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Technical Assistance:
A Comparison of Activities of USAID, Canada, the World
Bank and United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility
The following charts briefly describe the climate change
mitigation activities of four international donor organizations working
in Ukraine:
| USAID |
US-Ukraine Climate Change Initiative, funded by the US Agency
for International Development, |
| CIDA |
Canada-Ukraine Environmental Cooperation Program on Climate Change,
funded by the Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), |
| WB/Switzerland |
The World Bank’s National Joint Implementation Strategy Study
for Ukraine, and |
| UNDP/GEF |
United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility
Project Removing Barriers to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation
through Energy Efficiency in the District Heating System. |
There are four charts – one for each of four categories of
stakeholders: government, industry/enterprise, non-governmental
organizations and specialized firms or institutions.
The potential areas for technical assistance
listed for each were developed by the World Bank through its experience
in several countries in the CEE and NIS regions and were not specifically
formulated to address Ukraine’s situation.
Please click on one of the following or scroll down to
the charts
GOVERNMENT (NATIONAL, REGIONAL
OR LOCAL)
- Overall Coordination and Information Service
- Devise GHG policies, including integration of these policies with
sectoral policies
- Develop Joint Implementation (JI)/Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
specific rules and criteria
- Initiate and support the development of JI-related expertise/capacity
at all levels
- Definition of standards/protocols
- Project cycle management (assessment, selection, evaluation)
- Co-financing of projects
- Verification (including: baseline, additionality, monitoring)
- Enforcement
- UNFCCC reporting
INDUSTRY/ENTERPRISE
- Plan and propose projects
- Financial engineering for projects
- Implement projects
- Monitor emissions & baselines
- Report on successful projects and problem areas
- Provide feedback on efficiency of procedures, etc.
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Help in promoting public awareness on climate change
- Watchdog role: policies, procedures, implementation, enforcement
- Help in project identification
INSTITUTIONS / FIRMS PROVIDING
SPECIAL EXPERTISE
- Verification/certification services
- Baseline calculations
- Modeling
- Help mobilize the industrial sector
- Provide technical know-how
- Provide economic know-how
- Provide financing know-how
GOVERNMENT (NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Overall Coordination and Information Service
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Assessment/seminar/report on strengthening Ukraine climate change
project administration capacity (2.1.6)
- Database/ electronic newsletter on climate change activities
in Ukraine (2.1.2)
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CIDA
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- On-going information exchange on UNFCCC implementation (4.1.1)
- Database of Canadian climate change-related organizations and
persons (4.1.1)
- Information bulletins (4.1.1)
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WB/Switzerland
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- Information system to address climate change issues to potential
stakeholders (T4)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Devise GHG policies, including integration of these policies with
sectoral policies
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Ad-hoc assistance upon request from GOU and USAID (2.1.1)
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CIDA
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- Analytical report on climate change policies, national action
plans and strategies on climate change mitigation (4.1.2)
- Seminars/workshops/ conferences on national, regional and sector
levels addressing political, economic, scientific and technical
aspects of climate change (4.3.1)
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WB/Switzerland
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- Project GHG emissions trajectory under varying macro-economic
scenarios (T2)
- Conduct a sector decomposition of actual and projected GHG emissions
under varying macroeconomic scenarios and under opportunities
and constraints created by Kyoto Protocol (T2)
- Perform sector analysis of existing technologies in selected
sectors and possible emission reduction projects with best available
technology/practices (T2)
- Recommend priority sectors for GHG emission reductions (T2)
- Analyze prospective international demand for Ukraine’s GHG reductions
(T3)
- Describe and analyze the nature of the potential market for
GHG emission reductions (T3)
- Examine the various options for GHG trading consistent with
emerging agreements through UNFCCC process (T3)
- Identify regulatory, institutional and capacity-building requirements
for JI (T4)
- Examine the identified GHG emission reduction choices for addressing
climate change in the context of the national development goals
and priorities (T4)
- Examine and review potential for trading GHG emission reductions
through JI (T5)
- Describe GHG reduction scenarios (T5)
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UNDP/GEF
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- Projection of GHG emissions in municipal district heating system
under different (baseline and alternative) scenarios
- Identification of major existing barriers in the following areas:
macro-economic conditions; inconsistency of regulatory and legal
policies; non-payment crisis; pricing policy; institutional weaknesses;
ownership inefficiency; lack of information and experience; high
transaction costs for efficiency projects; financial state of
district heating companies; consumers and local budgets; reliability
of possible borrowers; technical deficiencies of heat supplier
and consumer systems
- Development of a scheme for financing and implementation of
supply and demand side energy efficiency improvements in municipal
district heating system
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Develop
Joint Implementation/Clean Development Mechanism specific rules
and criteria
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Donor
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Activities
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CIDA
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- Assessment of barriers in different economic sectors and recommendations
on JI projects realization policy in Ukraine (evaluation, monitoring,
registration, verification, certification, reporting and control,
selection criteria, protection of interests of parties) (4.3.1)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Initiate
and support the development of Joint Implementation-related expertise/capacity
at all levels
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Training courses for national ministries (2.4)
- Project-level GHG emission estimation
- Project preparation and financing
- Existing courses/workshops (IIE, UN-CC:TRAIN)
- Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
- Ukrainian/Russian glossary on climate change terms and concepts
(2.1)
- Database of GHG mitigation projects (2.3.4)
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CIDA
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- Methods of interaction between local governments, businesses
and public organizations in GHG emissions monitoring, evaluating
and reporting: local GHG emission reduction action plan for Zaporizhia
(4.2.4)
- Analysis and recommendations on developing efficient management
of JI in Ukraine. Draft regulatory documents on a specialized
body authorized to register, verify, certify and monitor JI projects
(4.2.1)
- Database for sectors, enterprises, Canadian businesses interest
in and potential for JI projects in Ukraine (4.3.2)
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WB/Switzerland
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- Review existing projects and prepare a pipeline of possible
JI pilot projects (T6)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Definition of standards/protocols
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Translation of international methodologies and guidelines on
GHG emissions estimation, measuring and monitoring protocols,
data collection and verification techniques (2.2.1)
- Manuals on monitoring and evaluation protocols (2.2.1)
- Guidelines for methodologies and technical procedures for monitoring
GHG emissions in Ukraine (2.2.2)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Project cycle management (assessment, selection and evaluation)
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- RFP, review, evaluate and select projects for energy efficiency
project preparation (2.3.1-3)
- Select CBM project for business plan development (2.3.1)
- Report “Guidelines for GHG project development” (2.3.5)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Co-financing of projects
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Donor
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Activities
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Verification (including: baseline, additionality and monitoring)
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
- Workshops/seminars for local governments on monitoring, evaluation
and emission protocols in the energy sector (2.1.4)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Enforcement
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Donor
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Activities
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
UN Framework Commission on Climate Change reporting
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Participation of Government of Ukraine and other Ukrainian climate
change experts in, for example, Conferences of Parties (2.1.5)
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CIDA
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- Assessment/proposals on National System of Inventories of GHG
Emission and Removals by Sinks in Ukraine (4.2.2)
- Software for processing and converting national statistical
data and compiling Annual Inventories of GHG Emission and Removals
by Sinks in the Common Report Format (4.2.2)
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INDUSTRY/ENTERPRISE
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Plan and propose projects
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
- Training courses for focus industries (2.4)
- Project-level GHG emission estimation
- Project preparation and financing
- Two high level business dialogues and establishment of Industrial
Council on Climate Change to support climate change programs,
market mechanisms and encourage voluntary actions (2.5)
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CIDA
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- Action plan for GHG emission reduction on the municipal level
(Rivne) with subsequent dissemination in other Ukraine oblast
centers (4.2.5)
- Project proposals to Canadian investors for potential JI projects
in Rivne (4.2.5)
- Automated database for sectors and enterprises in Ukraine, Canadian
businesses interest in and potential for JI projects in Ukraine
(4.3.2)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Financial engineering for projects
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Training course on project preparation and financing (2.4)
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CIDA
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- Feasibility study for district heating renovation in Vinnitsia
(4.3.3)
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UNDP/GEF
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- Pre-feasibility study for supply and demand side district heating
system energy efficiency improvement in the city of Rivne
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Implement projects
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Donor
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Activities
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Monitor emissions & baselines
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
- Workshops/seminars on project specific monitoring, evaluation
and verification protocols in the energy sector (2.2.2)
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CIDA
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- Methods of interaction between local governments, businesses
and public organizations in GHG emissions monitoring, evaluating
and reporting: local GHG emission reduction action plan for Zaporizhia
(4.2.4)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Report on successful projects and problem areas
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Donor
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Activities
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Provide feedback on efficiency of procedures, etc.
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Donor
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Activities
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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Help in promoting public awareness of climate change
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Two climate change public events (2.5.2)
- Routine electronic newsletter (2.5.2)
- Ukraine climate change web-site (2.5.3)
- NGO network on climate change (2.5.2)
- Access to Internet and library at CCI Center (2.5.2)
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CIDA
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- Public event with popular persons, thematic quizzes, etc. (4.1.5)
- Information brochures, bulletins, posters (4.1.5)
- Web-page for Internet (4.1.5)
- Recommendations re media programs on climate change (4.1.5)
- Educational materials/ lectures for middle school (4.1.5)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Watchdog role: policies, procedures,
implementation, enforcement
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Donor
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Activities
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Help in project identification
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Donor
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Activities
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INSTITUTIONS / FIRMS PROVIDING SPECIAL
EXPERTISE
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Verification/certification services
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Short-term consultant support (2.1.4)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Baseline calculations
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Informal training seminars on IPCC methodologies by CCI staff
(2.1.3)
- Workshops with experts from national ministries, e.g. Ministry
of Energy, on annual inventories, emission accounting system,
baseline estimation methods, measuring and metering issues, data
collection and reporting protocols (2.2.2)
- Training courses on project-level GHG emission estimation (2.4)
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CIDA
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- Analysis/recommendations/program of information exchange between
Ukraine and Canada on improving assessment methods of GHG emissions
and sinks (4.2.3)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Modeling
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Donor
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Activities
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CIDA
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- Training seminars on climate change economic modeling: trends
analysis, macroeconomic/sector forecasting, optimization, economic
benefits from JI projects and economic efficiency of GHG mitigation
(4.1.6)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Help mobilize the industrial sector
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- RFP for energy efficiency project preparation (2.3.1)
- Routine electronic newsletter (2.5.2)
- Ukraine’s climate change web-site (2.5.3)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Provide technical know-how
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Donor
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Activities
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CIDA
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- Developing technical design for operating unit for coal bed
methane processing and coordinating it with acting legislation
(4.3.4)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Provide economic know-how.
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Donor
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Activities
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CIDA
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- Training seminars on climate change economic modeling: trends
analysis, macroeconomic/sector forecasting, optimization, economic
benefits from JI projects and economic efficiency of GHG mitigation
(4.1.6)
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POTENTIAL AREA FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Provide financing know-how
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Donor
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Activities
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USAID
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- Training course on project preparation and financing (2.4)
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The charts were developed by the Alliance to Save Energy
in its role as secretariat of the USAID-funded Multilateral Climate Change
Working Group. They do not represent the work of the implementers.
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