Capacity Needs Assessment and Human Capacity Development Strategy for Power-to-X / Green Hydrogen Technology Development in Kenya

This capacity needs assessment mapped out the existing individual and institutional capacities, identified the specific gaps that needed to be addressed, and developed the relevant capacity development strategy for the short and medium term. The capacity building strategy aligned with the country’s PtX and green hydrogen roadmap and strategy as developed. It built on an initial rapid capacity needs assessment for PtX and green hydrogen in Kenya that was carried out between January and February 2021 by the GHWG. It focused on identifying the immediate/priority needs at institutional and system levels in the short term. It also mapped out a preliminary list of keys, primary, and secondary stakeholders. Feedback from this initial assessment served as a good foundation for a detailed capacity needs assessment that was expected to, among other things, identify the individual needs required to support the technologies development in the country in the short and medium terms, leverage on the outcome of a baseline study recently commissioned by the MoE to prioritize activities, draw on experience and case studies from other countries/regions at an advanced stage of the technologies development, and inform the development of a medium-term capacity building strategy.