Financial top-up of the Access to Energy Fund The Access to Energy Fund (AEF) was jointly initiated by the Dutch government and FMO in 2007. AEF creates sustainable access to renewable energy in developing countries by providing risk bearing funding. Through the diversified renewable energy portfolio it has built up, AEF improves the availability and quality of renewable energy generation and distribution capacity. In doing so, the Fund contributes to the policy objective of the Dutch government to support 50 million people in developing countries to gain access to renewable energy between 2015 and 2030. The AEF can invest in all OECD DAC countries, with a minimum of 25% (but preferably over 50%) in the DGIS focus regions.