ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to improve information flow between the professionals and the departments concerned with energy efficiency and renewable energy sources within the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) Group and to highlight the first lessons derived from analysis of the project portfolio. The AFD's positioning, initially focused on economic growth and poverty reduction in the South, was recently broadened to include protection of global public goods. The portfolio was mapped on the basis of a classification of projects financed by the AFD, Proparco and the French Global Environment Fund from 1994 to 2006, according to a classification scheme developed by the AFD's technical departments. The scope of the "early lessons" study covers the projects of the AFD, Proparco and the Fonds Francais pour Environnement Mondial, a bilateral fund set up in 1994 with the AFD serving as its Secretariat. Access to appropriate financing is a crucial issue for promoters of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
