• Capacity Development Provider

Practical Action

Through the Renewable Energy for Refugees project, Practical Action and UNHCR, supported by the IKEA Foundation, will help refugees and their host communities access finance, training, technology and expertise to facilitate renewable energy powering homes, schools, health clinics and businesses. The project will bring clean renewable energy for lighting, cooking and powering tools and appliances, allowing entrepreneurs to flourish and move from reliance on aid to economic independence.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Product certification

  • Investment Instruments

    • Debt
    • Grant

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Provide financial support to intermediaries
    • Invest Directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Energy

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Accessibility
    • Rural communities
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Resiliency / climate change
    • Franchising
    • Refugees and migration

  • Impact objectives

    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Energy and fuel efficiency
    • Sustainable energy
    • Access to financial services
    • Human rights protection or expansion
    • Access to energy
    • Natural resources conservation

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • CleanTech
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