Policies, strategies, programs and projects Benin program for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA II) Projects for the electrification of rural localities Projects for the promotion of low-consumption wood-energy technologies B/PROGRAMS AND SECTORAL PROJECTS TO BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED Program for the continuation and strengthening of actions to promote energy efficiency Actions allowing the preparation and implementation of the NDC  Regional Program for the Development of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency PRODERE 2 under financing from WAEMU  Projects RERE FORSUN and PROMER  Action program for the electrification of rural localities in Benin (PAELRB): (1) electrification of 200 rural localities by connection to the SBEE electricity network (phases 2 and 3); (ii) connection to the network of at least 60,000 new households.  Development of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency Project (DEREE): (i) installation of solar equipment + AEV system as part of the pilot phase of the Energy and Water for Life programme; (ii) installation of solar water heaters in health centers; (iii) performance of energy audits in 20 public administrations; (iv) promotion of improved stoves; (v) installation of low-consumption lamps in 400 public establishments in 20 municipalities in Benin.  Rural Electrification Project (PERU): (i) network extension in 76 peri-urban localities spread over 20 municipalities; (ii) electrification of 100 new localities selected in 11 departments out of the 12 in the country; (ii) connection to the conventional network of at least 41,000 new rural households. Municipality of Dassa-Zoum  Electricity distribution project  Off-grid electricity access project. Action program for strengthening the electrification of rural localities under the CDN (electrification of at least 720 new localities by 2030 (see proposal made for the development of the program in the appendix to the report on the work of update of the CDN)  Promotion of the economic use of fuelwood by giving 809,043 new households access to improved stoves  Support for the organization and development of internal markets for the manufacture and sale of high-performance equipment (improved stoves using wood-energy; butane gas cooking equipment)  Establishment of standards, implementation of regulations, support for