Much like the age-old adage that “knowledge is power,” TAPSEC teamed up with local and regional education organisations to restructure the current information pathways available to students, professionals, and all relevant Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) practitioners. This component, specifically, strengthened the individual, collective, and institutional capacity of key stakeholders to deliver technical solutions in the renewable energy and energy efficiency environment. These interventions will significantly expand the capacity of these key persons to deliver the solutions necessary to create meaningful change for present and future generations.

The Information and Capacity Development interventions resulted in the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) becoming the catalyst for energy information and the leading sustainable energy capacity development organisation in the region.  Within the scope of a Financing Agreement, TAPSEC supported CCREEE to achieve several institutional and regional capacity and information related interventions towards transformation into a robust regional, energy knowledge management hub. At the heart of CCREEE’s undertakings is the establishment of the CARICOM Energy Knowledge Hub (CEKH): an online platform to collectivise energy information and the management of knowledge products across the Caribbean.

These early interventions achieved under the TAPSEC were meant to springboard a regional approach to energy-related capacity development, led and sustained by the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the region’s transition to a sustainable energy future.  More succinctly, CCREEE has become the answer to the who, what, when, where and how for all things Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) in the Caribbean.

Information and Capacity Development Interventions

The Regional Energy Apprenticeship Programme (REAP)

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Key Information and Capacity Development Impact

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Person-days of Technical Training

Person-days of technical training executed (67% of participants were women).

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Request for RE/EE Technologies Information

510 Requests for RE/EE technology information services received and served by CCREEE.

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RE/EE Practitioners Trained

RE/EE practitioners trained and supported (38% were women).

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Participated in internships

Young professionals/students participated in internships (59% of whom were women)

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Sensitisation Campaigns

39 sensitisation campaigns, public events and school competitions organised/supported.

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Trainees/Student Interns

Trainees/student interns have been offered employment in the region’s RE/EE sector (44% of whom are women).

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Technology Solutions

Technology solutions for business models and/or financial mechanisms have been developed in order to reduce transaction costs.

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Regional Centres of Excellence

11 regional centres of excellence strengthened & equipped with technologies to provide advanced RE/EE services.

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Business-to-Business Exchanges

Business-to-Business exchanges organised through workshops and fairs.

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Data Repository

Publicly-accessible data repository (featuring Renewable Energy/Energy Efficency information and model feasibility assessments) established.

Key Information and Capacity Development Partnerships

CARICOM Secretariat
CARICOM Secretariat
Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)
Ministry of Energy and Mining Dominican Republic (MEM)
Ministry of Energy and Mining Dominican Republic (MEM)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC)
Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC)
Caribbean Regional Organization for Standards and Quality Centre (CROSQ)
Caribbean Regional Organization for Standards and Quality Centre (CROSQ)
University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies
Caribbean Examination Council
Caribbean Examination Council
Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR)
Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR)
Regional Universities Network
Regional Universities Network