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For over 20 years, ECO has been among Germany's leading international consultants for socio-ecological programme advice in official development assistance. Clients such as governments, NGOs and community-based organizations call on us in their efforts to promote sustainable livelihoods and combat poverty. To them, we offer specialized and integrated services. In every one of our projects ECO's rationale is to look out for economically viable solutions while protecting the natural environment. We enhance local opportunities and thereby work towards a contribution to global challenges, such as climate change.

Study: Rwanda's charcoal production sector
Visions for sustainable energy supply

In Rwanda, access to energy is a driver of economic and social development. Electricity is slowly gaining in importance as a cooking energy. But reliance on wood and charcoal as the primary cooking fuel is still 97%. In its "Green Charcoal Report" for the World Bank ECO's Dr. Frank Richter analyzes the current status of the charcoal energy sector in Rwanda. From this basis, he proposes investments and socio-economic fine-tunings in order to arrive at a well regulated and competitive market for the sustainable supply and utilization of charcoal.
Read Establishing a Green Charcoal Value Chain in Rwanda, Executive Summary ( 1,36 MB)
Read Establishing a Green Charcoal Value Chain in Rwanda, full report ( 3,86 MB)