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UNDP - GEF Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99. Climate Change Mitigation in Ukraine through Energy Efficiency in Municipal District Heating Pilot Project in Rivne. Main Items. Major Barriers and Lessons learnt Best Practices Challenge for future.
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UNDP - GEF Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99 Climate Change Mitigation in Ukraine through Energy Efficiency in Municipal District Heating Pilot Project in Rivne
Main Items • Major Barriers and Lessons learnt • Best Practices • Challenge for future
ACCESS TO FINANCE Strategic Priority #2(UNDP/GEF Business Plan): Goal: Creation of the Municipal Energy Service Company (ESCO)
UNDP - GEF Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99 Demonstration Project: • Energy Efficiency and Economical effect • Ecological (Environmental) Effect • Social effect
MAJOR BARRIERS • Inappropriate Institutional Approach • Lack of Community Participation • Absence of Local Capacity
INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH • Project Initial Strategy – NEX SCEC (State Committee for Energy Conservation) • Currently NEX – Local (Oblast) Administration • Changes Introduced
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE: • The Project management was moved to the local level; • Oblast Administration was nominated a national executing agency andthe State Committee dismissed from this responsibility. • As Result the Project Support Office in Kiev was closedand Project Implementation Office in Rivne became to be the only Project office.
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION • Lack of appropriate Methodologies in Ukraine • No prior experience and field work in practice
UNDP - GEF Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99 Lessons learnt: • Selecting partners with capacity to understand and work with international assistance • Success when local partners own and manage
Best Practices • Mayor’s personal involvement and support • Governor’s office support • Sound and fruitful cooperation between municipality and business (Komunenergia) • Community mobilization and involvement
During 2004 • Capacity Building of the “ESCO-Rivne”: • ESCO Support Activities, • Strategic Business Plan for ESCO-Rivne • Energy Efficiency Plan for Rivne city launched • Community Mobilization; • Experience Dissemination and Replication country wide; • Preparation to the Stage 2.