WS 3.2 What Energy System to Power Cabo Verde's Future?

The workshop will be strategic in nature and will be focused on policy formulation. It will analyze the situation and explore Cabo Verde’s potential to transform the energy sector in the next decade. It will discuss, in particular, what it will take for Cabo Verde to gradually decrease its reliance on fossil fuels.
The workshop will also examine reform efforts in the green economy sector over the last decade, with the aim of identifying key opportunities and challenges, finding out what worked and what areas need profound changes to facilitate substantial gains and improve the economy’s competitiveness. Specifically, the workshop will examine and give political answers to the following questions:
What is the vision for the future of the energy system?
How do we reduce the cost of energy to make Cabo Verde more competitive?
Institutional reforms to achieve the vision: the role of Electra, Directorate General of Energy, tax revenue structure, and adjustment of oil companies;
How do we take advantage of global funds for climate change to promote a green economy in Cabo Verde?