ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2021/TP.5
Country: Lebanese Republic
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability
Focus Area: 2030 Agenda, Climate change, Gender equality, Natural resource sustainability
Initiatives: REGEND
SDGs: Agenda 2030
Keywords: Renewable resources, Gender and renewable energy, Gender equality, Rural development, Gender, Lebanon, Lebanon situation, Entrepreneurship, Climate change, Energy policy, Technical cooperation, Climate change
Case study on policy regulatory reforms and financial and legal frameworks to promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and applications in rural areas in Lebanon
May 2022
The present case study was prepared within the framework of the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND). It builds on the REGEND baseline study entitled “Assessment report of prevailing situations in rural areas of Lebanon” and the “Study on gender mainstreaming, social inclusion and human rights processes and outcomes of access to energy in targeted local communities in Lebanon”.
The present case study tackles the policy and regulatory reforms and the financial and legal frameworks needed in Lebanon to promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and applications in rural areas through an integrated approach. The study analyses national strategies and policies for rural development and assesses ground-level regulations for rural productive activities, which could promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and entrepreneurial development and attract private investments. It also assesses a gender-specific approach that promotes women’s economic empowerment to access the market, and provides guidelines for the design and implementation of policies and regulatory, financial and legal frameworks to support rural development programmes that are economically, environmentally, socially and institutionally sustainable.
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The present case study was prepared within the framework of the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND). It builds on the REGEND baseline study entitled “Assessment report of prevailing situations in rural areas of Lebanon” and the “Study on gender mainstreaming, social inclusion and human rights processes and outcomes of access to energy in targeted local communities in Lebanon”.
The present case study tackles the policy and regulatory reforms and the financial and legal frameworks needed in Lebanon to promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and applications in rural areas through an integrated approach. The study analyses national strategies and policies for rural development and assesses ground-level regulations for rural productive activities, which could promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and entrepreneurial development and attract private investments. It also assesses a gender-specific approach that promotes women’s economic empowerment to access the market, and provides guidelines for the design and implementation of policies and regulatory, financial and legal frameworks to support rural development programmes that are economically, environmentally, socially and institutionally sustainable.
