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Green Empowerment as a Vehicle for Capacity Development and Knowledge Management

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Topics

• Brief overview of GE and the Community-Based Model

• Discussion on capacity building at the micro-hydro level

• Review of regional capacity building efforts (HPNET)• Opportunity for GE to amplify the tech &

organizational capacity of the Myanmar practitioners

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“Green Empowerment partners with in-country organizations and social enterprises to provide rural villages with access to clean water, electricity through renewable energy, and sustainable solutions.”

Mission

“We prioritize integrated projects that serve the greatest human need, are sustainable over time, and have the possibility of broader impact beyond any one community.”

Program Focus

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GE Approach: The Community-Based Model

Engage community networks

Identify or establish community-based

organization

Develop financing mechanisms

Conduct feasibility studies

Implement a pilot project

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Capacity Building

Left: Indigenous trainees at the Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology (CREATE) fabricate a crossflow turbine outside of Kota Kinabalu in March 2015. Above: A crossflow runner is refined on a lathe at the African Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST) workshop in May 2012.

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Capacity Building

Above left: Shan State MHP practitioner U Sai Htun Hla attends HPNET’s 2nd Annual Gathering of Practitioners in February 2015. Left: Regional MHP practitioners share concrete turbine designs at the Trainers’ Training for Concrete Picohydro Turbines in April 2014. Above right: Supporting Document advocating an open-source solution to electronic load control.

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Knowledge Sharing

All photos: Images from various aspects of the November 2014 Practice-to-Policy Micro-hydropower Workshop hosted by REAM and HPNET.

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Opportunities for GE Support

• Work to map micro- and mini-hydro potential in each state where the technology is viable

• Identify and facilitate domestic and international tech transfer opportunities for eligible Shan State practitioners

• Facilitate discussions between REAM, SHPAM, and international actors around sustainable financing mechanisms

• Develop a two-year action plan for Myanmar partners including:– Retrofitting an existing micro-hydro system in Shan State to improve EM

efficiency, as well as the service and long-term durability– Collaborating with other energy actors to develop a “pilot” village

project in Shan State and at least one other sample location TBD– Designing and implementing an integrated watershed protection

program utilizing micro-hydro as a foundation

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Contact

Patrick J. PawletkoMyanmar Projects Officer, Reuss Fellow

Green Empowerment

Email: patrick@greenempowerment.com Mobile (USA): +1-317-956-7711

Mobile (Myanmar): 09-796878684

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Appendix: Creative Commons Credits

1. Community icon by Mike Endale2. Money icon by DesignNex3. Design icon by Marvin Wilhelm4. Fluorescent Light Bulb icon by Nicholas Menghini