Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership Regional Seretariat for Russia and FSU countries

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
PartnershipRegional Se?retariat for Russia and
FSU countries 08/12/2005
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• 4-th project round

• Financing Municipal Energy Efficiency in the CIS
  (ASE, USAID)
• Energy Efficiency Building Codes for Russia and
  Kazakhstan (Institute for Market Transformation)
• Compiling Renewable Energy Legislation for
  Kazakhstan (UNDP Kazakhstan))
• Utilisation of Forest Biomass for Fossil-fuel
  Substitution in the Volga Region (Environmental
  Projects Consulting Institute, UNEP Moscow and
  MATRA/KAP programme)

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• Barriers identified for RE and EE in the region

• lack of regulatory framework for developing
  renewable energy (federal and regional
  legislation on RES, rules of access to
  centralized power grids, rules for obtaining
  licenses, etc.)
• lack of incentives addressing barriers to RES
  and EE development
• lack of financial mechanisms for developing
  prospective RES and EE projects
• general lack of knowledge and recognition of
  importance among decision makers and public.

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Strategic activities (Regional level)

• To address information and knowledge barrier
• Act as a clearing house on RE and EE issues
• Facilitate networking and information sharing
  among partners and regional stakeholders
• Broadening the regional database of experts,
  references and publications related to RE and EE
• Promotion of RE and EE, e.g. using potential of
  national mass media
• Organisation of information events and
  conferences
• Educational and awareness activities for
  different groups of regional stakeholders
• To Address Policy and Finance Barrier
• Cooperation with other partnerships, programmes
  energy initiatives in the region
• Sharing experience and promotion of best
  practices
• Serve as coordinator of regional capacity
  building initiatives
• Support REEEP projects and partners interests in
  the region

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Strategic activities (International level)

• Strengthening cooperation among secretariats
• Sharing experience and replication of best
  practices (policy and finance)
• Attract investment into the partnership finding
  new donors and assistance in involvment of
  business community
• Contribution to information support of
  perspective G8 meeting in St.-Petersburg, 2006

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Thank you!Svetlana Frenova REEEP Regional
Secretariat for Russia and FSU Russian Regional
Environmental Centrereeep_at_rusrec.ru7 495 737
64 48www.reeep.org www.reeep.ruwww.rusrec.ru