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Recommendations for Enabling Policy and Regulatory Framework for Biofuel Development

This document outlines key recommendations for African policymakers to develop effective policies, regulations, and strategies to enhance biofuel production for reducing poverty, ensuring energy security, and promoting economic growth. Key principles include linking biofuel initiatives to national development goals, ensuring sustainability and equity, fostering stakeholder participation, and focusing on poverty reduction. It emphasizes the need for local consumption, utilization of marginal lands, and strong support for research and development, technology transfer, and private sector participation through transparent partnerships.

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Recommendations for Enabling Policy and Regulatory Framework for Biofuel Development

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  1. Recommendations for Enabling Policy and Regulatory Framework for Biofuel Development AU/UNIDO/Brazil High-Level Seminar on Biofuel

  2. Recommendations (1) • In order to harness the opportunities of biofuel development in Africa for poverty reduction, energy security, and economic growth, African policy-makers are urged to develop as a matter of priority, policies, regulations and strategies. • Policies, regulations and strategies should encompass, inter alia, the following principles: 1) Linking to a overall national/regional development vision; 2) Ensuring sustainability (economic, social, environmental); 3) Ensuring equity (gender and inter-generation); 4) Ensuring optimal participation of all stakeholders; 5) Ensuring poverty reduction focus; 6) Supporting holistic cross-sectoral approach.

  3. Recommendations (2) • Policies, regulations and strategies for biofuel in Africa should promote local consumption, favor whenever feasible the usage of marginal lands and existing feedstock, establish safeguard for food security through appropriate national consumption and export targets. • Policies, regulations and strategies for biofuel in Africa should emphasize local transformation, R&D, technology transfer and innovation activities.

  4. Recommendations (3) • Policies, regulations and strategies for biofuel in Africa should include adequate national funding for capacity building, small scale production, and foster private sector participation through transparent PPP.

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