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LP Gas Rural Energy ChallengeThe LP Gas Rural Energy Challenge is one of several UNDP initiatives that emerged from the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002. The LPG Challenge, as it is known, is a public private partnership between the World Liquid Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA) and the UNDP. It is designed to create viable and sustainable markets for LP Gas delivery and consumption thereby contributing to sustainable energy solutions that can improve people’s lives in selected developing countries. Specifically, the LPG Challenge aims to address adverse impacts on health, the environment and economic productivity related to dependence on traditional biomass fuels in rural areas. This is a situation that impacts more than two billion people worldwide and disproportionately affects women and children. Funding for activities within the pilot phase is provided through the Global Programme on Energy for Sustainable Development. The funds are used to support multi-stakeholder dialogue in the pilot countries (China, Ghana, Honduras, Morocco, South Africa and Vietnam) and to develop national project activities. Additional financial resources are being mobilized from private sector partners in the LP Gas industry. The LPG Challenge directly targets rural and peri-urban areas with the objective of expanding access to cleaner LP Gas. Modern efficient fuels are essential not only to meet some heating and cooking needs, but also to support small businesses that use heat processes, especially in the agricultural sector. LP Gas has been successfully introduced in many developing countries and has had significant positive sustainable development impacts. Despite its clear benefits, access to LP Gas and the energy services it can provide remain constrained in many rural areas. The LP Gas Rural Energy Challenge aims to remove the barriers to LPG market development by supporting: 1) the national stakeholder dialogue process; 2) public policy development; 3) technical training and capacity building; and 4) provision of micro-credit and development of financing mechanisms. National workshops will be conducted in each pilot country. They are designed to identify concrete actions for the expansion of LPG markets and to identify follow-up activities and investment options with partners. Participants for the workshops are drawn from Government, NGOs, donor organizations, the private sector and consumer groups.
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