Sustainable supply of basic energy to households and micro-enterprises is a joint undertaking. It requires the involvement of different partners working in unison.

The HERA project therefore works closely with national and international partners so that together they can contribute to sustainable energy supply and eradication of poverty.

Cooperation partners within GTZ

• Energising Development (EnDev)
  With co-financing from the Dutch government, EnDev aims to provide 3.1 million people with modern energy.
  www.senternovem.nl/Energising_Development
• Energising Africa (EnAf)
  HERA and Energising Africa jointly support countries in southern and eastern Africa in developing national biomass energy strategies (BEST Initiative).
• Energy Sector Initiative
  The focus of cooperation is on policy consultancy and joint strategy development.

External cooperation partners:

• HEDON
  HERA supports the Household Energy Network in gathering and making available information on technologies and types of fuel, including reports on experience gained using them.
  www.hedon.info
• WHO
  HERA maintains intensive communication with the World Health Organization on the subject of indoor air pollution.
  www.who.int
• WFP
  Improved cooking technology for school meals is promoted jointly with the UN World Food Programme.
  www.wfp.org
• EUEI
  The EU Energy Initiative includes promotion of household energy projects within the framework of EU cooperation.
  http://europa.eu.int/.../initiative/index_en.htm
• PCIA
  HERA cooperates with the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air in seeking to reduce indoor air pollution and runs joint training camps.
  www.pciaonline.org
• Practical Action
  Cooperation focuses on developing technologies and jointly publishing the magazine “Boiling Point”.
  www.practicalaction.org
• Aprovecho
  Efficient technologies such as the Rocket Stove are further developed with this American research centre.
  www.aprovecho.org
• Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte (BSH)
  HERA and BSH are working towards the introduction of cookers that work with plant oil.
  www.bsh-group.de
• Shell Foundation
  HERA and the Shell Foundation cooperate in scaling-up projects, in Ethiopia and elsewhere.
  www.shellfoundation.org