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E146 and QGA (A144-ECE-INT-04-318): Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation (UNEP/GEF Project)

EXCOM Form:

 

EXCOM form

Concept Paper or Project Document:

 

Project document, including the budget
and work plan

 

Annual Progress Reports:

 

Final Report:

 

 

Key project deliverables:

 

 

Links to project page:

 

 

Evaluation:

 

https://unece.org/evaluation-reports
Implementation
 
Part I. Planning
(to be filled in before submission to EXCOM)
Part II. Implementation
(to be used for reporting on progress in the implementation of the project in real time)1,2

Expected accomplishments

Planned activities

Estimated costs (US$)

 

Implemented activities3

Actual expenditures4 (US$)3

Objective 1:   Establish a public- private partnership fund.

A1.1. The preparation of an Investment Memorandum under the responsibility of a Lead Investor to be sent out towards all potentially interested public and private investors and describing in depth the Fund's features and characteristics as well as the legal and fiscal modalities for investors to enable them to make commitments to the Fund;

 

 

 

A1.2  An analysis of the  technology risks of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and political risks of participating countries based on the past experience of UNEP, UNECE, and other initiatives from a wide range of international sources;

 

 

 

A1.3  The organisation of meetings and workshops in various places in OECD countries as well as in the targeted region to advertise the Fund, discuss the key issues related to its establishment with the potential investors and alter if needed accordingly the proposed structure to meet the specific needs or requirements of the key investors;

 

 

 

A1.4  The selection of a reputable legal and fiscal advisor susceptible to establish the Fund in the most transparent and cost effective conditions, in an acceptable fiscal location meeting international rules and standards, and to prepare all necessary legal agreements between the Fund and its investors as well as between the Fund and its investment companies; 

 

 

 

A1.5  The preparation of the terms of reference for the selection of a Fund Manager and the organisation of an international tender.

 

 

 

Objective 2:  Develop the skills of the public and private sector experts at the local level to identify, design and submit bankable projects for financing to the Fund Manager.

A2.1  Creation of country teams through a selection process to be defined of local experts suited to the task and design of specialised training sessions as well as the necessary communication and pedagogic tools and material, with the view of making the local participants able do prepare energy efficiency or renewable energy bankable proposals;

 

 

 

A2.2  Selection of the trainers and organisation of the training sessions in all the targeted countries;

 

 

 

A2.3  Collection of data related to the investment projects identified by the local experts and drafting as part of the training of the proposals in a format that would be satisfactory to the Fund and to other co-financing institutions.

 

 

 

Objective 3:  Raise the general awareness regarding energy efficiency and renewable energy and provide assistance to municipal authorities and national administrations to introduce economic, institutional and regulatory reforms needed to support the investment proposals developed in the framework of the project.

A3.1 Identification of the gaps in terms of energy efficiency and renewable energy awareness and organisation of training sessions at local levels;

 

 

 

 

A3.2  Analysis of the local energy related institutional framework and identification of the possible barriers to energy efficiency or renewable energy developments, as well as concrete reforms to undertake;

 

 

 

A3.3 Organisation of seminars at decision-makers level allowing the presentation and an in-depth assessment of the proposed reforms as well as the necessary means to be made available in order to enforce these reforms;

 

 

 

A3.4 Organisation of missions in the field by international experts to assist municipalities and central administrations in the implementation of the suggested reforms.

 

 

 
Total:      
Footnote


1 The secretariat shall inform EXCOM in case of unexpected developments or serious problems of any kind in the project implementation.
2 Questions from member States on project implementation will be forwarded to the secretariat.
Relevant information should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity and include the following:
(a) For an advisory service (including at a workshop/seminar/training organized by other organizations): title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlink(s) to presentation(s) and other relevant documents;
(b) For a workshop/conference/training organized by UNECE: title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlinks to the meeting agenda, list of participants, presentation(s) made by UNECE, conference documents, training materials and reports;
(c) For a consultancy: project expenditures; hyperlinks to the consultancy ToR and main outputs (study, report, training material, presentation, etc.) produced by the consultant/s;
(d) For other outputs not included under bullet points above: hyperlink to relevant documents.  
[1] Relevant financial information – certified by the Executive Office - should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity.