Programme Location: Colombia, specifically the Caribbean (Isla Grande) and Andean (Sumapaz) regions.
Expected Partners: Fundación TEJ (technical/advocacy lead) and Tierra Libre (grassroots/agroecology lead), with Colombia Solidaritet (COLSOL) as the Danish applicant.
Development Issue: Bridging the gap between Colombia's national policy for "energy communities" and the local communities' lack of technical, financial, and legal capacity to own and manage renewable energy assets, which risks perpetuating energy poverty and exclusion.
People Affected: Marginalized Afro-Colombian communities in the Caribbean and peasant communities in the Andean region.
Sectors Involved: Renewable energy, water and sanitation (desalination), agriculture (biofertilizers), governance, and human rights (focus on energy democracy and sovereignty)
Thank you for sharing your programme idea. Sounds very interesting.
When you formulate the development issue, I would say that the "issue" is the gap you describe. "bridging the gab" would in this case already be the solution to it.
When you formulate the development issue, I would say that the "issue" is the gap you describe. "bridging the gab" would in this case already be the solution to it.