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District Level Management Arrangement
Community level implementation:
Community mobilisation is the main tool for project implementation at the community level for which a local NGO will be hired as a Support Organisation (SO) through a competitive selection process. The SO will facilitate to include one male member and one female member from each and every household of the target VDC or settlement into community organisation (COs) of about 25 members. At the very first stage, separate male and female COs will be created and oriented on energy and other socio-economic development issues pertaining to them.At the second stage, the community members of the COs will be supported for forming various functional groups (FGs) based on their common interests ranging form income generation FG or forestry FG Biogas functional group or poultry farming FG or so on. Since micro-/mini- hydro is the key component of REDP, the SOs will give priority to formation of Micro-/Mini- hydro FG (MHFG) in the programme villages.
Following a democratic process, MHFG is constituted of representatives from all COs thus ensuring representation from both male and female members, and proportional representation from Dalits, vulnerable and other marginalised groups in the MHFG. The MHFG is the key body at the village level for establishment, operation and management of micro-/mini- hydro plants. With the support from REDP central office, DDES and SOs, the MHFG work through preparation of detailed action plan will enter into various agreements related to construction of MHs, mobilisation of local resources and making payments to companies selected for providing various goods and services. For local level resource mobilisation, and to establish community equity funds for the poor, MHFG will collaborate with DDCs, VDCs, and other partners as applicable.
The programme also provides necessary support to MHFG establish a Community Energy Fund (CEF) will be established at the level of each MHFG to fund energy related activities in the villages through the support of EDO.
Upon the successful operation of the community managed micro hydro schemes for at least six months, the community groups will be encouraged to get legitimate the MHFG into MH Cooperatives for ensuring long term sustainability of the system.
Collaboration with the partners:
The AEPC, being GoN's responsible body for all alternative or renewable energy programmes and projects, will be responsible for ensuring coordination among all projects and programmes such as REDP, ESAP, BSP, REP, IWMP and others. AEPC will also ensure mobilising subsidy to the local communities through Rural Energy Fund (REF) for REDP supported various schemes such as micro-hydro, solar home systems (SHS), attached biogas, improved cook stoves and improved water mills. The AEPC will also co-ordinate with Centre for Rural Technology/Nepal (CRT/N), the Biogas Sector Partnership- Nepal (BSP-N), other NGOs, and partners to complement rural energy activities implemented by REDP as necessary.Existing UNDP programme and projects like Decentralised Local Governance Support Programme (DLGSP), Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP) and UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDEF) will collaborate as necessary to provide support for environmental governance and environment mainstreaming at the district level through DEES, as well as livelihoods promotion and infrastructure building in REDP programme.
Partnership with the WB in this project is through parallel co-financing mainly to support purchase of hard ware required for micro-hydro plant installation. The WB funds (3.8 million USD) received to the GoN under micro-hydro village electrification component of Power Development Fund (PDF) will be managed separately by AEPC as a matching fund to REDP activities related to micro-hydro and capacity building.
