Main Objective: Operate through the JRC’s Africa Knowledge Platform and serve as an integration engine, connecting thematic sectors and aligning the contributions of the RCoEs around a unified and coherent vision.
Specific Objectives:
Ensure effective coordination of the ArcX programme through a robust and well-managed transversal mechanism;
Enhance the science–policy interface by providing targeted support services that facilitate evidence-based decision-making;
Strengthen knowledge circulation and collective learning across ArcX through an efficient and interoperable knowledge management mechanism;
Promote inter-sectoral networking and partnership opportunities by delivering tailored support services that connect actors across thematic and regional domains.
Starting Year: 2023 Implementation Duration: 6 years
Number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100 000 live births during the same time period. The lower the number of healthcare facilities with access to electricity the greater the poten...
Percentage of women who experienced physical or sexual violence. This indicator focuses on the importance of bringing electricity to public infrastructures, in particular streets. Improving street lig...
Average number of pupils per qualified teacher at primary level education in a given academic year. Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of educa...
Percentage of cohort of young people three to five years older than the intended age for the last grade of upper secondary level of education who have completed that level of education. This indicator...
Percentage of households with water more than 30 minutes away round trip. The indicator reflects the crucial role of the water energy nexus and indicates that electricity access could generate greater...
Percentage of schools in Africa reporting to have no electricity. The lower the education facilities with access to electricity the greater the potential for decentralised renewable energies to improv...
The Social Clean Energy Access Index allows an effective identification of priorities for action in clean electrification programs. Its innovation is due to its tailored design focusing on the social ...
Proportion of total population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels. The indicator measures the potenti...
Percentage of population with access to electricity. Data, provided by the World Bank, have been collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (includ...
Percentage of women who are literate. This indicator highlights the importance of electricity for women, who spend the majority of their time taking care of the households. Electricity can ease girls ...
Percentage of undernourished people. The higher the incidence of undernourished people the more beneficial decentralised renewable energy solutions may be, in terms of improving both cooking facilitie...
Prevalence of underweight (weight-for-age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age. Survey estimates...
Number of deaths attributable to household air pollution resulting from solid fuels for cooking. Evidence from epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to smoke from incomplete combustion of s...
Percentage of children 24-35 months who had received all age appropriate vaccinations. The lower the number of vaccinated children, the more beneficial decentralised renewable energy solutions may be ...
Percentage of healthcare facilities with electricity access in selected countries. Information on electricity access for healthcare facilities has been collected in the electricity access health facil...
