CAPACITY BUILDING ON ELECTRICITY REFORMS IN BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL (RESA PROJECT) (RESA –...

CAPACITY BUILDING ON ELECTRICITY REFORMS IN BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL

(RESA PROJECT)

(RESA – Regulatory reforms in Electricity sector in South Asia)

UDAI S MEHTA & RAJESH KUMAR

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CONTENTS

• Project Management and Structure

• Communication with partners

• Reference group (RG)

• Major activities

• Reporting and Update

• Outputs

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UNNAYAN SHAMANNAYBangladesh

CUTS CARTRajasthan

CUTS CRCWest Bengal

SAWTEENepal

CUTS C-CIER

Project advisory committee (PAC)

Reference groups (RG):

Overall advice on the project

Coordination of project activities

Guidance at the territorial level

Execution at territorial level

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE

Local CSOs and other stakeholders Support at Grassroots Level


CUTS CARTRajasthan

CUTS CRCWest Bengal

SAWTEENepal

CUTS C-CIER








CUTS CARTRajasthan

CUTS CRCWest Bengal

SAWTEENepal

CUTS C-CIER






Coordination of project activities



CUTS CARTRajasthan

CUTS CRCWest Bengal

SAWTEENepal

CUTS C-CIER






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COMMUNICATION WITH PARTNERS

CUTS C-CIER

UNNAYAN SHAMANNAY

CUTS CART

CUTS CRC

SAWTEE

Support to all partners Information/Feedback

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Launch meeting Training seminar

• Local inception workshop• Baseline survey and field research • Reference group meeting (I&II) • Territorial trainings• Grassroots interface meetings (I&II)• Advocacy seminar• Final consumer survey• Regional conference• Estd. Of Regional Network

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LOCAL INCEPTION WORKSHOP

• Duration – One day

• Scope: Territorial Level

• Purpose: – Dissemination of project details– Laying down their roles, activities, responsibilities, etc– Determine the geographical area for GM I and II

• Participants: 40-50 (Second tier organisations, network partner of project partners)

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FIELD RESEARCH

• Objective: examine the electricity scenario and status of consumer participation in policy and regulatory process

• Primary Database; Interviewing government officers, regulators, experts, media and CSOs

• Secondary Database: Relevant acts/ reports/ official documents issues by line ministry as well as Regulatory Bodies and media reports.

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BASELINE SURVEY

• Purpose: Assess the consumer awareness level on the policy and regulatory issues at the grassroots

• Sample size: 500 (Involvement of Local CSOs)

• Sampling technique: Stratified random sampling for effective representation of the population

• Questionnaire: Simple vernacular language

• Report: Outcomes of the field research and baseline survey would be collated to develop the ‘Base Papers’

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REFERENCE GROUP (RG)

Comprising persons from various fields including former/present regulators, policy makers, practioners, CSOs, development partners, etc

Number: 15-20

Responsibilities• Advice at the territorial level• Comment on the project outcomes/outputs• Review the progress from time to time

Partners are expected to:• Keep the RG members abreast with project activities• Send event reports/newsletters/update regularly• Seek advise on specific project issues at the territorial level

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TRAINING MANUAL

• Cover issues at the territorial level

• Based on Base Paper and will be finalised in the first RG meeting

• will cover the following issues – Reforms and regulatory update– Participation in regulatory decision-making process – Consumers’ complaint handling procedure– Energy Saving tips for consumers

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TERRITORIAL TRAINING

• Two training programmes : two days

• Representatives of local CSOs will participate

• Subject experts/regulators/utilities officers will be invited as resource persons

• Training Manual: will guide the project partners

• Outcome reports to be submitted by project partners

• No. of Participants: 20-25

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GRASSROOTS INTERFACE MEETINGS

• Enhance awareness level on electricity reforms at grassroots

• Relevant information will be circulated to participants in local vernacular handouts (4-5 pages)

• Project staff will educate/sensitise the people at grassroots

• During meeting, utilities local legislator/regulators/ parliamentarians will be invited

• Meetings: In two phases, five in each phase

• Participants: 40-45 participants

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ADVOCACY SEMINAR

• Policy makers, regulators and CSOs will participate

• Project outcomes will be presented

• Advocacy document will be prepared and circulated during the seminar

• Participants: 40-45

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REGIONAL CONFERENCE

• Regional will be organised by CUTS to showcase the findings of the project to a larger audience

• 80-100 participants from project territories, neighbouring region would be invited to participate

• Replicability aspect

• Active support from Project Partners

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REGIONAL NETWORK

• Establishment of Network by CUTS to share the views on electricity reforms and regulation

• Dedicated section on the webpage of RESA Project

• Replicability aspect

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REPORTING AND UPDATE

Financial Reporting:Submission of first half-yearly progress report by June’2008; December’2008; June’2009; December’2009Progress Reports:Progress reports along with financial reportingOutcome reports: within 2week of the activity:•Local inception workshop •Field research and baseline survey•RG I•Territorial Trainings•Grassroots interface meetings I and II•RG II •Advocacy Seminar

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PROJECT OUTPUTS

• Project progress / financial reports

• Survey reports

• Base paper

• Activity reports

• Training manual

• Local handout in vernacular language

• Advocacy document

• Communication material

• Newspaper articles

• Webpage - http://www.cuts-ccier.org/RESA/index.htm

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