Our Featured Projects
Provision of Temporary Work Agency Services to CEPOL
CEPOL Partners with HCL to Strengthen Law Enforcement Training Services
This project is about: As a contractor for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training – CEPOL, HCL Group plays an important role in supporting CEPOL by providing interim staff members who possess the specific competencies required for particular projects or tasks. EU Funded. Read more …
Context: In its ongoing commitment to enhancing security and knowledge sharing within the European Union, CEPOL has teamed up with HCL Group to provide interim staff for specialized projects and tasks. These temporary placements are aimed at addressing specific challenges that require expertise beyond CEPOL’s regular staffing capabilities.
Timeline: 2July 2021 – July 2023
Overall investment value: 2,400,000 EUR
Support to Reform in the Energy Sector in Lesotho (Phase I)
HCL’s Empowering Energy Project in Lesotho
# Energy, # Africa (sub-Saharan)
This project is about: HCL Group’s people-centered approach is transforming lives in Lesotho. By increasing energy access, improving economic prospects, and ensuring a sustainable future, this project is making a real impact on the people of Lesotho. EU funded.
Context: In 2017, Lesotho and the European Commission embarked on a promising project: “Support to Reform in the Energy Sector in Lesotho (Phase I).” The driving force behind this transformation was HCL Group, with a deep commitment to improving the lives of the people of Lesotho. Read more …
Timeline: 2018 – 2023
Contract value: 1,620,966 EUR
Assistance Mechanism for the Western Mediterranean Sea basin (AMWM)
HCL ushers a new era of Blue Growth in the Western Mediterranean
This project is about: Promoting sustainable development within the blue economy of the Western Mediterranean Sea basin, by addressing the needs and requests of stakeholders for guidance on blue economy financing, investments in blue growth, project development, and creating valuable networks.
Context: Blue Growth is the long term strategy to support sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors as a whole. Seas and oceans are drivers for the European economy and have great potential for innovation and growth. In the same vein, the concept of Blue Growth and a Blue Economy is gaining traction worldwide, and HCL/ Pescares is a front-runner in the policy and programming shift, by pushing forward coordination of all the involved sectors, and enhancing cooperation among policy actors nationally and regionally. Read more …
Timeline: 2018 – 2022
Overall investment value: 2,799,226 EUR
Knowledge-Based Water & Wastewater Decision Support System (WWDSS) (GIZ)
Improving investment decisions to ensure wider access to water and wastewater services in Egypt.
# Water & Wastewater, #North Africa and Middle East
This project is about: Development, implementation, and application of a tailored-made Water & Wastewater Decision Support System (WWDSS) for the HCWW and its Affiliated Companies. Read more…
Context: WWDSS will be developed for the HCWW and 21 ACs located in 21 governorates. It will be structured as an integratable modular system linked to and interacting with an updatable and expandable data base comprising demographic, infrastructure, unit cost, and financial data.
Timeline: Phase I: Nov 2013 – Dec 2016 / Phase II: Jan 2017 – July 2018
Contract value: 2,175,730 EUR
Technical Assistance to the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water for Technical Studies and Strategy Development
Improving technical efficiency and technical investment planning in the water sector in Egypt.
#Water & Waste Water, #North Africa and Middle East
This project is about:
Provision of technical assistance to the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water and Affiliated Companies to improve their technical efficiency and technical investment planning in the water sector.
Read more…Context: Support the Government of Egypt in progressing the reform programme of the water sector, in accordance with the objectives of the National Water Resource Plan 2005-2017 (NWRP 2005 – 2017) as well as the Water and Wastewater Sector Development Policy (WWSDP).
Timeline: 2015-2017.
Overall investment value: 2,394,750 EUR
Sustainable Energy for All–Technical Assistance Facility (SE4All TAF) – East and Southern Africa (EU)
The TAF has established itself as the key EU support mechanism for increasing energy access in Africa.
# Energy, # Africa (sub-Saharan)
This project is about: Provision of high-level technical assistance at country and regional level through expert missions to increase energy access and to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. EU funded. Read more…
Context: improve the policy and regulatory framework conditions aiming at providing attractive and enabling conditions for increased public and private investment in energy access, energy supplies, renewable energy as well as energy efficiency.
Timeline: 2014 – 2017
Contract value: 15,267,250 EUR
Integrated Depollution of Lake Bizerte (Tunisia) (part of MeHSIP-PPIF)
Has set a new standard for the development of investment projects aimed at blueprint on how to develop integrated depollution reduction investment projects in the Mediterranean region.
#Environment and Natural Resources, #Water & Waste Water, #Water-Energy-Food Nexus, #North Africa and Middle East
This project is about: Preparation of a feasibility study to define technical scope and socio-economic assessment for this integrated depollution investment project. Funded by EIB (FEMIP). Read more …
Context: part of the Horizon2020 initiative aiming to reduce pollution to the Mediterranean Sea. Loan financing secured from EIB and EBRD. Grant provided through NIF.
Timeline: Feasibility Study carried out 2011-13. Implementation/construction period: 4-5 years.
Overall investment value: 70m EUR (cost of feasibility study, 1,060,000 EUR)
Stories from the field
May 2024 May 2024HCL Group organises the European Blue Forum - 2nd annual event
The HCL Group continue the journey toward a more sustainable and vibrant blue economy, through Pescares subsidiary consultancy work to EU Agency CINEA on the European Blue Forum and annual events. The 2nd meeting of the EUropean Blue Forum was held in the context of the EUropean Maritime Days (EMD) held in Svendborg, Denmark, on May 30. Read more...June 2023Launch of the European Blue Forum to shape the future of our ocean and marine resources
On 26 May 2023, the European Commission launched the European Blue Forum to foster dialogue among all sea users, including offshore operators, stakeholders and scientists engaged in fisheries, aquaculture, shipping, tourism, renewable energy and other activities at sea. Read more...July 2018Ethiopia: Enabling framework for off-grid electricity investment, package of bankable projects
To fulfil the ambition of creating electricity access for the 70 % the population (around 70 million people) currently without access, Ethiopia has set the objective of rapidly expanding its power generation capacity. Read more...May 2018Reducing energy costs in public buildings of Indian Ocean Commission Member states
In a bottom-up approach, the technical and financial findings from 15 prefeasibility studies for energy efficiency in buildings in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles were extrapolated to national policy recommendations.Read more...May 2018EU Workshop on the Energy-Digital Nexus
Digital technologies can be crucial in building the future of productive uses of energy, financial inclusion and job creation. HCL is studying the digital-energy nexus potential in rural areas of the developing world.Read more...February 2018EU supports AUC in the Harmonisation of the regulatory frameworks for the Electricity Markets in Africa
A joint initiative of the European Union (EU) and the African Union Commission (AUC) is focusing on the process of integration and harmonisation of the regulatory frameworks for the electricity markets in Africa. A fully integrated, competitive and harmonised electricity market would be a strong enabler for accelerating Africa’s development and improving energy access in Africa.Read more...Creating jobs for an empowered Africa
The TAF is studying the employment generation results of sustainable energy projects, looking to track job creation and eventually mainstream this goal into EU development projects in Africa – and beyond.Read more...European Union meets African Union to exchange experiences
HCL’s EU TAF Team for East and Southern Africa organised a series of sessions in Brussels, bringing together the Infrastructure and Energy Department (IED) of the African Union Commission (AUC) and EU Institutions & Energy Sector Associations, in a series of technical meetings dedicated to “Exchange of Experiences”.Read more...EU support to building an energy efficiency programme for SADC’s industrial players
A new EU-funded Energy Efficiency programme aims to boost competitiveness of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States’ industries by building their capacity to adopt, invest and use energy efficient technologies and practices- and eventually reduce energy consumption, which amounts to up to 35% of production costs.Read more...Puntland: Scaling up use of LPG
Government involvement and control, business opportunities and profitability, and bottled LPG supply at an affordable price are the three objectives of a new LPG project in Puntland. HCL's SE4All TAF team lays out the business plan for increased access to LPG in 9 large cities within a Public Private Partnership (PPP) type of venture between the Government and private investors.Read more...
