
SNV is a non-profit, international development organisation, which aims to alleviate poverty by enabling increased income, employment opportunities and increased access to basic services. SNV provides advisory services, promotes the development and brokering of knowledge and supports policy dialogue at the national level. It is among key partners of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in the Government of Kenya.
SNV has supported CCAK since its inception and played a vital role in the sector capacity building, evidence generation and advocacy strengthening to enhance the association’s capacity in coordinating and leading advocacy concerns in the sector. SNV supported the growth of the association and has streamlined sector strategic guidance inclusive of the support to the development of the Kenya Country Action Plan (“KCAP” or “CAP”) for the cooking sector.
Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) is a multi-country and multi-sector programme focusing on evidence-based advocacy to improve the enabling environment. It jointly contributes to country structural change by embedding community interest into policies and practice, and by improving the position of affected groups, or the organisations that represent them. The V4CP programme empowers CSOs to engage with decision-makers, and those responsible for implementing decisions, by providing sound arguments and a solid evidence base, backing the proposed changes in the country. Together with IFPRI and other research partners, V4CP enhances the capacities of CSOs in terms of leadership, the use of evidence and thematic knowledge, advocacy skills, and organisational sustainability. CSOs also gain access to broader research data and lessons learned from other projects, so that this evidence can support advocacy strategies.GIZ is a German development agency that provides services in international development cooperation whose main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). GIZ incubated CCAK at its offices, providing infrastructure and a physical address for the association at its infancy.
The Endev Project aims at strengthening and reinforcing the institutional capacity of CCAK to fulfill its mandate particularly with regards to coordinating and representing the sector as well as lobbying for a better enabling environment for the clean cooking sector. The specific objectives of the project are:
Key intervention areas:
The core interventions revolve around strengthening CCAK organizational structure with a focus on appropriate staffing and improved administrative and financial management systems and processes. This also includes budgetary support for the day-to-day operational activities of the CCAK secretariat.
The project shall support CCAK efforts to facilitate an enabling environment that is well-coordinated and supportive of market transformation. The interventions shall include convening periodical stakeholder forums to update and take stock of sector development and facilitate a national dialogue, especially on policy, regulations.
Clean Cooking Alliance is a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation with core objectives of saving lives, improving livelihoods, empowering women, and protecting the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.
It was the efforts of the Clean Cooking Alliance that saw the inception of the Kenya Country Action Plan in 2012. CCA facilitated this process where the need for a sector association was determined by sector stakeholders. Subsequently, CCA supported CCAK financially as well as programmatically. CCA continues to play a key role as a partner and financier of the development of the cooking sector in Kenya, and as a member of the EC of CCAK. The EC is grateful for this support, which has enabled CCAK to reach its milestone.
The Alliance’s 100 by ‘20 goal calls for 100 million households to adopt clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020. CCA is working with a strong public network, private and non-profit partners to accelerate the production, deployment, and use of clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels in developing countries.
The grant awarded to Clean Cooking Association of Kenya to train stakeholders in supporting scaling-up of the production and distribution of clean cooking solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance, under the larger Standards and Labelling project in Kenya. The project focus activities include:
Hivos is an international organisation that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. With smart projects in the right places, they oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Hivos works towards a green society that has no expiry date - a society powered by renewable energy, where everyone has sufficient, nutritious and affordable food.
Hivos, ENERGIA, IIED and national civil society organisations partnered with the Dutch government in a five-year advocacy and lobby programme, which kicked off in 2016 intending to influence energy policies and practices. Hivos designed influencing strategies [or theory of change] with national civil society organisations, combining and strengthening the joint effort in the effective lobby and advocacy strategies for green & inclusive energy systems.
HIVOS aims for strong civil organisations, active in Indonesia, Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nicaragua and Guatemala that are critical and knowledgeable voices in national and international debates and policy development. Hivos under the Strategic Partnership – Energy funded the project targets vulnerable girls and women in Kwale County.
The project aims at realizing the following outcomes:
Hands-on Training Course on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for Youth Empowerment – Handbook on Clean Cooking Project.
The project assignment is expected to deliver a handbook on clean cooking, which is an UN-Habitat initiative focussed on empowering young entrepreneurs to start income-generating enterprises in the renewable energy sector and become active proponents of energy efficiency and renewable energy approaches with a clear understanding of the issues and application around climate change.
Clean Cooking Association of Kenya (CCAK)
NextGen Mall (3.38 mi)
Nairobi, Kenya
P.O.Box 41607, 00100 Nairobi Kenya
Mobie: +254 0707 111669
www.ccak.or.ke