Description
The Daey Ouwens Fund aims to provide more people in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) with access to energy, by promoting small-scale projects in the area of renewable and job-creating forms of energy supply. The most important target group are the LDCs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Projects that are directed towards these countries therefore take precedence over projects in other LDCs.
The Daey Ouwens Fund was established by the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation in November 2008. The Fund fits into the Netherlands' wider purpose of contributing towards the achievement of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals. The fund focuses particularly on Goal 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) and Goal 7 (creating a sustainable environment).
The Fund is named after Prof. Kees Daey Ouwens (1936-2007), who left a significant mark on Dutch renewable energy policy. As a specialist in the area of solar and wind energy, hydropower and biomass, Daey Ouwens worked for Shell, Philips, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and the government.
