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GIZ (HERA program)
Launch: 2005 End: 2006
Region: N/A
Geography: N/A
Type: Global
ICS Only?: Yes
Value/Funding: N/A
Funder Type: Bilateral Organization
Funders: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (formerly GTZ)
Features:
  • Direct Provision
  • Funding
  • Capacity Building
  • Policy
  • Awareness
  • Special Financing
  • Pilot
  • Technical Assistance
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    Description:
    GIZ (federally owned German enterprise) has supported been along supporter in the clean cooking sector. In particular, through the Poverty-Oriented Basic Energy Services (HERA) program for the last 35 years or more. GIZ has been active in numerous countries supporting stove and fuel interventions [3,4]
    Reach:
    1.5 million cookstoves are sold annually by enterprises supported by GIZ (2014 figure)[4]
    Goal/Target:
    Supports CCA in their goal to reach 100 million cookstoves by 2020 [4]
    Sources:
    [1] http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/385081467992479462/The-state-of-the-global-clean-and-improved-cooking-sector p. 99 [2] http://www.hedon.info/docs/CostBenefitsUganda-v02.pdf [3] https://energypedia.info/images/d/d8/HERA_Sustainability_Assessment_Framework_2014.pdf [4] https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/about/news/07-29-2014-partner-spotlight-giz.html