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South Asia Subregional Training Workshop on Project Pre-Feasibility Studies
Colombo Plaza Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 7-9 October 2003

Purpose

This PREGA project workshop aims to explain and discuss with participants on how to formulate pre-feasibility studies conforming to the requirements of international financial mechanisms such as CDM and to develop a pipeline of projects under the PREGA program.

Objectives

The objectives of the workshop are:

• to enhance the participants' skills in preparing project pre-feasibility studies for projects applying renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement (REGA) technologies;
• to familiarize them on policy, technical, economic, financial and environmental analysis, in line with project formulation and identification of greenhouse gas mitigation projects including CDM opportunities; and
• to visit a mini-hydropower plant and observe its operations.

Target Participants

• National Technical Experts and National Counterpart Agencies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Resource Speakers

• W.M. (Pim) Kieskamp, Climate Change Specialist
• S.M.G. Samarakoon, Energy Specialist
• ADB Staff

Workshop Document

• Program

Contact

Annie Idanan
Workshop Secretariat
Tel: + 632 632 5779
Fax: + 632 636 2198
E-Mail: aidanan@adb.org