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Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: EESD
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium
  • Internship Title: Department Assistant
  • Duration: 5-6 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Unavailable
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
ARE Vision
It is the vision of ARE that by 2030 everyone in the world and in particular all rural people in low-and medium income countries should have access to affordable, secure and clean energy and energy services.

ARE Mission
ARE is a Member-led association
 
The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is an international business association that promotes a sustainable decentralised renewable energy industry for the 21st century, activating markets for affordable energy services, and creating local jobs and inclusive economies.

ARE enables improved energy access through business development support for its Membership along the whole value chain for off-grid technologies.

As Proud Partner of SEforALL, ARE collaborates with SEforALL through specifically tailored interventions which lie on the critical path as identified by the Global Tracking Framework (2017). ARE mobilises and unites all private sector players and partners who are passionate and committed to improve regional socio-economic development and quality of life of individuals with the provision of electricity.

By consolidating the off-grid sector ARE is there to assist decision-makers from both, private and public sector, by:

Providing key policy, technical and financial recommendations for the development of incentivising and business enabling market and framework conditions that will allow for higher investments into self-sustainable and business-driven rural electrification markets;
Sharing best practices in order to enable interested players to improve by making use of lessons learnt and thereby engage more effectively into project implementation and deployment as well as into operations and management commercially viable business models;
Acting as a global matchmaking platform for B2B and B2Finance with the purpose to direct and to increase available funding and financing so that rural electrification technologies can be rolled out in a systematic manner;
Bringing members into a more competitive position to successfully grow their businesses on the international level.
To promote the transformation of the global economies towards the use of low carbon emission and clean energy the function of ARE is also to close existing communication and function gaps between the public and private sector, the grid and off-grid sector as well as between the fossil and renewable energy sector. ARE strongly believes that with the appropriate mix of instruments and initiatives it is possible to mature and to commercialise rural electrification markets in the short term!
Internship Tasks
Support with general activities, such as document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, social media, project management, communication and event help, etc. 
The specific content of the internship depends on the needs at that time.

Requirements
● Prefer students majoring in Political science/ Renewable energy / energy access / off-grid/ International relations/ Business
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2020-03-18 | Lusaka, Zambia – Energy Access Investment Forum
2018-10-31 | Singapore, Singapore – International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference
2017-03-22 | Lisbon, Portugal – Annual General Meeting
2015-03-05 | Madrid, Spain – Energy Access Workshop
2014-12-04 | Brussels, Belgium – Meeting on Accessing Africa’s Renewable Energy Markets
2014-11-06 | Brussels, Belgium – Sustainable energy in Central Asia – business opportunities and technology transfer
2014-09-30 | Brussels, Belgium – Energy Access Seminar
2014-09-29 | Brussels, Belgium – Empowering rural electrification
2014-06-16 | Manila, Philippines – International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference
2014-04-30 | Brussels, Belgium – The impact of changing energy patterns on EU competitiveness
2014-02-20 | Brussels, Belgium – Annual General Meeting
2011-02-18 | Brussels, Belgium – Symposium

Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations

Links with:

G-XG0465 – Department for International Development (DFID);

G-XJ2537 – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);

E-XE2442 – European Commission (EC);

B-XJ4129 – International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA);

D-XD5835 – Latin American Energy Organization;

E-XE4161 – UN Environment; B-XE3386 – UNIDO.

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations

● Founding member of:

   C-XM4326 – Global Energy Storage Alliance (GESA).

● Cooperates with:

   C-XC1800 – International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC);

   F-XF6504 – OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);

   F-XF5044 – Practical Action;

   F-XM1915 – Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21);

   E-XJ9277 – Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL);

   G-XG7799 – United Nations Foundation (UNF).


Members

Organizations (over 90) in 31 countries:

Member Countries & Regions

United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo DR, Switzerland, China, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Luxembourg, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, USA