuabe District the project launch process started with an exchange of communications with the District authorities followed by consultations about the best locations and agreement on the final choice of villages for the installation of the 22 solar charging stations. These stations were established during the months of August - December 2012. Keeping good relations with relevant government entities is key for the success of any project. It facilitates project support and collaboration, thus leading to project success. To keep these collaborative relations sound, the project team participated in 2 government sessions in Quissanga district and presented quarterly project reports. The government members gave a positive feedback to the project. They commended the idea and set-up of the solar charging stations for having generated income not only for the families of the project participants, but its contribution to economic growth in the district at large. They also applauded the establishment of associations as a positive development to promote team working and increased production power. An example of the close collaboration with government representatives and local authorities is the episode of November 2013, where the worrying issue of the low revenues generated in Ntororo was discussed. As a solution, the Administrator proposed to move the station to Arimba where there were more people in demand of the services. This effectively reduced the number of villages of project implementation to 24 without affecting the expected project outcomes. A1.7 – On-site training of project staff by TERI’s technical support team combined with village selection of Solar Charging Stations; Scoping Study This activity started in February 2012 when the process of solar charging stations order was completed and the equipment delivered in Maputo. The Project Leader was the first one to be trained in Maputo, by a TERI technician and then he went to Cabo Delgado,



where he trained his staff, the 10 Area Leaders. In March, the Area Leaders took part in a 3 days refresher training conducted in Cabo Delgado by another TERI technician, who gave positive feedback about the results achieved to date. This last training session was exciting because it included the installation of 3 solar charging stations. After this training Project Staff was able to pursue the installation of 15 more solar charging stations. The Project Leader went for a 2 week training in India, and after his return he retrained the Area Leaders on the topic of solar lamps and equipment maintenance. This is enabling the project team and entrepreneurs to repair their damaged lamps. In July 2013, a Technical team from TERI worked with the area leaders and visited the solar charging stations with the purpose to check the status of the equipment and running of the station and learn about the problems and challenges the entrepreneurs had. In the process the technician gave training in how to solve some of the problems with the equipment. Like welding and fixing damaged part). It proved to be a great opportunity were the project team learnt basic technical skills like identifying and solving equipment’ problems (fix/weld damaged parts). In July 2014, a female Technician from TERI worked with the project for 5 days. The Technician arrived after spare parts for the lamps had been acquired from the supplier, and she trained the project team and the station entrepreneurs in how to repair and substitute parts. At the end of the visit, all lamps were functioning, and the entrepreneurs were more confident do the maintenance. She also made a survey of the market for spare parts, and identified some enterprises in Pemba, who had required spare parts available which then solved one of the main concerns to secure the sustainability of running the stations. A1.8 – Training of 40 charging station entrepreneurs The TERI technician delivered training to 18 entrepreneurs from the District of Quissanga in March 2012. The 18 trainees gained skills on installation of the solar panels, maintenance of solar panels, lanterns and junction boxes, and registration of the lanterns. In April 2012 these entrepreneurs were also trained on the topic of business planning and micro finances. In the last two years of the intervention the entrepreneurs from both Districts had 2 meetings weekly in their own villages. The meetings were organized in coordination with the respective area leader; they could exchange experience regarding the solar charging stations operation and challenges that they faced. Apart from these weekly meetings, monthly meetings were held in each district for the entrepreneurs, to discuss their achievements, innovative ideas on generating income from their solar station activities. At quarterly meetings all the 41 entrepreneurs, 10 area leaders and the project leaders met in one place to discuss achievements, share experiences and lessons learnt. There have been fifteen training sessions – monthly capacity building and refresher sessions for the 41 station entrepreneurs; 2 joint empowerment sessions for the 41 station entrepreneurs; such training served as spaces for experience & practice sharing. They also served for empowerment and lessons learned on the operation of the solar stations and basic skills for managing a small business. The joined up session provided opportunity for members from both districts to present their activities, exchange experience, and receive feedback and comments from the other district, thus improving presentation, analysis and business management skills.



A1.9 – A technical baseline survey and impact assessment to be executed by a sub-contractor A Baseline Survey was conducted internally in the first year of the project (October to November 2011). The main conclusion was that people needed safe and affordable quality light to improve their livelihood and have an economical base for the fee to be paid for recharging lanterns. A ROM (Result Orientated Monitoring) was conducted by a Monitory Officer from the European Union (EU) in July 2012, to check the adequacy of project objectives in responding to the beneficiary’s real problems, needs and priorities and the quality of the products and services provided under this intervention. The main recommendations from this ROM were that: Area Leaders should be further trained in communication, conflicts solving, understanding the project tools as well as crosscutting issues such as environment, gender and governance; increase the female inclusion in the trainings of entrepreneurs of small businesses as well as support them, and develop an effective gender monitoring plan; use of the budget line for project staff and solar energy entrepreneurs’ uniform, identification sign posts in the solar energy stations, t-shirts, caps and stickers for the cars and motorbikes; and the revision of the Logical Framework. The logical frame work was not revised, as our contact person at EU, Ana Mariguesa advised that this was not necessary. The project team also met other recommendations such as better support for the solar panels, revision of the price for charging telephones, and meeting with FUNAE. A Mid Term Evaluation was conducted by FUNAE in 2013. The key findings were that the solar lanterns and charging stations had simultaneously increased access to illumination and recharge services for mobile phones. Beneficiaries, the majority of whom are subsistence farmers and small scale fishermen, acknowledged the importance of the project for having eased access to recharge facilities at affordable prices. The increased access to lighting and recharge services had triggered other unmet needs. These included the wish to own other domestic appliances and lanterns on one hand, and the necessity to expand the capacity of the recharge stations on the other hand to meet the high demand. Entrepreneurs reported that recharging stations were viable and sustainable and that they had learned to maintain the lamps especially now that some spare parts are available locally. The training of the entrepreneurs in maintenance and repairs of the lanterns was useful, though sometimes the issues of repair were too difficult for the basic skills they had received. Key recommendations from the midterm evaluation are the following: � Deepen the training of the entrepreneurs in the repair and maintenance of the lanterns � Alternatively identify a competent technician who will be responsible for the

maintenance and repair of the lanterns � Secure spare parts for maintenance from the supplier In August 2014 an external consultant was engaged to conduct an impact assessment. The main conclusion was that the 3 expected results from the intervention were achieved successfully: R1 – 14760 people, including R2 – 4920 school going age children now have access to quality and affordable light from the solar charging stations; R3 – 98% of the interviewed made reference to benefits such as the reduction in respiratory diseases, reduction in itchy and or burning eyes due to smoke; reduction in reported number of children burns because the lamps are safer, they are also used by the traditional midwifes. The specific objectives were achieved, the project impacts are visible as children are using the lamps to do home works, teachers use them to work after hours, correcting tests and preparing lessons. The solar charging stations are also used for re-charging phones, and other small appliances such as radios and hair cutting machines and many small business owners use the lamps to keep selling their products at night. Women have also reported that they are using the lamps for extending the day with a few hours, where they can do



other household tasks or undertakings such as cooking or baking biscuits and sell them next morning, make reed mats, among other activities. A1.10 – Installation and running of Solar Charging Stations The installation of 41 solar charging stations was concluded in the second year of the intervention (22 stations in the District of Ancuabe in 2012 and 19 in Quissanga in 2011). R2 – 3,420 children benefiting from being able to study and do homework after dusk -The lanterns will improve study conditions in homes and local schools 2.1 80%3 of children have improved academic results: 4860 benefiting from the solar lamps (R2) Activities covered in this Result are the same as the indicated above at R1. R3 – Respiratory diseases caused by inhalation of smoke from the burning of coal, wood and kerosene for lighting reduced 3.1 Respiratory diseases in the project are reduced by the end of project: target value (R3) The feedback from the beneficiaries is positive and throughout the action implementation they have stated that respiratory diseases were reduced as well as itchy or burning eyes from smoke, children’s burn and house fires. No target value foreseen for this indicator, as well as the baseline did not indicate the starting line for this, the local health facility did not have a record on these disease or have the record specifying respiratory diseases caused by smoke inhalation when using wood or kerosene. Activities covered in this Result are the same as the indicated above at R1 R4 – 200 small-scale business owners (80 women, 120 men) will experience a 9% increase in income through training in the production of goods and services, utilising the lanterns in the evenings” 4.1 At least 200 new jobs created: 241 value (R4) 41 solar charging station entrepreneurs are earning an income from the business of renting out solar lamps. Another 200 small tuck shop dealers and street dealers are improving their business by using the solar lamps at night and being able to charge their mobile phones.

A4.1 – Establishment and strengthening of Community Based Organisations – CBOs (R4) Training about how to establish CBO’s were held for the Solar Charging Station entrepreneurs and for 200 small scale business entrepreneurs.

3 The measuring of this indicator was very ambitious during the action design and it is actually not measurable, the project can indicate the number of school children using the solar lamps after dusk – 4860, i.e. more 42% children being able to study and do homework after dusk. The reasons for the measuring of this indicator are as follows: first, the baseline did not manage to determine the number of existing school age children and their performance in the intervention sites; second the schools and families do not have any objective data that evidences that the children school improvement is directly related to the use of solar lanterns for home works after school time; and third, there are many other factors that could have contributed for their performance at school, differently from this action products or services.



The purpose of the CBO was explained to the participants: By legalising the association the members could then be able to request money from District Government funds for local development. The members of the associations could start small income generation projects together, pooling their own funds and experiences into the projects, and supporting one another to achieve the goal of increasing their income. The members of the CBOs would also support the Solar Charging Stations Entrepreneurs to keep up the work, as the light and charging of telephones was important for their businesses. During the seminars in Small Scale Business entrepreneurship the possibility of forming associations/community based organisations was promoted. In the first year of the project, the trainings were conducted for the communities around the 18 solar charging stations established in Quissanga District, as explained in A4.2 – Capacity building of 200 entrepreneurs. From the second project year, the training sessions were also held for the Ancuabe communities where the Solar Charging Stations were established. The trainings were directed mainly at reinforcing the organization of the associations. The entrepreneurs and community members were encouraged to establish formally registered associations to be recognized by the government authorities, in order to facilitate access to the District development funds. The project team assisted the associations with drafting statutes, declaration of suitability, and submission of the documents at the local administration offices. To date 41 associations have been set up around the Solar Charging Stations, each with an average of 18 members. 20 of them were successfully registered, 13 have submitted their registration documentation to the government authorities, and 8 had prepared their application at the project and were ready to submit to the government authorities. One of the associations in Nacolo submitted a successful project and is waiting to receive funds. The 20 registered associations benefitted from small grants from the EU project, for income generating projects of various kinds (agriculture, fishing and a barbers shop). A4.2 – Capacity building of 200 entrepreneurs (R4) At the beginning of the project the capacity building of 200 entrepreneurs was carried out. Around each of the 18 established solar charging stations, 10-11 people were mobilised for the capacity building of entrepreneurs, a total of 190 persons of which 60 % were women. This capacity building in small business management was conducted by 2 facilitators from Aga Khan, another local NGO, with experience in this field. The initial training was of 2 days, and later 2 x 1 day follow up seminars were delivered. The participants learned skills to manage their money more efficiently and save. The option of depositing the money in a bank account was also discussed. The participants learned how to calculate the profit of the enterprise, and how to save money for future investments. In support of formation and strengthening Community Based Organisations, a total of 456 meetings were held with 41 associations. These meetings were aimed at training members in running small businesses and managing their income generation activities. The project continued with following up the Associations’ daily activities. The meetings proved popular as they offered practical skills and solutions to the members. Two women’s empowerment trainings for 100 women and 5 Income Generation Activities training for 250 small business entrepreneurs, members of the CBOs, were conducted. A total of 350 people were trained at these events. Such events served as a forum to discuss issues on women empowerment and knowledge of rights. In addition, the participants



participated in literacy classes in order to learn to write their names and where possible help their children with homework and general child care. Three different workshops on women’s rights were held, and 90 women participated. The facilitator was a woman from Social Services in Quissanga District. The topics for the workshops were: the rights of women and children to equal opportunities in education, work and public life. Literacy for women was promoted, and this has resulted in an increased number of women, who join the literacy classes, while it before the project was mainly only men participating. A4.3 – Visibility, exchange and learning (R4) Currently the project is well-known by the inhabitants from the two Districts (Quissanga and Ancuabe) and from the villages and from other villages in neighbouring areas... To maximise brand visibility at each of the solar charging stations, there is a signboard displaying the project name, the European Union name and logo as well as ADPP’s name. Furthermore, during training sessions, and speeches given, all documents bear the EU logo. In addition project assets like cars, motorbikes, computer equipment and other products like T-Shirts all have the EU logo. In addition 1000 pamphlets were produced and distributed among the stakeholders in the province of Cabo Delgado and to the potential beneficiaries. An 8 minutes video, explaining and showing the impact of the project has been produced and will be published at ADPP’s website. Copies have been distributed to the partners of the project, GAIA, UNDP, TERI and FUNAE. ADPP projects and other stake holders for similar future interventions will also receive copies. A4.4 – Project Controlled Closure (R4) The project team prepared and followed an exit plan comprising the review of the project plan in order to check if all the activities were implemented; beneficiaries received refresher trainings to ensure that the solar charging station business becomes sustainable after the project closure; the solar charging stations were handed over to the beneficiaries in coordination with the local authorities; a list with the contact details for spare parts was distributed among the solar charging stations entrepreneurs to use after the project closure; beneficiaries and local authorities were formally informed about the project closure and how they could continue with the management of the solar charging stations; project documentation was archived for future consultation. The final project evaluation has been conducted by an external Consultant and this was important to check if all the expected results were achieved and compile the lessons learned from the intervention. The final audit is also conducted and will be sent to the EU Delegation. R5 – 40 Solar Charging Stations entrepreneurs surplus profit increased by 30% through lantern-rental 5.1 30% of entrepreneurs reinvesting their profit (social: education and family welfare. Business etc): 100% (R5) Reports show that the solar energy entrepreneurs are all using part of their profits from their business to improve their living conditions and reinvesting it in their business and maintenance of the solar charging stations.



Activities covered in this Result are the same as the indicated above at R1 R6 – 40 solar charging stations installed and at least 90% of the lanterns are rented out every day 2.1 90% lanterns rented in a daily basis: 90% The solar charging stations entrepreneurs’ records show that 2187 lamps are daily rented in the 41 solar charging stations (R6) which corresponds to the 90%. Activities covered in this Result are the same as the indicated above at R1

2.3. Project continuation after the support from the European Union has ended

From various discussions with community members and the entrepreneurs involved, the project team are confident that the project actions will continue after the project closure. The entrepreneurs have come to rely on incomes generated through this pro-ject and they have shown interest in seeing their solar charging station operational and continue to rent out solar lamps. The families who are using the solar lamps are aware of the benefits it brought to their lives and therefore they all are interested in ensuring that the project will continue. The small holders farmers organized in clubs are now able to internally access the operation of a solar charging station and decide if there is need to change the entrepreneurs or take any other question to keep the stations opera-tional providing lamps for light at night. The solar charging stations entrepreneurs have the contact list of local spare parts suppliers and also of a contact person from In-dia with whom they can interact in the event they need additional supplies or any other kind of assistance. At the request of the beneficiaries ADPP Mozambique will perform refresher courses or any other support within availability of resources. ADPP Mozambique is also avail-able to contact TERI or other relevant institution if the entrepreneurs and beneficiary communities ask for it. The solar charging station Entrepreneurs all have the contact of the Project Leader, Eracel Monteiro, and they can also contact the ADPP Teacher Training College for assistance. ADPP will facilitate the contact to the supplier of solar lamps in Maputo.

2.4. Mainstream of cross-cutting issues The project products or services provided were available for the beneficiaries regardless of their gender, race, political or religious orientation, the solar lamps were rented and used by all the community members. Regarding gender the project team established quotas to ensure that women were involved in this initiative as solar energy entrepreneurs or owners of small businesses, therefore when in the beginning of the project in Quissanga only 1 woman became a solar energy en-trepreneur, vigilant mobilization work was done by the area leaders to ensure that this sce-nario was not repeated in Ancuabe, and now the project boasts a total of 20 female solar en-ergy entrepreneurs. A specific training session was developed to reach women and enable them to undertake small businesses and learn the basics of business plans, profits and sav-ings. Children’s rights to education and women rights were also topics discussed in the commu-nity speeches and during trainings. The project team made efforts to inform people about



women and children’s rights thereby mobilizing them to the importance respecting these rights. Environmental sustainability, specifically the environment protection was the top line topic addressed in the speeches and training sessions as it was considered the significant motiva-tion to undertake this project, as it will contribute to reduce the CO2 emissions, promote the reforestation and the reduction of wood cutting. This project was implemented in synergy with another project from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) funding the installation of solar charging stations, use of firewood saving stoves and solar food dryers.

2.5. Monitory/Evaluation

The project activities were internally monitored by the National Head Quarters of ADPP, through field visits and regular reports of the intervention. A Monitoring Officer from EU also monitored the project activities once, when a ROM was conducted. In the beginning of the project ADPP has also conducted a baseline study, to help keep track of the project pro-gress against the initial project status. Apart from the monitoring actions and records, external evaluations were also conducted: the Mid-Term evaluation performed by FUNAE and the Final Impact Evaluation undertak-en by an external Consultant, Mr. Nuno Tadeu Gremo. The main feedback from the beneficiaries was that this project improved their living condi-tions as it solved a problem that they were facing, lack of energy for light at night as well as charging other small appliances such as telephones, small radios and barbering machines. A benefit like the use of lamps by the traditional midwifes at child birth, and the possibility for children to do their homework at night, has increased quality of life for the beneficiaries. Owners of small businesses and the new entrepreneurs who are managing the solar charging stations have increased their incomes.

2.6. Lessons Learned: utilisation and dissemination The main lesson learned is, that with good quality equipment and high degree of training in various community activities this intervention makes an important contribution to the sus-tainability of the project, to people’s quality of life and will also contribute to economic de-velopment.

Based on the lessons from this project, ADPP has contacted a Mozambican supplier of the kind of equipment used for the solar charging stations, with high quality equipment and lo-cal maintenance support. This company has been established after the project started, and was therefore not an option at that time, but for future interventions of the same kind, the company is a good alternative as a local supplier. Their equipment is compatible with that which is at the solar charging stations, and can be used as spare parts. Other things - like wires connecting the lamps to the chargers can be acquired locally in Pemba.

The many activities of training and community mobilization for other activities like small scale business training, women’s empowerment, Farmers Clubs project, implementation of firewood saving stoves, and tree planting has been an important contribution to the sustain-ability of the project, because these activities mobilize the whole community to become bet-ter organised and to use the solar charging stations and the possibilities they bring, well.



The entrepreneurs are interested in further developing their stations, and some have added other uses such as charging radios and running barbers shops using an inverter as power supply. Another lesson is that the entrepreneurs, once they have understood the commercial value of these projects, will invest in small improvements.

Those lessons learned are documented in the 1000 pamphlets and the video of the project.

2.7. List of all materials (and number of copies) produced

2.7.1. 15 logos; 2.7.2. 40 signboards; 2.7.3. 2 training materials; 2.7.4. 100 t-shirts; 2.7.5. 100 hats; 2.7.6. 1000 pamphlets; 2.7.7. 1 video.

2.8. List of all contracts (works, supplies, services) above € 60 000 Global Telelinks / TERI, Invoice TERIMOZ/OCT/2011/JB 21, Date 20/10/2011 Equipment for the solar charging stations. Amount: €70.244,00 (Seventy thousand, two hundred and forty four Euro)

3. Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other Cooperation

3.1. How do you assess the relationship between the Beneficiaries/affiliated entities of this grant contract (i.e. those having signed the mandate for the Coordinator or an affiliat-ed entity statement)? Please provide specific information for each Benefi-ciary/affiliated entity.

The principal Partner is TERI, and the expected role during the implementation was to procure the solar energy equipment on behalf of ADPP; quality control of the equip-ment before it is shipped; Provide training of the project staff and Energy Entrepre-neurs in the installation and maintenance of the Solar Charging Stations; Regarding the fulfillment of that role, TERI has successfully procured the equipment from Global Te-lelinks, a company based in Hyderabad, India and continued assisting the Project Team in the acquisition of Solar Charging Stations as well as spare parts. TERI was success-ful in training the Project Team on Solar Charging Stations maintenance and trouble-shooting. The immediate result is that the Area Leaders as well as Solar Charging Sta-tions entrepreneurs are able to fix the solar lanterns and the stations, and they know how to identify solutions locally for emerging problems.

3.1.1. The other Partner Name is the GAIA-Movement Trust Living Earth Green World Ac-tion (GAIA) and the expected Role during Implementation was to support the project with 20.000 EURO; regarding the fulfillment of that role. GAIA paid the promised funding, and approved and paid an additional funding of 30.000 USD (23.393 Euro). The GAIA Movement has also placed information about the project on www.gaia-movement.org.

3.1.2. The Partner Name is FUNAE and the expected role during implementation was to par-

ticipate in the selection of localities where to implement the project. Guidance on the use of the solar equipment; regarding the fulfillment of that role: FUNAE supported with input on the proposal of where to implement the stations. The original application stated that 40 stations would be established in Quissanga District. Because the national



electricity grid had been extended to the biggest towns of the District when the project started, and there was not sufficient population base for all 40 stations any more, 22 stations were moved to Ancuabe District in cooperation with FUNAE. This change was agreed with the European Commission. FUNAE accepted the role to conduct the midterm evaluation of the project.

3.2. Is the above agreement between the signatories to the grant contract to continue? If so, how? If not, why? The agreement with TERI is not continuing. TERI has introduced the concept of the solar charging stations, and ADPP Mozambique has acquired the knowledge and is capable of continuing this kind of project in Mozambique. The Cooperation with GAIA-Movement continues. This partner is open to co-fund other interventions linked to environmental projects. The cooperation with FUNAE continues. FUNAE has expressed great satisfaction with the project, and are open to other interventions within renewable energy. The co-operation has continued with a new Solar Charging Station project in Changalane Administration, Namaacha District, Maputo Province, which started in 2014.

3.3. How would you assess the relationship between your organisation and State authori-ties in the Action countries? How has this relationship affected the Action?

The state authorities working with ADPP are the Administrations of Quissanga and Ancuabe Districts. These state authorities were expected to identify and recommend the sites for solar energy installation as well as the solar energy entrepreneurs; com-munity mobilization for project support; approval of project plans and reports; moni-toring & support. The Districts Administrators (DAs) have been very supportive of the project. They see it as an important contributor in the economic and social development of villages in the districts. The DAs were participants during the installation of the stations, inaugu-rated some of them. They were also instrumental in mobilizing communities, thus en-suring the project was warmly received by community members. This led to the suc-cess of the project and has resulted in other government authorities asking for the pro-ject expansion to other villages which were not selected for the solar charging sta-tions.

3.4. Where applicable, describe your relationship with any other organisations involved in implementing the Action: � Associate(s) (if any) � Contractor(s) (if any) � Final Beneficiaries and Target groups � Other third parties involved (including other donors, other government agencies

or local government units, NGOs, etc.): o UNDP has financed 4 solar charging stations which are part of the 41 solar

charging stations installed under this action and this was a great relationship and it helped in reinforcing the project idea, because it also included other envi-ronment friendly innovations such as the solar food driers and the firewood saving stoves and also an emphasis on the involvement of women, which was important to increase the number of female entrepreneurs from Ancuabe Dis-trict interested in the project, the nutrition component behind the use of solar food driers and firewood stoves encouraged the women’s interest on this pro-ject.



o Milano Municipality, Italy has co-financed some of the solar charging stations in Quissanga, in connection with a project supporting the Farmers Clubs inter-vention.

3.5. Where applicable, outline any links and synergies you have developed with other ac-

tions. The final target groups of this intervention are the farmers clubs, associations of small holder farmers, that have received support from ADPP in the past to improve their ag-riculture practice, this has helped them to undertake actions as a group, plan their cul-tivation fields, find buyers for their products, determine the selling price as a group and thus negotiate better pries and opportunities. For instances within these clubs the farmers can be organized and together rent a tractor to clean their fields or buy im-proved seeds in groups. This is a positive synergy for this solar energy project, as it has been implemented in an existent and functional platform, the farmers already know each other, are aware of the main rules to work as an association and they apply or improve them in this solar energy intervention. The solar charging stations added to the results of the farmers’ clubs project, in terms of increasing the income of small holder farmers and economic development in the target areas.

3.6. If your organisation has received previous EU grants in view of strengthening the same target group, in how far has this Action been able to build upon/complement the previous one(s)? (List all previous relevant EU grants). ADPP has received a grant: ENV-Environment / 2006 / 114 – 879, Farmers Clubs for Forests - Promoting Sustainable natural Resource Management in and around Qui-rimbas Park, 26/03/2007 - 31/03/2009. This grant covered partly the same area as the present intervention, and was support-ing 750 farmers in 15 farmers’ clubs. This grant was integrated in the farmers’ club project, that has continued receiving support up to August 2013, and which has been mentioned earlier as having a synergy effect to the Solar Energy project.

3.7. How do you evaluate cooperation with the services of the Contracting Authority? For this contract, ADPP has had 3 different contacts. When the project started, our contact person was Alexandre Serres, followed by Ana Mariguesa, and now lately Jesus Gavilan Marin. The cooperation has been good, we have received support to solve issues that needed feedback from the EU. We would like to especially thank Ana Mariguesa, for her support in proposing solutions for critical aspects of the project, and for Jesus Gavilan for his support in getting a two months extension to the project.



4. Visibility How is the visibility of the EU contribution being ensured in the Action? The project has managed to publicise the EU contribution for the project during the meetings for the Action presentation to the local authorities, as well as community members. A part from these there were specific actions that can be considered, as per indicated bellow: - An article about the solar charging project is placed on the ADPP web site:

http://new.adpp-‐mozambique.org/renewable-‐energy/eu-‐funded-‐projects

- A poster with rules about the use of solar lanterns has been distributed to all solar charging stations; these posters are placed in visible and accessible areas like the station front doors. The posters bear the logo of EU. All Energy entrepreneurs as well as the District Administration know that the project is financed by EU;

- Each Solar Charging Stations has a signboard that states the EU as the project financier. The EU logo is displayed on the cars and motorbikes purchased with EU funds;

- Documentation from the Action (see annexures) o Plano de Capacitação em Desenho e Gestão de Pequenos Negócios (Capacity

building in the “Development and Management of Small Business enterprises”) – held in Ancuabe

o Capacitação em Empreendedorismo (Capacity Building in “Entrepreneurship”) – held in Ancuabe, between 28th to 29th June 2013.

- A pamphlet explaining the project and the results was produced and 1000 copies

printed.

- An 8 minutes video, explaining and showing the impact of the project has been produced and will be published at ADPP’s website. Copies have been distributed to the partners of the project, GAIA, UNDP, TERI and FUNAE. ADPP projects and other stake holders for similar future interventions will also receive copies.

The European Commission may wish to publicise the results of Actions. Do you have any objection to this report being published on the EuropeAid website? If so, please state your objections here. We don’t have any objections of publicising the results of the action.

5. Location of records, accounting and supporting documents Please indicate in a table the location of records, accounting and supporting documents for each Beneficiary and affiliated entity entitled to incur costs. ADPP Mozambique, Machava, Maputo, Mozambique.

Name of the contact person for the Action: Birgit Holm

Signature: ………………………………Location: Maputo Date report due: 19/12/2014 Date report sent: 18/12/2014

eu solar energy final narrative report fed 2011 232-92...

Documents