Danish Development Cooperation

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Danish Development Cooperation

• Vivi Yieng-Kow
• Danish Environmental Protection Agency
• Workshop on Methodologies for Technology Needs
  Assessments
• 23 25 April 2002, KEMCO, Yongin, Republic of
  Korea

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Overview

• Danish Development Cooperation
• Activities in Danish Cooperation
• Energy in bilateral Cooperation some
  examples
• Energy in multilateral Cooperation some
  examples
• Energy under MIFRESTA some examples
• Lessons Learned

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Danish Development Cooperation

• Poverty reduction through sustainable
  development.
• Provided as
• Bilateral cooperation
• 15 programme partner countries (low income
  countries)
• Private Sector Programme
• Mixed Credit Facility
• NGOs
• Multilateral cooperation - UN organisations, the
  
• Development banks and GEF for instance.
• MIFRESTA - environment, natural disasters and
  peace.
• Low and middle income economies in
  transition.
• UNEP/Risø activities

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Activities in Danish Cooperation

• Partner countries needs and priorities (PRSP)
• Low-income countries
• broad-based enabling frameworks
• Middle-income countries
• specific gaps
• Capacity development and technology transfer
• Assessment of alternative technological options
  required.
• RET and EE on supply and demand side.

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Energy in bilateral cooperation some examples

• Nepal
• In 1999 a 5 year programme (about USD 20M)
• Improved cooking stoves. 15.000 have been
  realised to date
• Electricity from micro-hydropower plants 300 kW
  are installed to date
• Solar energy to households about 8.000
  installations have been realised to date

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Energy in bilateral cooperation some examples

• Burkina Faso
• On the 2nd 5-year programme (about USD 40M)
• Institutional strengthening frameworks
• Traditional energy
• RET and EE (industry household/public sector
  norms for buildings)
• Rural electrification demonstration projects

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Energy in bilateral cooperation some examples

• Niger and Ghana
• Traditional energy and RET
• Preparation of energy sector programme in Ghana
  (about USD 30M)
• Rural electrification
• Traditional RET
• Egypt
• Programme on RET and EE on demand and supply side
  (USD 20M)

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Energy in bilateral cooperation some examples

• Mozambique
• Initiated in 2002 (about USD 60M). Sofola chosen.
• End-users identified needs for energy services
• Network-building. Public private partnerships
• Institutional strengthening at local level
• Identified needs for CB of stakeholders involved

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Energy in bilateral cooperation some examples

• Earmarked funds for RET and EE development to WB
  and ADB
• Affrei demonstration programme
• - next generation of energy projects from
  government-led to private-led rural
  electrification/ transformation
• - cross-sectoral approach
• UNEP/Risø and CTI
• Promote sustainable energy solutions

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Energy under MIFRESTA some examples

• Projects on
• - RET (wind and solar)
• - EE (building sector in South Africa)
• - Institutional strengthening planning,
  frameworks in a number of African and Asian
  Countries
• Projects in economies in transition
• - Improved heating systems
• - District heating

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Lessons Learned

• Organisational set-up is the single most
  important thing
• Top down vs Buttom up.
• Demonstration projects scaling up to make a
  difference
• Private sector involvement in all seizes