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SMEs in Decentralized Energy Services Conference

Hotel Cambodiana

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

April 6-7, 2009

Sponsored by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom.

Improving energy service delivery to the poor is a key factor in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). By working with the domestic private sector there is an ability to unlock the market, promote domestic investment by leveraging market-based resources, and enhance the capacity of local private sector providers as well as NGOs providing not-for-profit services on a commercial basis.

The Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom supports a program by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) to help the local private sector provide energy services to the underserved and unserved in the developing world. The ESMAP Energy SME Program, through a grant from DFID, supports governments to engage small and medium enterprises (SME) in providing access to sustainable and affordable energy services in small towns, peri-urban and rural areas.

The SMEs in Decentralized Energy Services Conference will support the sustainability of SMEs as energy service providers through stimulating cross-fertilization and sharing of experience amongst Energy SME entrepreneurs, energy policy decision makers and the development community. The conference will showcase both the results and experiences of the ESMAP funded Energy SME Program as well as other decentralized energy service programs in Cambodia and Lao PDR. A number of case studies will be presented and will focus on the business models that have been developed and lessons learned from these decentralized energy service programs.

For more information, please contact Jason Steele at jsteele@worldbank.org or Marlon Lezama at mlezama@worlbank.org or Ms. China Chhun at cchhun@worldbank.org in the World Bank Cambodia Office.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1: April 6

Moderator: Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Time	Item	Speaker
OPENING SESSION
8:30-8:40	Welcome Address – World Bank	Stephane Guimbert – Acting Cambodia Country Manager, World Bank
8:40-8:50	Welcome Address – DFID ESMAP Energy SME Program Donor	Lizzy Evans – Deputy Head of Mission, United Kingdom
8:50-9:00	Opening Remarks	H.E. Ith Praing – Secretary of State, MIME
9:00-9:15	Background – The Global ESMAP SME Program	Marlon Lezama – World Bank, ESMAP SME Global Program Coordinator
9:15-9:30	Overview of ESMAP SME Program in Cambodia and Lao PDR	Jason Steele, Clive Hughes and Rogier van Mansvelt – ESMAP Cambodia SME Team, World Bank Consultants
9:30-9:45	Group Photograph and Coffee Break
RESULTS OF THE CAMBODIA ESMAP SME PROGRAM
9:45-10:05	Access to Finance for REEs – Risk Sharing Facility	Ian Crosby - Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
10:05-10:25	Training of Rural Electricity Enterprises (REEs)	Im-Saroeun – Director, Centre Kram Ngoy (CKN)
10:25-10:45	Biomass Gasification in Cambodia – The Business Model	Tony Knowles – Director, SME Cambodia
10:45-11:05	LED Lantern Dissemination – The RDI Model	Penghorn Chheang – LED Project Manager, Resource Development International (RDI)
11:05-11:25	Rural Improved Cookstove Dissemination and Production Facility – Cambodia	Iwan Baskoro – Country Manager, GERES-Cambodia
11:25-11:45	Marketing Granulated Palm Sugar, with highly efficient post-combustion cookstoves	Ruben Mahendran – Program Manager, Eco-Biz
11:45-12:05	Gender Analysis of Household Energy Projects	Ayako Hiwasa – Gender Expert, World Bank Consultant Rogier van Mansvelt – Rural Energy Expert, World Bank Consultant
12:05-12:25	Private Sector Development of National Biodigester Program – Cambodia	Phil Psilos – Private Sector Development Specialist and Yin Sombo – Research Specialist, World Bank Consultants
12:25-12:40	Moderator Wrap-up Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
12:40-13:40	LUNCH
RURAL ENERGY BUSINESS MODELS IN CAMBODIA AND LAO PDR
13:40-14:00	The Rural Electrification Fund – Lao PDR	Ganesh Shrestha –REF Advisor to Lao PDR Department of Energy (DOE)
14:00-14:20	Lao Off-Grid Financial Mechanism	Mr. Phayvanh Vongsaly – Financial Management Consultant, Lao PDR Department of Energy (DOE)
14:20-14:40	Rural Electrification Promotion and Awareness in Cambodia	Sommai Phon-Amnuaisuk – Team Leader, International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC)
14:40-15:00	Micro-Hydro Business Models in Lao PDR	Grayson Heffner - Policy Advisor to Lao PDR Department of Energy (DOE)
15:00-15:15	Coffee Break
15:15-15:35	SMEs and Renewable Energy in Laos - Perspectives from the Lao Institute for Renewable Energy	Jakob Rietzler – Managing Director, Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE) Mr. Thongsanti Vongsaly - Hydropower Program Manager, LIRE
15:35-15:55	The Sunlabob Model - battery lanterns in Lao and Cambodia and hydro village grids	Andy Schroeter – Director, Sunlabob
15:55-16:15	Solar lanterns and business models	Jeroen Verschelling – Director, Kamworks
16:15-16:30	Moderator Wrap-up Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)
16:30-16:50	How the CDM can be used to assist small-scale energy projects – An example from Thailand	Pongtip Puvacharoen – Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
16:50-17:10	Open Discussion
18:00-21:00	Dinner and Reception (Hotel Cambodiana)

Day 2: April 7

Time	Item	Speaker
LESSONS LEARNED FROM RURAL ENERGY PROGRAMS
8:30-8:50	Challenges and Constraints with Implementation of SHS in Lao PDR (Lao Village Off-grid Program: REP 1 Phase 2 Roll-out)	Anousak Phongsavath – DOE Grayson Heffner - Policy Advisor to Lao PDR Department of Energy (DOE)
8:50-9:10	Generating income with renewable energy - preliminary lessons learned from a innovative public - private partnership in Laos	Samuel Martin – Technical Advisor, Helvetas
9:20-9:40	Results of Lao Power to the Poor Credit-Repayment Program	Hatsady Sisalouth – Lao PDR Department of Energy (DOE)
9:40-10:00	Independent Power Producer (IPP) Led Rural Electrification & Project Development	James Morley – Operations Officer, IFC
10:00-10:20	EFE’s Green Energy Mechanism – supporting small-scale clean energy projects in Thailand.	Monthol Wasuwanich – Senior Project Officer, Energy for Environment Foundation (EFE)
10:20-10:40	Supporting Rural Energy Development with GEF and Small Grants Program	Lay Khim – Deputy Country Representative (Cambodia), UNDP
10:40-10:55	Moderator Wrap-up Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
10:55-11:10	Coffee Break
NEXT STEPS – SCALING UP PROJECTS
11:10-11:30	A National Program for Improved Cookstove Commercialization – Cambodia, Envisaged Program Structure	Rogier van Mansvelt and Jason Steele – World Bank Consultants
11:30-11:50	Biomass Gasification in Cambodia – Action Plan for Scaling Up	Tony Knowles and Erik Middelink – SME Cambodia
11:50-12:10	Scaling up the Pro-Seed lantern project	Brahmanand Mohanty – Pro-Seed
12:10-13:10	Lunch Break
13:10-13:30	Chaing Mai Biogas Project	Dr. Poon Thiengburanathum - Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Chaing Mai University
13:30-13:50	SNV’s involvement in Household Biodigester and Improved Cookstove Programs	Nicolette Matthijsen – Country Manager, SNV (Netherlands Development Organization)
13:50-14:10	GTZ’s role in Supporting Rural Energy Access	Peter Bolster – Chief Technical Advisor, GTZ
14:10-14:25	Moderator Wrap-up Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
GROUP DISCUSSIONS (split into groups)
14:25-15:55	Group discussions on the potential of rural energy technology: Solar lanterns Improved Cookstoves Biomass Gasification Biogas Hydro Access to finance for SME	Conference participants will split into groups and discuss the potential of each technology in Lao PDR and Cambodia, discuss barriers for development and ways to overcome them, and provide recommendations on how the development community can better assist the Government in creating an enabling market for these technologies.
15:55-16:10	Coffee Break
16:10-16:40	Open Discussion
16:40-16:55	Moderator Wrap-up Ian Crosby – Principal Project Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
16:55	Closing	H.E. TUN Lean – Director General of the General Department of Energy, MIME (Cambodia)

Recent Events

Sept 03, 2007

Workshop on Financing Sustainable Rural Energy

Seizing the Business Opportunities for Financial Institutions

Under the collaboration of the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) the World Bank and the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy (MIME), with support from the IFC/MPDF and the Rural Electrification Fund (REF), the workshop aims to (i) provide information on regional trends in sustainable energy financing, (ii) discuss the business opportunities, (iii) present some successful case studies, and iv) exchange opinions on rural energy development in Cambodia and how to move forward.

Results of discussions and download the presentations

June 25, 2007

Workshop on NGO Delivery of Rural Energy Services

The Wood Energy Network of Cambodia (WENetCam) in cooperation with Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy (MIME) organized a workshop on NGO Delivery of Rural Energy Services. The workshop venue was the Jualiana hotel Phnom Penh, wiht financial support form World Bank-ESMAP, Cambodia SMEs in Decentralized Energy Service Program. This workshop aimed at informing relevant actors working in the field of rural energy development on potential Rural Energy technologies, and seeking NGP coopertation in dissemination of Improved Cookstove as part of a pilot project to test dissemination strategies of Improved Cookstove in rural areas. The Pilot project supported by the World Bank-ESMAP Program will be executed by GERES a NGO that successfully disseminated improved cookstoves through commercialization in urban areas.

Results of discussions and download the presentation

Jan 19, 2005

Call for Expressions of Interest for REF Technical Assistance - the REF Project Management Unit will advertise a notice calling for EOI from consultants for a number of TA packages. This notice will be accessible on the Technical Assistance section of this site.

Sept 27, 2004

Wind Power Project Seminar - this seminar presented the results of a feasibility study commissioned by the Flemish Government for a project to install a commercial wind turbine (up to 1.5MW) to provide power to the Port Authority of Sihanoukville. Project queries should be directed to Mr. Jacques Dezeure, the Flanders Technical Representative at dezeure@loxinfo.co.th.

July 13-14, 2004	Solar Energy Equipment Exhibition at the Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh from 8.00am to 5.00pm. This event was sponsored by SHARP Corporation of Japan and facilitated by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME).

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