QII: Advancing Green, Resilient, Inclusive Development

Country: ​​Moldova​

Approval FY: FY24

Amount: $50,000

Technical Assistance Type: Just-in-Time

QII is addressing cybersecurity skills gaps across energy sector stakeholders in the Europe and Central Asia region, including Transmission System Operators, Distribution System Operators, regulators, and ministries, by developing technical reports and capacity building programs that strengthen Information Technology and Operational Technology system resilience. QII is also providing cost-effective analyses to guide Moldova's procurement of cybersecurity technology and its pursuit of key international certifications in information security management and energy sector communication security.

Country: ​​Papua New Guinea

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

The NEAT Project in Papua New Guinea deploys least-cost solar home systems to expand renewable energy access for the roughly 80 percent of the population lacking grid connectivity, supporting the government's electrification targets of 70 percent by 2030 and universal access by 2050. This QII grant strengthens this effort by conducting demand assessments, market surveys, and implementation model design to ensure solutions are tailored to local contexts, financially sustainable, and open to private-sector and community-led participation.

Country: ​​​​Eastern Africa, Tanzania as main country client​

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

The RETRADE-EA project aims to increase climate-resilient power trade within the Eastern Africa Power Pool, supporting energy security, lower costs, reduced emissions, and expanded electricity access. QII is providing technical assistance to Tanzania by funding feasibility analysis, PPP capacity building, preparatory studies, and fundraising support to identify transmission lines suitable for private sector involvement, advancing replicable transmission PPP models and mobilizing private investment across the region.

Country: ​​​​Global

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Analytical Work Award

QII will develop a quantitative methodology to estimate the optimal mix of concessional financing, including low-cost debt, grants, and carbon finance needed to support energy transition investments in Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs), balancing consumer affordability with private sector return requirements. The methodology will be applied at both global and country levels to help inform client countries' eligibility for and access to concessional financing for their energy transition programs.

Country: ​​​​​​Burkina Faso​

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

The QII grant supports Burkina Faso's SOLEER project by enhancing investment and technical assistance aimed at expanding off-grid energy access in a country where only 7% of the rural population has electricity. Specifically, QII will fund the development of a geospatial platform to mobilize private capital in the off-grid space and conduct a climate risk assessment to evaluate hazards affecting the financial viability of electricity consumers.

Country: ​​Countries that are part of the Southern Africa Power Pool​​​​​​​

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

The RETRADE Southern Africa Power Pool project is a US$38 million regional operation aimed at deepening electricity market integration across Southern Africa through technical assistance to key regional institutions. This QII grant focuses on cybersecurity, introducing innovation beyond standard lending by building awareness and skills among energy professionals, promoting best practices for critical infrastructure protection using established maturity frameworks, with lessons designed to scale across other African power pools.

Country: ​​​​Mauritania​

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

QII is funding a technical assistance activity to develop a roadmap for a shared electricity transmission network in northern Mauritania, connecting renewable energy sources to key iron ore mining sites and the residential grid. This supports the broader Development of Energy Resources and Mining Sector Support Project, leveraging the World Bank's role as a neutral convenor to bring together public and private stakeholders around shared infrastructure solutions that advance Mauritania's low-carbon economic development.

Country: ​​​​​​Central Asia​

Approval FY: FY24

Amount: $180,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

The REMIT project aims to develop a regional electricity market across Central Asia by establishing a pilot trading platform, strengthening cross-border grid interconnections, and building institutional capacity across Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The QII grant supports REMIT's design phase by informing the pilot market design and institutional capacity components, and will extend into supervising the pilot market's implementation.

Country: ​​Ethiopia​

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

QII is funding a comprehensive assessment of the Ethiopian Electric Utility's corporate technologies and IT infrastructure, evaluating critical systems and processes to identify opportunities for improvement. The study will produce a roadmap for integrating advanced IT solutions to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in Ethiopia's electricity sector, drawing on international best practices and driving innovation and institutional capacity building.

Country: ​​Mexico

Approval FY: FY25

Amount: $200,000

Technical Assistance Type: Standard Grant

This project helps small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico adopt cleaner, more sustainable practices, such as using renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, and managing water and waste, so they can reduce their environmental impact and compete more effectively in global markets. This QII grant is funding technical support to train these businesses and the banks that finance them, develop easy-to-use tools to identify the right sustainability measures, and raise awareness of the international environmental standards that large multinational companies increasingly require from their suppliers.