{"id":6153,"date":"2025-09-08T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/access-coalition.org\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:14:22","slug":"mission-300-civil-society-energy-dialogue-success-depends-on-putting-communities-at-the-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/access-coalition.org\/fr\/mission-300-civil-society-energy-dialogue-success-depends-on-putting-communities-at-the-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission 300 Dialogue de la soci?t? civile sur l'?nergie : Le succ?s d?pend de la place accord?e aux communaut?s"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 4, 2025<\/a>, the World Bank convened a virtual Civil Society Energy Dialogue to discuss Mission 300, the ambitious initiative launched in 2024 to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030. With nearly 600 million Africans still without power<\/a>, Mission 300 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lift millions out of energy poverty. Yet, as Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)-including the Coalition ACCESS<\/a>-emphasized during the Dialogue, the initiative will only succeed if communities are placed at the centre of its design, financing, and implementation.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, African leaders endorsed the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit<\/a> and launched National Energy Compacts outlining policy reforms and investment priorities. The World Bank and its partners have since pledged more than $50 billion, with total financing needs estimated at $90 billion<\/a>. While these commitments are significant, CSOs warned that without strong community engagement and accountability, the impact will remain limited.<\/p>\n

The Dialogue featured World Bank officials Franz R. Drees-Gross , the Director of Infrastructure in the World Bank’s Africa West region and Mariia Melnyk, Energy Portfolio Monitoring Specialist, who presented progress updates. Civil society representatives responded with a clear message: large-scale grid expansion is necessary but not sufficient. To truly deliver energy for all, Mission 300 must prioritize decentralized renewable energy (DRE), clean cooking solutions, and resilient systems tailored to the realities of marginalized communities.<\/p>\n

The ACCESS Coalition, a global network of over 100 organizations committed to a socially just energy transition, called on the World Bank, governments, and development partners to prioritize the following actions under Mission 300:<\/p>\n