Transcript Energy for Poverty Reduction in Franja Transversal Del Norte

Global Village Energy
Partnership
ENERGY FOR
POVERTY REDUCTION IN
FRANJA TRANSVERSAL
DEL NORTE - GUATEMALA
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THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS
□ Facilitator Training
□ Country Champion: support at very high level to
Facilitator. Power to convey all sectors involved in the
process for the formation of the multi sector workgroup.
□ MSW used as a base poverty assessment studies, defined
selection criteria, and determined the target area, as well
as provided all information related to their sector. Other
organizations involved in the area were identified.
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THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS
TOP DOWN ANALYSIS
□ A GAP analysis was proposed based on the findings from
the MSW, carried out with the support of USAID.
□ This study covered more than 70 communities, and creates
the basis of defining energy demands for multiple sector
needs. The overlapping of many instances was obvious.
□ A – richness map – was developed to determine
productive uses potential, renewable energy resources as
well as existing infrastructure that would be incorporated
into the plan. Gaps were identified.
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THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS
BOTTOM UP ANALYSIS
□ The next step was a bottom – up analysis, to reflect
the point of view of the selected communities. The
MSW was supported by sociologists, anthropologists,
engineers, environmentalists, translators etc.
□ Stakeholder consultations took place at all levels:
municipal, communal organizations, NGOs, and
house to house visits. Valuable methodology
was developed.
□ This stage was supported by UNDP-Guatemala.
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Community Selection Criteria
□ Geopolitical: identified in the PRS with a high percentage of
extreme poverty conditions.
□ Communal: willingness to participate, existing social
organization, economic collaboration from local municipality,
and security in land ownership.
□ Technical: identified energy potential and access.
□ Electrification: not included in rural electrification program
and more than 10 km. away from the grid.
□ Support to conservation and development: productive uses
and markets, interest in watershed protection and vulnerability
reduction, replicability, as well as willingness to pay for services
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Main Findings for Guatemala GVEP
Action Plan Design
□ Even though there are several sub sector polices, in
Guatemala there is a lack of a General Energy Policy to
govern the sector.
□ From the experiences in the PER, electricity should be a priority
for productive uses, rather than illuminations and TV.
□ Use poverty assessment reports in parallel with –richness mapsto develop local opportunities.
□ Dialogue with local stakeholders: what are the bottom up
expectations and requests to match with top down
Government policies
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Main Findings for Guatemala
GVEP Action Plan Design
□ Poverty reduction plans in the poorest areas imply
the immediate creation of income to pay for
services.
□ Access to power will be subsidized, but not
consumption.
□ Identification of local products to add value to
production chains is extremely important.
□ Market identification and security is vital.
□ Coordination amongst sectors adds synergies to the
process. Many activities are related to more than
one sector.
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Main Findings for Guatemala
GVEP Action Plan Design
□ Many municipalities are willing to pay for services,
and put money of their own in the process.
□ Regions were more appropriate than communities.
□ Respect traditional “ways”.
□ Start with a manageable action plan with excellent
basic information, to refine methodology in
execution phase to make replication faster, easier
and systematized.
□ Leave space for flexibility in all scenarios.
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MOST RELEVANT FINDINGS
□ POVERTY WILL ONLY BE CONQUERED
THROUGH A MULTISECTORIAL
INTEGRATED APROACH, BECAUSE THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE ARE BASED ON THE
REALITY OF LIFE. ENERGY IS ONLY THE
MOTOR.
□ CHANGE TAKES TIME, IT IS A PROCESS
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Poverty Reduction
THE GVEP ACTION
PLAN IS THE ANSWER
TO:
HOW
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ENERGY SERVICES FOR
Education
Health
Connectivity
Productive Uses for tourism and
trade
Productive Uses for agro forestry
activities
Conservation and Environment
Residential use
Through the installation and
construction of solar, hydro and
biomass generation, and if
needed, fossil fuel generation.
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Energy for cooking, health,
environmental protection, gender
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YEARS AND AMOUNTS
CONCEPT
1
2
3
4
5
TOTAL
Pre investment
0.12
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.12
Organization, Institutional,
strenthening, training etc.
0.12
0.42
0.35
0.27
0.18
1.34
Investment in technology
0.00
0.93
2.65
0.79
0.39
4.76
Financing and training
0.03
0.23
0.28
0.13
0.10
0.77
TOTAL SUB PROJECT
0.28
1.58
3.28
1.19
0.67
6.99
LOCAL COUNTERPART
0.16
0.57
0.62
0.72
0.99
3.05
TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT
0.44
2.15
3.90
1.90
1.66
10.04
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¡Guatemala is ready for
the implementation
phase!
Thank you very much,CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006
Muchas Gracias