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The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Department of Electricity and Energy of South Africa (DEE) are pleased to co-host the next Africa Energy Efficiency Policy Training Week 2026, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 23 to 26 November 2026.

Since 2015, the IEA’s Energy Efficiency Policy Training Weeks have brought together more than 3,500 policymakers from over 130 countries, primarily from government institutions and supporting organisations in emerging economies.

The Africa Energy Efficiency Policy Training Week aims to equip participants with greater knowledge and skills to develop and implement effective energy efficiency initiatives in the region. These policy training weeks are organised by the IEA’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions through its Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme (E4 Programme).

This event represents a unique opportunity for policymakers to learn from international best practices and foster a truly global community of energy efficiency practitioners, helping them to advance the goal of doubling energy efficiency by 2030 while improving people’s lives.

The training is aimed at energy efficiency policy makers, principally from energy ministries and supporting institutions, but applications would be accepted from those in relevant sectors of industry or civil society, including academia and NGOs.

We particularly welcome applications from women working in energy efficiency.

The Training Week consists of five parallel courses on energy efficiency:

• Buildings
• Appliances
• Industry
• Transport
• Indicators and evaluation

Each training stream offers a combination of lectures, interactive discussions and practical exercises that allow participants to learn from international best practice and each other. The programme also includes joint sessions on tracking progress and communication campaigns, as well as exploring the social and economic benefits of energy efficiency measures. Activities during the training week are designed to provide participants with hands-on experience, in addition to opportunities to exchange information and expertise with colleagues from around the world.

Buildings

Through this stream, participants will gain knowledge and skills across a wide range of topics related to energy efficiency in buildings, placing them in the context of the transition to net zero emissions. Starting from the fundamentals of energy use in buildings, to building design and technological solutions, it also includes training on policies and investment instruments to accelerate energy efficiency in buildings. The stream is based on international best practice and actionable recommendations, including developing a national roadmap to achieve a net-zero transition for the buildings sector.

Appliances and Equipment

This stream aims to prepare participants to successfully advance appliance energy efficiency policy. It does so by introducing the fundamentals to effectively design and implement an energy efficiency policy package integrating regulations, information, and incentives to move appliances towards higher efficiency standards. On completion, participants will have a solid understanding of high-level strategic issues as well as the tools to leverage their own expertise and interest to contribute to advancing energy efficiency in appliances and equipment.

Industry

The industry stream will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement energy efficiency programmes for a range of industry subsectors and across small, medium and large enterprises. The training is designed around the industry energy efficiency policy package which combines regulation, information, and incentive measures to unlock energy efficiency benefits in ways that also help businesses to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions increasing their more resilience and competitiveness.

Transport

The transport stream focuses on achieving improvements in vehicle energy efficiency, with a key focus on electrification. After a scene setting introduction examining transport energy use and the multiple benefits of effective policy packages.

Participants will leave with the skills and understanding needed to develop a policy package approach. Case studies are a core component of the training covering best practice and lessons learnt from on the ground implementation.

Indicators and Evaluation

The indicators and evaluation workstream will provide participants with an understanding of how they can use data and evidence to develop energy efficiency policies and programmes, monitor progress and evaluate the impact of these policies to meet the global goal.

Participants will learn about national energy efficiency indicators and how they can be used in policy making and evaluation across sectors. On completion of the course, participants will be familiar with international best practice in monitoring and evaluation and be confident in taking action to implement that practice in their work.

Apply: https://www.iea-events.org/africa-energy-efficiency-policy-training-week-2026/registration/registration