CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Global Village Energy Partnership ENERGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN FRANJA TRANSVERSAL DEL NORTE - GUATEMALA

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS □Facilitator Training □Country Champion: support at very high level to Facilitator. Power to convey all sectors involved in the process for the formation of the multi sector workgroup. □MSW used as a base poverty assessment studies, defined selection criteria, and determined the target area, as well as provided all information related to their sector. Other organizations involved in the area were identified.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS TOP DOWN ANALYSIS □A GAP analysis was proposed based on the findings from the MSW, carried out with the support of USAID. □This study covered more than 70 communities, and creates the basis of defining energy demands for multiple sector needs. The overlapping of many instances was obvious. □A – richness map – was developed to determine productive uses potential, renewable energy resources as well as existing infrastructure that would be incorporated into the plan. Gaps were identified.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006

THE GUATEMALA GVEP PROCESS BOTTOM UP ANALYSIS □The next step was a bottom – up analysis, to reflect the point of view of the selected communities. The MSW was supported by sociologists, anthropologists, engineers, environmentalists, translators etc. □Stakeholder consultations took place at all levels: municipal, communal organizations, NGOs, and house to house visits. Valuable methodology was developed. □This stage was supported by UNDP-Guatemala.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Community Selection Criteria □Geopolitical: identified in the PRS with a high percentage of extreme poverty conditions. □Communal: willingness to participate, existing social organization, economic collaboration from local municipality, and security in land ownership. □Technical: identified energy potential and access. □Electrification: not included in rural electrification program and more than 10 km. away from the grid. □Support to conservation and development: productive uses and markets, interest in watershed protection and vulnerability reduction, replicability, as well as willingness to pay for services

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Main Findings for Guatemala GVEP Action Plan Design □Even though there are several sub sector polices, in Guatemala there is a lack of a General Energy Policy to govern the sector. □From the experiences in the PER, electricity should be a priority for productive uses, rather than illuminations and TV. □Use poverty assessment reports in parallel with –richness maps- to develop local opportunities. □Dialogue with local stakeholders: what are the bottom up expectations and requests to match with top down Government policies

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Main Findings for Guatemala GVEP Action Plan Design □Poverty reduction plans in the poorest areas imply the immediate creation of income to pay for services. □Access to power will be subsidized, but not consumption. □Identification of local products to add value to production chains is extremely important. □Market identification and security is vital. □Coordination amongst sectors adds synergies to the process. Many activities are related to more than one sector.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Main Findings for Guatemala GVEP Action Plan Design □Many municipalities are willing to pay for services, and put money of their own in the process. □Regions were more appropriate than communities. □Respect traditional “ways”. □Start with a manageable action plan with excellent basic information, to refine methodology in execution phase to make replication faster, easier and systematized. □ Leave space for flexibility in all scenarios.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Picture men voting

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006

MOST RELEVANT FINDINGS □POVERTY WILL ONLY BE CONQUERED THROUGH A MULTISECTORIAL INTEGRATED APROACH, BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE ARE BASED ON THE REALITY OF LIFE. ENERGY IS ONLY THE MOTOR. □CHANGE TAKES TIME, IT IS A PROCESS

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Poverty Reduction THE GVEP ACTION PLAN IS THE ANSWER TO : HOW

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 ENERGY SERVICES FOR Education Health Connectivity Productive Uses for tourism and trade Productive Uses for agro forestry activities Conservation and Environment Residential use Through the installation and construction of solar, hydro and biomass generation, and if needed, fossil fuel generation.

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006 Energy for cooking, health, environmental protection, gender

CSD-14 Partnerships Fair – May 2006

¡Guatemala is ready for the implementation phase! Thank you very much, Muchas Gracias