Transcript RESA Project Overview

CAPACITY BUILDING ON
ELECTRICITY REFORMS IN
BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL
RAJESH KUMAR
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Presentation Outline
• Context
• The Project
– What Project intends to do
– Issues Project will Not cover
– Partners
– Reference Groups
– Activities
– Outputs
• Major Challenges
• Way Forward
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Context
• Low consumption of Electricity
• Electricity Reforms and Restructuring
• Regulatory Environment and Role of Consumers
• Poor Representation of Consumers’ View
• Need for Capacity Building (CUTS Experience)
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Per Capita Consumption of Electricity
(Kwh) 2005-06
1,684
564
618
420
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Nepal
129
Myanmar
154
Bangladesh
229
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
India
China
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Independent Regulation: Consumer View
GOVERNMENT
Suggestions
Policy Guidelines
Progress Report
Functional Support
REGULATOR
Participation &
Watchdog
Proposals
Protection
Regulations
CONSUMERS
Services Supply
SUPPLIERS
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Support & Watch Dog
What the project intends to do
• Train CSOs to participate in policy formulation and
regulatory processes
• Develop a mechanism to take the views from grassroots to
the policy level and vice-versa
• Promote consumers’ interventions on tariff, quality of
service and complaint handling procedure
• Creation of a regional network on Electricity
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Issues the project will not cover
• Individual consumer grievances except systematic issues
• Rural Electrification and power availability issues
• Subsidy or cross subsidy issues
• Environmental and social Issues
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Project Execution: Schematic Diagram
CUTS C-CIER
Support &Training
Advice & Guidelines
Unnayan
Shamannay
Bangladesh
Progress Report
Financial Reporting
SAWTEE
CUTS-CART
CUTS-CRC
Nepal
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Local CSOs and other stakeholders
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Unnayan Shamannay
Location: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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Unnayan Shamannay denotes coordination of developmental
activities
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Working for socio-economic and cultural development through
a concerted grassroots approach
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Engaged in research, training, communication and advocacy in
many areas including electricity sector
Relationship with CUTS
• working with CUTS in projects related to trade, competition and
regulation
Nodal Person: Taifur Rehman
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South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment
(SAWTEE)
Location: Kathmandu (Nepal)
• Regional network of 11 member institutions from five South
Asian countries
• Working for capacity building of stakeholders in the context of
liberalisation and globalisation
• Organising training workshops, monthly & bi-monthly forums,
information dissemination and internship programmes on various
issues including electricity
Relationship with CUTS
CUTS played important role in the establishment of SAWTEE.
Working together since its inception
Nodal Person: Dhrubesh Regmi
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CUTS Centre for Consumer Action Research and Training
(CUTS-CART)
Location: Jaipur (Rajasthan), India
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Providing training at grassroots
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Coordinating various organisations/groups
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Member of the Advisory Committee of Rajasthan ERC
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Implemented the CUTS-FES project in 12 districts of
Rajasthan
Nodal Person: Deepak Saxena
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CUTS Calcutta Resource Centre (CUTS-CRC)
Location: Kolkata (West Bengal), India
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Active in the area of consumer protection
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Capacity Building and Networking of consumer groups
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Working in association with many organisations to promote
social change
Nodal Person: Keya Ghosh
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Reference Group
Comprising persons from various fields including former
regulators, economists, lawyers, CSOs etc
Functions
a) Advise the Partners
b) Comments on the project outcomes
c) Review the progress
Meetings: Phase I and Phase II
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Project Activities
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Training Programme for Project Staff /Nodal Persons, etc
Field Research/Base Line Survey
Reference Group Meeting (I & II)
Territorial Trainings
Grassroots Interface Meetings (I & II)
Advocacy Seminar
Final Consumer Survey
Regional Conference
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Project Outputs
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Project progress reports
Survey reports
Base papers
Local vernacular handouts
Training manuals
Event reports
E-newsletter
Advocacy document
Communication material
Newspaper articles
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Major Challenges
• Activities are conducted within time limits
• Constitution of a sound and active PAC/RG
• Monitoring the project activities
• Govt. and regulatory bodies provide the required support
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Way Forward
• Create an enabling environment for better consumer
participation
• Sustainability of the project though regional network
• Replicating the Project in other parts of the region
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Thank You
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