National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) of São Tomé and Príncipe - Period 2021-2030/2050.

The objective of the STP Government is to maximize efforts to ensure adequate power generation and distribution to all sectors in order to boost the country's socio-economic growth. The government wants to have programs aimed at implementing an energy model based on economic rationality and on sustainability, though, combining the use of energy from endogenous renewable sources, particularly solar and hydropower generation, on the one hand, and reducing the extra costs that burden energy prices, on the other. This is intended to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels in the country's energy matrix and, simultaneously, to guarantee the security of supply by promoting its balance. In this sense, and in fulfillment of Vision 2030 "São Tomé and Príncipe 2030: the country we need to build", the São Tomé government aims to achieve the following goals, among others: Ensure that the energy sector is reformed and measures implemented to guarantee the development of an energy-economic model, which will ensure that energy costs are sustainable and that the competitiveness of companies and the quality of life of citizens are not compromised; Ensure that the EE of the country improves substantially, through the implementation of the NEEAP. After the NEEAP has been prepared, the Government aims to use it to strengthen the coordination of EE support programs and to foster innovation and technology transfer.
STP has evolved positively in promoting women's rights, but inequalities still exist and there is room for improvement in promoting gender equality. Specifically, in the energy sector, it is necessary to better integrate gender issues at all levels, including in energy policy-making processes and energy projects. Gender issues have still not been included in most energy-related policies and regulations, in part because of challenges on how to do so. In this sense, the NEEAP aims to include the issues of equity and gender equality transversally, as topics of particular interest to be addressed in the majority of the measures proposed in the plan.