Technical assistance

Capacity building in order to prepare business to access and manage growth capital.

Project Development, Project Finance, M&A and Strategic Advisory

Technical assistance; Catalytic grants; Knowledge Building

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETechnical assistance grants support a particular country, region or sector to achieve our operational objectives, and comprises two types of grants:Program Grants are a comprehensive series of activities grouped under a strategic umbrella and developed in close coordination with development partners to achieve greater impact. Multi-year programs often help more than one client or country to tackle different aspects of the enabling environment.Coverage Grants are one-off activities designed to plug gaps in enabling environments and help drive sector reform. These smaller activities often act as the first step toward developing new programs, or else fill a gap within an existing program.KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTSKnowledge products focus on creating, curating and disseminating knowledge for various target audiences.These types of grants are divided into two main categories:Strategic Knowledge Initiatives are conducted in collaboration with institutional partners and have the same application process as coverage grants.Commissioned Products focus on stimulating knowledge creation and developing global knowledge products. These grants are awarded via a semi-annual competitive “call for knowledge proposals”.

SREP will also provide grant funding for capacity building and advisory services Capacity building and advisory services should be demand driven, country owned and flexible, and incorporated into the investment plan of each pilot. Such services should be tailored to SREP recipient country needs and local conditions and generally integrated into the design of investments. On an exceptional basis, capacity building and advisory services activities may also be delivered separately and funded independently from the investment activity.

3M+

1M < 3M

• Mobile-focused mentoring and technical assistance;• Advice and support on how to facilitate relationships with mobile operators, where relevant;• Peer learning from organisations pursuing similar mobile-enabled utility service models.

200k < 1M

Project interventions include developing markets for energy products and services; this includes targeted awareness campaigns, assisting entrepreneurs with energy-related businesses as well as transferring knowledge regarding technology and business skills, technical assistance and capacity building.