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National Program for Sustainable Use of Firewood and Charcoal
Launch: 2011 End: 2022
Region: LAC
Geography: Nicaragua
Type: National
ICS Only?: Yes
Value/Funding: N/A
Funder Type: Domestic Government, Multilateral Organization, Bilateral Organization
Funders: Strategic alliance with the World Bank for the Centro American Clean Cookstoves Initiative (CACCI), SE4ALL, IDB, GIZ. Local partner: Pro Leña. Led by Energy Ministry
Features:
  • Direct Provision
  • Policy
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    Description:
    National policy designed to promote and facilitate the access to modern energy services for cooking and productive uses [5]
    Reach:
    As of 2013 more than 15,000 improved stoves have already been distributed (Renewable Association of Nicaragua and the MEM) [4]
    Goal/Target:
    Government goal: 50,000 to 70,000 ICS distributed per year [3] Adoption of 400,000 improved cook stoves [5]
    Sources:
    [1]https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197974#sec012 [2] http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385081467992479462/The-state-of-the-global-clean-and-improved-cooking-sector p. 120 [3] https://www.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2016/HAP-Perfil-Nicaragua-eng.pdf [4] https://www.seforall.org/sites/default/files/Nicaragua_RAGA_EN_Released.pdf [5] https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/sites/cif_enc/files/Nicaragua_EOI.pdf