Dear Stakeholder, 

ECOA Climate Capital (“ECC”) is pleased to invite you to a Local Stakeholder Consultation (“LSC”) meeting for its planned Voluntary Project Activities (“VPAs”) in the Republic of Ghana. These VPAs will seek certification under the Gold Standard Programme of Activities (“PoA”)”ECC_Multi-country Electric Clean Cooking Programme”. 

The objective of the VPAs  is to provide access to modern cooking technologies to end-users across Africa through deployment of electric and metered cookstoves, hence reducing or displacing woody biomass consumption for households, institutions and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

In this context the LSCs will be carried out to provide key project design information and to solicit feedback on the same from a varied cross section of stakeholders. These include local community members, non-governmental organizations, women groups, research institutes policy makers at the National and County level. Please note that this Local Stakeholder Consultation would be also valid for any other Voluntary Project Activities (VPAs) implemented in Ghana under ECOA Climate Capital Gold Standard PoA “ECC_Multi-country Electric Clean Cooking Programme”, provided that they are homogeneous, i.e., deploy the same stove type(s), target the same end-users and consist of the same project boundary. 

ECOA Climate Capital (Coordinating and Managing Entity of the PoA) invites all interested parties to attend one of the following Local Stakeholder Consultation meetings. Stakeholders who cannot physically attend have the possibility to participate online through zoom: 

• Takoradi

Date: 16th October, 2023

Venue: Akroma Plaza

Zoom-link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrfu-hpj0oHNU19UOExQa3kx6fnkzbhQFA

• Kumasi

Date: 18th October, 2023 

Venue: True Vine Hotel

Zoomlink:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdeqhrTkvGdSNZ0Wlz4rDTmJNlumuTZXa

• Accra

Date: 20th October, 2023 

Venue: Monarch Hotel

Zoom-link:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkd--urT8jH9XGaxTacTchVP7JIjDKZNQT

To support this consultation, we are providing you with: An invitation in Twi  and  a Non – Technical Summary of the project in both  English  and  Twi  languages.

AGENDA

• Reception - Signing participants list (8:30 am)
• Introduction & Project presentation (9:00 am)
• Questions and comments on the project (9:30 am)
• Safeguarding Principles Assessment of the project (10:30 am)
• Sustainability assessment of the project (11:15 am)
• Discussion on grievance mechanism and monitoring of sustainable development impacts (12:15 pm)
• Evaluation forms and closure of meeting (12:30 pm)
• Cooking demonstration (12:45 pm)
• Lunch (13:00 pm)

For further project clarifications and information please write an email to:

Jillian Ochoi – PM Carbon Operations at BURN jillian.ochoi@burnmfg.com 

or Daniel Adoo – Daniel Adoo – Ghana Country Sales Manager at BURN daniel.addo@burnmfg.com

Please use these contact details for providing your feedback in case you are not able to participate in the stakeholder meeting. 

Yours Faithfully,

Nathan P.M. Gachugi, 

Head of Carbon Operations, Africa

nathan.gachugi@burnmfg.com

+254727423191