The document discusses the Alianza Shire project which aims to provide energy access to refugees and host communities in 4 refugee camps in northern Ethiopia that are home to over 50,000 Eritrean refugees. The project began in 2014 with Phase I focusing on Adi-Harush camp, providing energy to 14 communal services and over 2km of street lighting. Phase II from 2018-2021 will expand to all 4 camps and surrounding host communities using both on-grid and off-grid solutions to electrify 100% of communal services, install 25km of street lighting, provide 1700 solar home systems, and support 6 joint businesses between refugees and local communities.

1. Alianza Shire
Energy access to refugees
and host communities
Manuel Pastor, Alianza Shire Project Coordinator
m.pastor@upm.es
www.alianzashire.org

2. Shire refugee camps
+50.000 Eritrean refugees
4 refugee camps in Northern Ethiopia
Actives for more than 10 years
Humanitarian Energy Conference, July 31 – August 1, 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2

3. Alianza Shire Phase I Adi-Harush camp 2014-2017
Humanitarian Energy Conference, July 31 – August 1, 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia3
14 communal services
+2Km of street lighting
Learning-by-doing approach
Operators team

4. Alianza Shire Phase II 4 camps & host com. 2018-2021
Humanitarian Energy Conference, July 31 – August 1, 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia4
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• On-grid • Off-grid
100%Communal
Services
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…
450Busines-
ses
25
Km of
Street
lighting
…
…
1700
Solar
Home
Systems
Market-based delivery model
6 joint businesses
among refugees and
host communities

5. Alianza Shire
Energy access to refugees
and host communities
Manuel Pastor, Alianza Shire Project Coordinator
m.pastor@upm.es
www.alianzashire.org
This project is co-funded by the European Union through the Spanish
Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)