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BackAs there is no energy cluster in the humanitarian sector and energy is a cross-cutting topic, the GPA Partnership has been established to deliver the goals of the GPA Framework. The Partnership consists of a Steering Group and Coordination Unit who facilitate systemic, collective action on a needs basis. The GPA Partnership TOR is available here for detailed information on roles and responsibilities of the partners.
World Food Programme (WFP)
About
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.Contribution/Collaboration areas
WFP is working towards Zero Hunger by 2030. WFP delivers food, cash and other assistance in emergencies to around 90 million people every year. At the same time, we focus on sustainable development, promoting long-term change by tackling the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, and working in partnership with national governments and communities. The award of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to WFP is recognition that food security, peace, and stability go together. Energy is an enabler that contributes to WFP’s ‘Saving lives and Changing lives’ agenda. As most foods need cooking to be consumed, energy programmes go hand in hand with food assistance. WFP implements market-based, sustainable energy solutions not only to ensure consumption but also to strengthen resilience improving local food systems and value chains. Three areas of focus: (i) Increasing Access to Modern Cooking for Vulnerable Population: leveraging WFP’s deep field presence and systems for cash transfers to increase access and strengthen the local value chain for modern cooking. (ii) Energising School Feeding: advancing schools as community innovation hubs that deliver modern cooking solutions, electricity, digital learning and livelihood opportunities; (iii) Empowering Smallholder Farmers: supporting smallholder farmers and the agriculture sector through inclusive agricultural growth and the sustainable dissemination of energy equipment and services to boost food production, processing and preservation.World Food Programme (WFP)

Type of partner organization
UN Organization
Involvement with the GPA
Steering Group
Task Force
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Humanitarian Energy Exchange Network (HEEN)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Planning and Coordination
Innovative Finance and Funding
Technical Expertise and Capacity Building
Data, Research and Evidence
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Cooking Solutions
Electrification of Community Facilities
Decarbonization of Organization/Infrastructure
Emergency Response
Geographic Scope
Global
Lifeline
About
Lifeline’s mission is to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged – including low-income rural communities, refugee, and other displaced populations – by exponentially expanding access to clean water and energy solutions. Lifeline brings over 15 years of energy experience in humanitarian contexts and emerging markets in such settings as Uganda, Darfur, South Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia, and Haiti. Throughout this time, Lifeline’s team has cultivated a wide-ranging skill set in all aspects of efficient energy programming, including design, testing, R&D, production, marketing and commercialization, distribution, training, and M&E. In doing so, Lifeline has distributed and/or sold more than 440,000 fuel-efficient stoves benefitting over 2.3 million vulnerable and low income families and institutions, including over 290,000 household stoves and over 360 institutional stoves in Uganda alone.Contribution/Collaboration areas
Lifeline’s track record of success in implementing energy programs has won it the sponsorship and support of numerous international agencies (e.g., UNHCR, UNOCHA, WFP, UNFPA, IOM, and the Lutheran World Federation) and a variety of private and governmental organizations (e.g., GIZ, DAI, Chemonics, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation). Based on its extensive expertise and achievements in the field, Lifeline was enlisted both by USAID to contribute to its handbook for implementing energy programs in humanitarian settings and by WFP to assist in preparing its Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) toolkit. As an active Steering Committee member of the former SAFE Humanitarian Working Group, Lifeline spearheaded WFP’s SAFE initiative in Burundi from 2015-18 and has recently taken a leading role in the development of WFP’s country-wide strategy for refugee energy access in Ethiopia.Lifeline

Website
https://lifelinefund.orgType of partner organization
International NGO
Involvement with the GPA
Steering Group
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Planning and Coordination
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Cooking Solutions
Geographic Scope
Burundi
Ethiopia
Haiti
Kenya
South Sudan
Sudan
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
GOGLA
About
GOGLA is the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry. We represent over 200 members, assisting the industry to build sustainable markets and profitable businesses to deliver quality, affordable off-grid electricity products and services to the 800 million who lack access, including forcibly displaced populations. We work with partners, members, and governments to achieve SDG7.Contribution/Collaboration areas
GOGLA's mission is to convene, safeguard and promote the off-grid solar sector - providing unique market intelligence, opportunities for knowledge sharing between sector stakeholders, advocacy for enabling environments and industry standards to ensure quality products in a sustainable industry. Our unique position can help bring together humanitarian organisations and private sector players to help build networks, promote good standards, and learn from existing innovations.GOGLA

Website
https://www.gogla.orgType of partner organization
Company/Business
Networks
Involvement with the GPA
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Innovative Finance and Funding
Technical Expertise and Capacity Building
Data, Research and Evidence
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Electrification Services
Geographic Scope
Regional
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
About
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) is one of the centres of the CGIAR formally Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research. ICRAF is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment. Leveraging the world’s largest repository of agroforestry science and information, we develop knowledge practices, from farmers’ fields to the global sphere, to ensure food security and environmental sustainability. ICRAF provides actionable, game-changing solutions that can transform the way land and renewable resources are used and how food is produced.The centres strength lies in its systems approach that balances the needs of people and ecosystems, providing valuable research as well as actionable solutions from innovative technology to consensus-building multi-stakeholder forums and much in between. Our vision is an equitable world where all people have viable livelihoods supported by healthy and productive landscapes.Contribution/Collaboration areas
ICRAF is an “honest broker”, independent and impartial thanks to its insights based on evidence, with a unique network of about 1000 partners. This convening power brings policy makers, research institutions, development organisations, donors, the private sector, farmers and local communities together to develop joint solutions and facilitate best practice exchanges with a focus on the Global South. ICRAF drives the global dialogue on landscapes and forests, using innovative digital platforms and inclusive networks, all with a view to improve people’s lives while preserving the environment.World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Website
https://worldagroforestry.org/Type of partner organization
Academic/Research Institution
Involvement with the GPA
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Humanitarian Energy Exchange Network (HEEN)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Data, Research and Evidence
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Cooking Solutions
Geographic Scope
Regional
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
About
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.Contribution/Collaboration areas
Energy is a basic need and a key to overcome poverty and resolving environmental degradation. Restrictions on energy access negatively impact populations in humanitarian settings. A lack of safe access to adequate energy poses serious risks for displaced and vulnerable people. Well-planned energy interventions, on the other hand, can provide significant benefits associated with protection, gender equality, food security, water, sanitation and health, education, livelihoods, connectivity, and environmental protection. Access to energy is also empowering, enabling women to gain greater control over their lives and futures. UNHCR will promote sustainable household energy technologies, including the expanded use of renewable energy, to minimize the environmental impact of operations in a way that is inclusive of host communities and other stakeholders while improving the protection and wellbeing of refugees. Likewise, UNHCR aims to increase access to clean energy for schools, health centres and other institutions. It equally strives to complement UNHCR’s efforts to introduce comprehensive energy efficiency measures and equip its global office infrastructure with sustainable energy solutions. UNHCR leads the implementation of the UNHCR Global Strategy for Sustainable Energy, comprising the overall conceptual framework that aims to ensure that energy interventions contribute to enhance protection and dignified lives for refugees. UNHCR’s work in the area of energy will be guided by its protection mandate and a set of principles contained in the UNHCR policy on Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD), the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), the 2030 Agenda for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the UNHCR Strategic Framework for Climate Action (SFCA), the Operational Strategy for Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability and the UN Climate Neutrality Strategy and the objectives of the Paris Agreement.United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Website
https://www.unhcr.orgType of partner organization
UN Organization
Involvement with the GPA
Steering Group
Task Force
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Planning and Coordination
Policy Advocacy and Host Community Resilience
Innovative Finance and Funding
Technical Expertise and Capacity Building
Data, Research and Evidence
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Cooking Solutions
Household Electrification Services
Electrification of Community Facilities
Decarbonization of Organization/Infrastructure
Emergency Response
Geographic Scope
Global
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
About
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future. It is a a leading institute in the provision of customized and creative learning solutions to institutions and individuals from both the public and private sectors, building on years of unique experience in designing and delivering a variety of training activities since its start in 1963. With a strategy fully focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNITAR supports Governments to implement the 2030 Agenda. UNITAR supports the global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7, universal clean energy access, for displaced and host communities by hosting the Coordination Unit of the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA).Contribution/Collaboration areas
UNITAR hosts the Coordination Unit of the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA). Since the inception of the GPA in 2018, UNITAR has facilitated joint outputs on the GPA Framework Document recommendations between members of the GPA Steering Group and wider partners network in five thematic working areas of coordination, policy, innovative finance, capacity building and data. The GPA Coordination Unit is responsible for developing global collective impact strategies with the GPA Steering Group member organizations in the form of the GPA Work Plan, co-leading the Clean Energy Challenge with UNHCR as a global campaign for increased financial, political, technical and in kind support towards clean energy in displacement contexts, and supporting sector-wide knowledge sharing and operational coordination through facilitating the Humanitarian Energy Exchange Network (previously known as the SAFE Working Group). Please find the detailed work of the GPA here: https://www.humanitarianenergy.org/thematic-working-areasUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Website
https://www.unitar.org/Type of partner organization
UN Organization
Involvement with the GPA
Steering Group
Task Force
Clean Energy Challenge (CEC)
Humanitarian Energy Exchange Network (HEEN)
Area of Contribution/Collaboration
Planning and Coordination
Policy Advocacy and Host Community Resilience
Innovative Finance and Funding
Technical Expertise and Capacity Building
Data, Research and Evidence
Area of Energy Intervention
Household Cooking Solutions
Household Electrification Services
Electrification of Community Facilities
Decarbonization of Organization/Infrastructure
Emergency Response
Geographic Scope
Global