UNDP - GEFUNDP - GEF Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99Project: UKR/01/G31/A/1G/99

Climate Change

Mitigation in Ukraine

through Energy

Efficiency in Municipal

District Heating

Pilot Project in Rivne

Main ItemsMain Items

• Major Barriers and Lessons learnt

• Best Practices

• Challenge for future

ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCE Strategic Priority #2Strategic Priority #2 (UNDP/GEF Business Plan)(UNDP/GEF Business Plan)::Goal:

Creation of the Municipal Energy Service Company

(ESCO)

Demonstration

Project:

Energy Efficiency and

Economical effect Ecological

(Environmental) Effect Social effect

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MAJOR BARRIERS

• Inappropriate Institutional Approach

• Lack of Community Participation

• Absence of Local Capacity

INSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHAPPROACH

Project Initial Strategy – NEX SCEC (State Committee for Energy Conservation)

Currently NEX – Local (Oblast) Administration

Changes Introduced

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGESINSTITUTIONAL CHANGES

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE:

• The Project management was moved to the local level;

• Oblast Administration was nominated a national executing agency and the State Committee dismissed from this responsibility.

• As Result the Project Support Office in Kiev was closed and Project Implementation Office in Rivne became to be the only Project office.

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MOBILIZATIONMOBILIZATION

Lack of appropriate Methodologies in Ukraine

No prior experience and field work in practice

Lessons learnt :

Selecting partners with capacity to understand and work with international assistance

Success when local partners own and manage

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Best PracticesBest 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 During 20042004

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.