Regional Secretariat Staff

The REEEP-SA Regional Secretariat is staffed by the Regional Co-ordinator, Dr. Thembakazi Mali, and the Regional REEEP Manager, Amanda Luxande. The Regional Secretariat is hosted at the offices of the South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI) in Johannesburg, South Africa. REEEP-SA is building up a growing network of Southern African NGOs, experts and companies in the sustainable energy network. REEEP-SA focuses its activities on the key concerns of the Southern African sustainable energy sector. Some of the most important of these include:

• Facilitating financing through workshops and networking
• Supporting the development and dissemination of innovative financing mechanisms through REEEP-funded projects and events
• Collecting and collating information on important Southern African case studies as a basis for networking, information exchange and political capacity-building
• Contributing to the activities of REEEP-International and providing and access point to the REEEP network in Southern Africa.

Amanda Luxande is the SADC Regional Co-ordinator.

Dr. Thembakazi Mali - Director of the Regional REEEP Secretariat and Senior Manager: Clean Energy Solutions at SANERI. Her role is to provide strategic advice and oversight to the administrative and operational aspects of the Secretariat.

 

The role of the Regional Steering Committee

The Southern African Secretariat for REEEP is staffed by the Regional Co-ordinator and a Regional REEEP Manager. The Regional Secretariat is hosted at the offices of Saneri in Johannesburg, South Africa. As part of its daily operations and objectives, REEEP-SA is building up a growing network of Southern African NGOs, experts and companies in the sustainable energy network. REEEP-SA focuses its activities on the key concerns of the Southern African sustainable energy sector.

The role of the Steering Committee is to assist the regional secretariat by providing strategic advice and oversight to the operational aspects of the Secretariat in the region. Therefore, the main objectives and tasks of the Steering Committee include but are not necessarily limited to:

• Providing feedback to REEEP about regional programming needs and priorities
• Assisting the Southern African Regional Secretariat for REEEP in the short-listing of projects.
• Assisting in ranking of full proposals.
• Reviewing project reports, as required.
• Providing recommendations on corrective actions, as required.
• Reviewing project progress and completion of projects, as required.

Thus, participation in the steering committee entails the following:

• 2 physical meetings per annum
• 1 teleconference

This is in addition to regular e-mail or telephonic communication as required by the REEEP Regional Secretariat for Southern Africa.

Steering Committee 2008 - 2010

Regional Secretariat:

• Dr Thembakazi Mali
• Ms Amanda Luxande

Civil Society:

• Ms Annie Sugrue - Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CURES)
• Dr Wendy Annecke - GVEP International

Donor:

Ms Anne Herd - British High Commission

Finance, Banking and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industry:

• Mr Yaw Afrane-Okese - Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
• Mr Tawanda Madovi - International Power Control Systems (IPCS Malawi)

Development Agencies:

• Mr Tim Lund - Norwegian Embassy (NORAD)
• Dr Mduduzi Mathunjwa - Renewable Energy Association of Swaziland

Government:

Ms Noma Qase - Department of Minerals and Energy (South Africa)

Regulation:

Mr Elijah Sichone - Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA)