Power and Communications Sectors Modernization and Rural Services Project (PROMEC)

The Project will support the Government’s efforts to deepen pro-competition reforms in the telecommunications and electricity sectors, implement policies that will extend these services to the poor in rural areas as well as communication services for small and micro businesses, and adopt programs that foster efficient use of energy and use of RET for rural electrification. The overall project will have the following six major components: (a) Strengthening legal, regulatory and institutional framework; (b) Promotion of competition and private investment; (c) Service extension in rural and peri-urban areas, including off grid electrification with GEF financing; (d) Enhancement of energy efficiency with GEF financing; (e) Development of communications and information activities; and (f) Project coordination and management.