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Increase access of local community to renewable energy technologies, through capacity building and awareness increasing, on the example of Kobi Municipality

the main idea of the project is to provide access of poor households in three target communities to alternative, low carbon energy solutions, through demonstrating renewable energy technologies, based on available local capacities and materials, and building their capacities for up-scaling via trained craftsmen/women. The project builds local capacity of women and men for domestic solar heating for rural and remote areas of Khobi Municipality through demonstrating renewable energy solutions affordable for local conditions in order to enhance energy security and improve livelihoods. The project is also aiming to enhance sustainable development practices and focuses primarily on strengthening the external and internal capacities of implementing NGO and developing professional skills for environmental governance.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Green Future

Country:

Georgia

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

Phase 6

Grant Amount:

US$ 19,230.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 9,615.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 9,615.00

Project Number:

GEO/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/CC/17/02

Start Date:

4/2017

End Date:

3/2018

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

According to its objectives and impacts on rural livelihoods the project is gender focused. Women’s perspectives and their roles are often not adequately reflected in hierarchic village or regional power structures, as well as in state policies and many international projects. Such structures can function as barriers to positive developments in villages, The project explored the different social roles of men and women and make sure they are taken into account in the needs assessment and monitoring, all awareness raising activities, aiming at increasing gender balance in access to renewable energy where imbalances are perceived. Quotas of 50% for seminar participants have been set. A shift towards a demand-side approach, which looks at energy as an aspect of the social and cultural setting, rather than the traditional supply-side approach which focuses primarily on technology solutions, would contribute to better addressing gender energy needs. Women were involved in start up meetings while evaluating local energy needs and barriers. Local initiative groups were presented with a 50/50 representative of both genders; Provide local teachers with various informational materials on renewable energy; The project carried out monitoring of the project results where local families were asked to measure the benefits of RE technologies where leading role has been given to women. The project is gender oriented and addresses the needs of women and men adequately. As gender issues are one of the core issues our organizations is struggling with, gender mainstreaming component will be adequately addressed during the process of project implementation.

Capacity - Building Component

In terms of capacity building different activities have been carried out including capacity building workshop on leadership skills and community mobilization. The project itself has created an environment where project staff was able to increase the knowledge and skills on renewable energy technologies and climate changes issues, as well as public mobilization and other communication skills.

Replication of project activities

Khobi municipality has received an unprecedented decision and the newly rehabilitated stadium of Khobi was equipped with two 340 L of solar water heating panels. The municipality also plans to equip the sports hall with solar water heating panels after completion of rehabilitation works. In this decision, the municipality has been guided by the efficiency of works carried out within our pilot project.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Project enabled different stakeholder groups to share, exchange and communicate their knowledge, experience and goals between each other and with the governmental counterparts and other key stakeholders at national and sub-national levels. Replication of project results is one of the top important issues the project dries to derive. Replication will be primarily ensured through early and full involvement of all key stakeholders, media sources and other actors. Project experiences and results achieved have been formulated as recommendations and has been presented during project evaluation conference to different stakeholder groups. Project policy conference became as a platform to communicate project outcomes with other actors and make them interested.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project will create increased and improved access to renewable energy sources of local communities, will show an example of how local communities can use solar energy to generate hot water and reduce their costs on traditional energy sources. The project contributes thus to reduction of poverty by providing alternative energy technologies and raising awareness on this matter. The technologies introduced by the project have long-term exploitation service and it will make significant improvement of livelihoods of local communities’ thus has strong replication potential due to its technological simplicity.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project’s communication strategy is based on the organizations general communication strategy and contains several directions, among them organizing of various communication meetings, using media, establishing local initiatives groups in communities, delivering information through these groups and using other well approved and tested methodologies, e.g. social media and PRA methodologies.

Notable Community Participation

Youth participation plays a huge role in effective implementation of the project. They were effectively participating at our awareness raising projects, seminars, workshops, trainings. Youth groups are presenting one of the most important target groups. They were involved in project implementation at various stages, including implementation of practical solutions, forming local initiative groups, communication with decision makers.

Project sustainability

local population are using fire wood for heating water so using Low-carbon energy technology will decrees on long run forest resources as well as will positively influence on local biodiversity , Local population of the pilot municipality have increased awareness and interest in favor of renewable energies, particularly the use of solar energy and understand the importance of energy efficiency; Hence, demonstration of solar energy technologies in target community importantly will reduces CO2 emissions and will make positive impact on climate change .

Project Results

Low-carbon energy technology working on solar energy were successfully introduced and demonstrated in Khobi municipality of Samegrelo region.

Twelve Helio systems installed in frame of the project will improve environmental and livelihood conditions for target groups from 3 kindergartens (220 pupils and 30 educators), 5 household from local community (26 peopled) and people who work in local Monastery (25 people).

Using Helio systems for hot water reduced the taxes for Electricity for about 20-25 Gel.

Target groups have increased their level of knowledge on energy efficiency, climate change and renewable energies. Within the framework of the project several training seminars were conducted, with participation of up to 200 people.

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Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 1

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 4

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