CAPACITY BUILDING ON ELECTRICITY REFORMS IN
BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL
(RESA PROJECT)
(RESA – Regulatory reforms in Electricity sector in South Asia)
UDAI S MEHTA & RAJESH KUMAR
CONTENTS
• Project Management and Structure
• Communication with partners
• Reference group (RG)
• Major activities
• Reporting and Update
• Outputs
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE
Project advisory committee (PAC)
Overall advice on the project
Reference groups (RG):
Guidance at the territorial level
CUTS C-CIER
CUTS
CART
Rajasthan
CUTS CRC
West Bengal
SAWTEE
Nepal
Local CSOs and other stakeholders
Coordination of project activities
UNNAYAN
SHAMANNAY
Bangladesh
Execution at territorial level
Support at Grassroots Level
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COMMUNICATION WITH PARTNERS
CUTS C-CIER
Support to all partners
CUTS
CART
Information/Feedback
CUTS
CRC
SAWTEE
UNNAYAN
SHAMANNAY
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PROJECT ACTIVITIES
 Launch meeting
 Training seminar
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Local inception workshop
Baseline survey and field research
Reference group meeting (I&II)
Territorial trainings
Grassroots interface meetings (I&II)
Advocacy seminar
Final consumer survey
Regional conference
Estd. Of Regional Network
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LOCAL INCEPTION WORKSHOP
• Duration – One day
• Scope: Territorial Level
• Purpose:
– Dissemination of project details
– Laying down their roles, activities, responsibilities, etc
– Determine the geographical area for GM I and II
• Participants: 40-50 (Second tier organisations, network
partner of project partners)
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FIELD RESEARCH
• Objective: examine the electricity scenario and status of
consumer participation in policy and regulatory process
• Primary Database; Interviewing
regulators, experts, media and CSOs
government
officers,
• Secondary Database: Relevant acts/ reports/ official
documents issues by line ministry as well as Regulatory
Bodies and media reports.
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BASELINE SURVEY
• Purpose: Assess the consumer awareness level on the policy and
regulatory issues at the grassroots
• Sample size: 500 (Involvement of Local CSOs)
• Sampling technique: Stratified random sampling for effective
representation of the population
• Questionnaire: Simple vernacular language
• Report: Outcomes of the field research and baseline survey would
be collated to develop the ‘Base Papers’
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REFERENCE GROUP (RG)
Comprising persons from various fields including former/present
regulators, policy makers, practioners, CSOs, development
partners, etc
Number: 15-20
Responsibilities
• Advice at the territorial level
• Comment on the project outcomes/outputs
• Review the progress from time to time
Partners are expected to:
• Keep the RG members abreast with project activities
• Send event reports/newsletters/update regularly
• Seek advise on specific project issues at the territorial level
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TRAINING MANUAL
• Cover issues at the territorial level
• Based on Base Paper and will be finalised in the first RG meeting
• will cover the following issues
– Reforms and regulatory update
– Participation in regulatory decision-making process
– Consumers’ complaint handling procedure
– Energy Saving tips for consumers
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TERRITORIAL TRAINING
• Two training programmes : two days
• Representatives of local CSOs will participate
• Subject experts/regulators/utilities officers will be invited as
resource persons
• Training Manual: will guide the project partners
• Outcome reports to be submitted by project partners
• No. of Participants: 20-25
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GRASSROOTS INTERFACE MEETINGS
• Enhance awareness level on electricity reforms at grassroots
• Relevant information will be circulated to participants in local
vernacular handouts (4-5 pages)
• Project staff will educate/sensitise the people at grassroots
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meeting,
utilities
parliamentarians will be invited
local
legislator/regulators/
• Meetings: In two phases, five in each phase
• Participants: 40-45 participants
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ADVOCACY SEMINAR
• Policy makers, regulators and CSOs will
participate
• Project outcomes will be presented
• Advocacy document will be prepared and
circulated during the seminar
• Participants: 40-45
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REGIONAL CONFERENCE
• Regional will be organised by CUTS to showcase the findings
of the project to a larger audience
• 80-100 participants from project territories, neighbouring
region would be invited to participate
• Replicability aspect
• Active support from Project Partners
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REGIONAL NETWORK
• Establishment of Network by CUTS to share the views on
electricity reforms and regulation
• Dedicated section on the webpage of RESA Project
• Replicability aspect
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REPORTING AND UPDATE
Financial Reporting:
Submission of first half-yearly progress report by June’2008;
December’2008; June’2009; December’2009
Progress Reports:
Progress reports along with financial reporting
Outcome reports: within 2week of the activity:
•Local inception workshop
•Field research and baseline survey
•RG I
•Territorial Trainings
•Grassroots interface meetings I and II
•RG II
•Advocacy Seminar
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PROJECT OUTPUTS
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Project progress / financial reports
Survey reports
Base paper
Activity reports
Training manual
Local handout in vernacular language
Advocacy document
Communication material
Newspaper articles
• Webpage - http://www.cuts-ccier.org/RESA/index.htm
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THANK YOU
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