Meeting of the Pan-Africa Network of Regulators for Clean Air Solutions

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi, India based public interest research and advocacy organisation has set up a ‘Pan-Africa Network on Clean Air Solutions’ that brings together key regulators from different countries of Africa to foster knowledge-sharing, cross-learning and South-South experience sharing on emerging good practices in the Africa region. The objective of this forum is promoting good regulatory practices, facilitate exchange of ideas and knowledge sharing on emerging good practices in the region around common concerns and strengthening regulatory capacity in the region to support air pollution mitigation and inform and influence action on common issues.

As part of our initiative to carry forward network conversation on solutions to air pollution that are of common interest to the nations of Africa CSE is organising a Meeting of the Pan-Africa Network of Regulators for Clean Air Solutions on July 16, 2024 (Tuesday) at 4 pm to 6.30 pm India time/1.30 am to 4 pm East Africa time/11.30 am to 2 pm West Africa time. The network will deliberate on thematic issues pertaining to Clean air action planning, Vehicle technology, fuel quality, vehicle import policy and on-road emissions management and Mobility and electric mobility and focus on deep dive for policy development. 

This is a South-South forum which has evolved and gathered momentum since 2015 for knowledge support and best practice sharing and promoting evidence based and data driven action and informed implementation strategies. As part of this initiative CSE has organised several Pan-Africa consultation workshops in Africa and training workshops in India to bring together the key regulators from different countries of Africa involved with and focusing on key policy issues of common interest such as air quality monitoring and management, emission standards and fuel quality roadmap including vehicle import policy, electric mobility, transport and mobility transition to understand the areas of intervention and strategy development. This network has participation from 17 African countries (Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Senegal, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Côte d'Ivoire, South Sudan, Rwanda, Egypt, Malawi, Tanzania and Zanzibar).

For more information, please contact 

Priyanka Chandola
Programme Manager
Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility Programme
Centre for Science and Environment
New Delhi, India
Mobile: +91-9810414938
Email: priyanka@cseindia.org