Commissioning Unit: | Belarus |
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Evaluation Plan: | 2006-2010 |
Evaluation Type: | Project |
Completion Date: | 11/2008 |
Unit Responsible for providing Management Response: | Belarus
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Key Action Update History
Management Response: [Added: 2010/02/05]
Management Response: Though once one demo site has been fully commissioned (Volat-1), 3 more (Vileika CHP, Vileika Forestry, Mostovdrev) are at different stages of development. The delay is caused by a number of reasons, which are mostly outside the PMU's immediate control, including complicated national competitive bidding procedures, new taxation rules between Belarus and Russia since 2005, foreign equipment certification procedures, lengthy engineering design planning, lack of local construction capacity. The Energy Efficiency Department and PMU staff will undertake necessary steps to manage the situation with bidding process and acceleration of project design by supervision of works progress on a daily basis and taking part in regular work meetings dedicated to demonstration sites implementation.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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1.1 - Attend regular site meetings (organized by enterprise management and local authorities) and report back to UNDP on progress
1.2 - Provide regular oversight demo sites' completion and provide necessary support (including financial) and lobbying at the regional and national level
[Added: 2010/02/05] [Last Updated: 2011/04/15] |
PMU EEDept | 2007/12 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/02/05]
The RF institutional arrangements have been settled, with the EE Dept authorizing its subsidiary enterprise BelInvestEnergoSaving (BIES) to run the RF. "Selling" the RF loans to a local bank could provide an option for faster replenishment of the RF, thus promote better replication of biomass technology across Belarus. However, specifics of the proposed arrangements will need to be analyzed and agreed with the bank. The project will look into the issue and make recommendations on feasibility.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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2.1 Discuss with BelInvestBank possibility of "selling" mature RF loans and come up with substantiated recommendations
2.2 Present the results of the analysis along with recommendations at the next Project Steering Committee meeting in December 2006
[Added: 2010/02/05] |
PMU | 2006/12 | Completed | 2.1 Conclusion ? impossible to implement the proposal due to regulatory limitations |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/02/05]
We agree with the proposed reasoning; wood biomass pricing will be included as a separate item on the agenda of the national seminar to be organized by the project in November 2006. Biofuel pricing will also be addressed in the project replication plan that is currently being drafted.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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3.1 Include wood biomass pricing in the program of the planned Dec 2007 national project workshop for discussion with key stakeholders
3.2 Incorporate biofuel pricing into the national biomass development strategy
[Added: 2010/02/05] [Last Updated: 2011/04/15] |
PMU, EE Dept | 2006/12 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2010/02/05]
We agree with the proposed recommendation, as using CDM-approved methodologies for monitoring CO2 emission reductions could enable the project partners to benefit from carbon financing under the Kyoto Protocol once Belarus is fully admitted to the process.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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4.1 Identify specific CDM methodologies applicable to the biomass project investments
[Added: 2010/02/05] |
UNDP PO | 2006/04 | Completed | ||
4.2. Collect the monitoring data in line with the requirements of the corresponding CDM methodology (ies) to set up a project database
[Added: 2010/02/05] [Last Updated: 2011/04/15] |
PMU | 2007/09 | Completed |