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Energy Service Provider (ESP) applying for BGFA1 funding</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA</strong> – Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (a funding facility set up and managed by Nefco and implemented in partnership with REEEP as Implementation Manager)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA1 </strong> – The first BGFA Call for Proposals targeted at Liberia, Burkina Faso and Zambia.</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA2</strong> – The second BGFA Call for Proposals targeted at Mozambique</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA3 </strong>– The third BGFA Call for Proposals targeted at Uganda</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA4</strong> – The fourth BGFA Call for Proposals targeted at the Democratic Republic of the Congo</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFA5 </strong>– The fifth BGFA Call for Proposals targeted at Uganda.</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>BGFZ</strong> – Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (a pilot programme initiated by Sweden with REEEP acting as Sweden’s implementing agent)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Concept Note Template</strong> – Annex A in the Pre-Qualification Guidelines contains a concept note template, which Applicants/Lead Applicants are requested to fill in online and submit during the Pre-Qualification stage</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Consortium Member</strong> – A for-profit or non-profit entity forming part of a Project Consortium</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Country Programme</strong> – BGFA Call for Proposals are organised into currently five different Country Programmes – Burkina Faso, Liberia, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Demonstrable Operational Experience</strong> – Applicants’/Lead Applicants’ proven operational off-grid experiences in the Project Country or in other SSA countries</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>DS</strong> – Direct to Scale (Funding Window offered only in Zambia)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>ESP</strong> – Energy Service Provider</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>ESS</strong> – Energy service subscriptions made by end-customers entering into a contract with an ESP for the provision of energy services</p><p></p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Final Application</strong> – BGFA Call for Proposals are divided into two stages: a Pre-Qualification and a Final Application stage (only ESPs successfully passing the Pre-Qualification stage will be invited to take part in the Final Application stage)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Funding</strong> <strong>Lot</strong> – Amount of a certain BGFA Call for Proposals funding available to Energy service Providers (ESPs) for the provision of a specific type or mix of off-grid energy solutions under each Funding Window</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Funding Window</strong> – Amount of BGFA Call for Proposals funding available to Energy Service Providers (ESPs) either in the form of LS or DS funding</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>KfW</strong> – KfW Development Bank is a donor to BGFA</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Lead Applicant</strong> – A for-profit ESP company applying for BGFA1 funding on behalf of a Project Consortium</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>LS</strong> – Launch to Scale (Funding Window available in all three eligible Project Countries)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Mini-/Micro-grid</strong> – Refers broadly to an isolated or grid-connected power distribution network, including its own renewable generation capacity, load management and control as well as distribution infrastructure, built and operated by a micro ESP utility</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Nano-grid</strong> – A small solar system that can be deployed on a rent-to-own based model and may be shared between a small number of customers for residential, commercial or institutional use</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Nefco</strong> – Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, BGFA Facility Manager – has established the BGFA Programme and developed it into a multi-donor programme</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>NIRAS</strong> – BGFA Project Implementation Partner supports on-the-ground monitoring of the BGFA contracted companies, i.e. the energy service providers, including reporting and verification services (MRV), review of implementation progress and milestones reached by the financed projects, supports and coordinates work related to impact evaluations and verification of established energy service subscriptions and provides institutional support in the BGFA countries.</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Pre-Qualification</strong> – BGFA funding rounds are divided into two stages: a Pre-Qualification and a Final Application stage (only ESPs successfully passing the Pre-Qualification stage will be invited to take part in the Final Application stage)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Project Consortium </strong>– A group of for-profit or non-profit entities (led and represented by a for-profit ESP Lead Applicant) that have formed or agreed to form a consortium to apply for BGFA funding and eventually implement the proposed project</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Project Country</strong> – BGFA funding can only be used to implement projects in the current five project countries Burkina Faso, Liberia, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda (only these countries are eligible Project Countries)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Project Partner</strong> – A for-profit or non-profit entity with a material and meaningful interest in the implementation of the proposed project (e.g. product suppliers; financial service partners; engineering, procurement, and construction service providers; capacity building and training organisations and initiatives; NGOs or similar)</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>PUE</strong>– Productive Use of Energy</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>REEEP</strong> – Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, BGFA Project Implementation Partner, has been supporting the BGFA programme with market scoping activities, design of funding windows, development work to expand the programme and due diligence reviews of selected projects since the start of the BGFA programme in 2019. REEEP, together with Sweden, developed the BGFZ pilot programme and is acting as Sweden’s implementation agent for BGFZ.</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>SHS</strong> – A solar home system</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Sida</strong> – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>Significant Sub-Contractor</strong> – A company or organisation, sub-contracted by an Applicant/Lead Applicant with direct responsibility for implementing and/or operating one or more components of the proposed project representing a minimum of 15% of the awarded BGFA1 funding</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>SmartME</strong> – BGFA1 is organised as an online, fully paperless application process and handled via an electronic intake system called SmartME</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> <p><strong>SSA</strong> – Sub-Saharan Africa</p> </div> <div class="glossary_content"> 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