12th WAPP General Assembly

12^th Session of WAPP General Assembly

 

WAPP GENERAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN NOVEMBER 2017, IN ACCRA

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) General Secretariat, in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Ghana and WAPP local member utilities in Ghana such as: Volta River Authority (VRA), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) Ltd, CENIT Energy (CEL) Ltd, Cenpower and Karpowership, organised the Twelfth Session of the WAPP General Assembly, held at Alisa Hotel in Accra, on 3 November 2017.

The purpose of the meeting was, among others, to:

Consider and adopt the report of the 11^th Session of the General Assembly, the activity report of the Secretary General, the report of the External Auditor, and the recommendations of the 34^th, 35^th, 36^th, and 37^th Ordinary Sessions of the Executive Board.

The opening ceremony was held under the high aegis of His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana.

In his opening speech, the President of the Republic of Ghana confessed that his country was honoured to host the 12^th Session of the WAPP General Assembly. He welcomed all the participants who made the journey to Accra to attend the General Assembly to discourse on the implementation of the Regional Electricity Market and subsequently the integration of West Africa. He pointed out that this is the surest way to accelerate the social and economic development of the Region and improve the living standards of the peoples. The President confirmed that WAPP has the capacity and capability of taking up that immense challenge and he therefore encouraged the Organization and its Experts and Technical and Financial Partners to have successful deliberations.

Moreover, as the 2017 Africa Union Gender Champion, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo recalled the Meeting on the importance of women in the energy sector and urged the stakeholders to seize the various opportunities for directly employing women in the electricity sector.

The President also put the emphasis on the improving political environment of West Africa and mentioned the threat of terrorism as a challenge.

Outcome of the Meeting

The following decisions were taken:

• The ECOWAS Revised Master Plan for the Development of Generation and Transmission of Electrical Energy shall include the following :
• Adoption of a 2^nd Hydropower Project on the St. Paul River in Liberia as a WAPP Priority Project;
• Adoption of the 330 kV Dawa – Juale – Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project in Ghana as a WAPP Priority Project;
• The WAPP Articles of Agreement shall be amended to include the new attributions of the WAPP Information and Coordination Center (ICC) to enable the ICC to assume the functions of the Regional System Market Operator during the first phase of implementation of the Regional Electricity Market;
• The WAPP Financial Regulations shall be amended to include the reporting of the Internal Auditor to the WAPP General Secretariat;
• The Report of the External Auditor, Afrique Audit & Consulting, on the Financial Statements of the WAPP for the year 2016 was adopted;
• Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited was accepted as a member of WAPP;
• The Activity Report of the Secretary General for the period from November 2016 to October 2017 was adopted;
• CENIT Energy Limited (CEL) of Ghana, Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET), Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) of Sierra Leone were designated as the three rotating members of the Executive Board of WAPP for the period from December 2017 to November 2019;
• The tenure of the Secretary General of WAPP, Mr Siengui Apollinaire KI was renewed.

 

 

 

Day 1 - Monday, 30 October 2017

SESSION 1 - Meeting of WAPP Organizational Committees

OPENING CEREMONY

8:30am           Arrival and Ushering-in of Participants

9:00am           Opening Ceremony

• Welcome Address by the Managing Director of GRIDCo
• Opening Speech by the WAPP Secretary General

9:30am           Coffee Break / Group Photo

INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS – EOC/SPEC/FC/HRGC/DCC

9:50am           Welcome Address by Committee Chairman

10:00am         Adoption of the Agenda

10:10am         Nomination of Rapporteurs

10:20am         Presentation of the Committee’s Activity Report

11:00am         Discussion

11:30am         Preparation of presentation for Joint Committee

1:00pm           End of the Meeting

1:05pm           Lunch Break

 

SESSION 2: Joint Meeting of WAPP Organizational Committees

2:00pm           Nomination of Chairman Joint Committee Meeting

2:05pm           Nomination of Rapporteurs

2:10pm           Presentation by Strategic Planning and Environmental Committee (SPEC) on their Activities.

2:30pm            Presentation by Engineering and Operating Committee (EOC) on their Activities

2:50pm           Presentation by Finance Committee (FC) on their Activities.

3:10pm           Presentation by Human Resources and Governance Committee (HRGC) on their Activities.     

3:20pm           Presentation by Distribution and Commercialization Committee

                         (DCC) on their Activities.

3:40pm           Discussion

4:30pm           Coffee break

END OF DAY 1

 

Day 2 - Tuesday, 31 October 2017

SESSION 1 - Joint Meeting of WAPP Organizational Committee

9:00am           Arrival of Participants

9:30am           Adoption of Agenda

10:00am         Preparation of Joint Committee Report

11:30am         Coffee Break

12:00am         Adoption of Joint Committee Report

1:30pm           Lunch Break

END OF SESSION 1

SESSION 2 - Joint Meeting of WAPP Organizational Committee

2:30pm           Presentation by Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Ltd

3:00pm           Questions & Answers

3:10pm           Presentation by KARPOWERSHIP

3:40pm           Questions & Answers

3:50pm           Presentation by SKIPPER Ghana Limited

4:20pm           Questions & Answers

4:30pm           Coffee break

          END OF MEETING

Day 3 - Wednesday, 1 November 2017

30^th WAPP Donors’ Coordination Meeting

9:00 am          Arrival and Ushering-in of Participants

9:30 am          Opening Ceremony

• Welcome Address by the Managing Director of ECG
• Address by the WAPP Secretary General
• Address by the WAPP Executive Board Chairman
• Address by the Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission
• Opening Speech by the Minister for Finance of Ghana

10:00 am        Adoption of the Agenda

10:15 am        Coffee Break / Group Photo

10:30 am        Consideration and Adoption of the Aide-Memoire of the 29^th Donors’ Coordination Meeting

10:40 am        Presentation on the Status of Development of WAPP Information and Coordination Centre Project

11:00 am        Presentation on the Status of Preparation and Implementation of WAPP Priority Projects

11:20 am        Presentation on WAPP Capacity Building Program Initiative

11:40 am        Presentation on Funding Requirements

12:00 noon     Discussions and Statements by the Technical and Financial Partners

1:00 pm          End of the 30^th Donors’ Coordination Meeting

1:30 pm          Lunch Break

 

Day 4 - Thursday, 2 November 2017

37^th WAPP Executive Board Meeting 

9:00 am          Arrival and Ushering-in of Participants

9:30 am          Opening Ceremony

• Address by the WAPP Secretary General
• Opening Speech of the WAPP Executive Board Chairman

10:00 am        Adoption of the Agenda

10:15 am        Coffee Break / Group Photo

10:30 am        Consideration and Adoption of the following documents:        

1. Report of the 36^th Executive Board Meeting;
2. Activity Report of the Secretary General;
3. Joint Report of the Organizational Committees.
4. Memorandum on appointment of rotating members of the WAPP Executive Board.

11:30 am        Consideration and Finalisation of the Agenda of the 12^th WAPP General Assembly Session

11:45 am        Any Other Business

12:00 noon     End of the 37^th WAPP Executive Board Meeting

12:30 pm       Lunch Break

 

Day 5 - Friday, 3 November 2017

Twelfth WAPP General Assembly Session

9:00 am          Arrival and Ushering-in of Participants

9:30 am          Opening Ceremony

• Welcome Address by the Managing Director of VRA
• Address by the WAPP Secretary General

------------------------------Interlude---------------------------------------

• Address by the Representative of the Technical and Financial Partners
• Address by the WAPP Executive Board Chairman
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• Address by the President of the ECOWAS Commission
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• Opening Speech by His Excellency Hon. Boakye Kyeremateng Minister for Energy – Republic of Ghana

10:30 am        Group Photo / Coffee Break

10:50 am        Departure of State Officials and Invited Guests

11:00 am        Adoption of the Agenda

11:10 am        Consideration and Adoption of the following Reports:

• Report of the 11^th WAPP General Assembly Session,
• Activity Report of the WAPP Secretary General,
• Report of the WAPP External Auditor,
• Recommendations of the 34^th, 35^th 36^th and 37^th Meetings of the WAPP Executive Board.

12:00 noon     Any Other Business

12:30 pm        Signing of the Decisions of the 12^th General Assembly Session

1:00 pm          Closing Ceremony

• Vote of Thanks by the WAPP Executive Board Chairman

1:30 pm          Lunch Break

8:00 pm          Gala Dinner