NEWS
CAREPI project formally ended
The CAREPI project formally ended by January 2010 and produced all its deliverables. This could not have been realised without the commitment, dedication and cooperation of all partners, both European and Indonesian, as well as not without the support of the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
The main achievements of the CAREPI project are:
- The institutional set up, comprising the Regional Technical Team and the Regional Energy Forum, was established in all regions except in North Sumatra. This is an important achievement, because it means that the regional teams have become part of the annual regional planning and budgeting cycles and thus gradually will become less dependent on donor funding.
- A Regional Energy Profile for the year 2005 has been produced for all regions and was presented at the national seminar on regional energy planning held in August 2008 in Jakarta. Based on this profile the regional teams have produced a Regional Energy Outlook until the year 2025 comprising a national (KEN) and a regional (KED) energy policy scenario.
- A micro-hydro scheme, which provides electricity to some 250 households in the nearby villages, has been developed in West Nusa Tenggara and is now up-and-running. In Central Java and Yogyakarta feasibility studies have been completed and investors for the construction identified and it is expected that construction can start in 2010.
- The teams have each selected a poor community in their region and have developed an energy strategy that addresses the energy-related needs and priorities of this community. Although the limited budget only allowed for the analysis of one community per region, this exercise has contributed considerably to a better understanding of the specific needs of energy-poor communities and thus improved the ability to formulate pro poor energy policies.
The complete summary report of the CAREPI project can be found here link naar summary report
Contract for new CASINDO project signed
During the past year, the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, SenterNovem and ECN have developed the CASINDO project which aims to intensify and expand the activities that are currently implemented in four target regions in the framework of the CAREPI project as well as ongoing activities under the Indonesian-Netherlands Energy Working Group. CASINDO will continue with the capacity building activities after CAREPI has ended and will run until December 2011. CASINDO will extend its capacity building activities to technical schools (SMKs) in the target regions, it will intensify the educational collaboration between Dutch and Indonesian universities and will include Papua as a new province. CASINDO is a component of a large renewable energy programme that is currently implemented in Indonesia by the Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta and SenterNovem.
What is CAREPI?
CAREPI stands for Contributing to poverty Alleviation through Regional Energy Planning in Indonesia. The overall goal of CAREPI is to develop institutional and technical capacity in the regions West Nusa Tenggara, Central Java, Yogyakarta and North Sumatra for conducting energy policy analysis and providing improved energy services to poor communities.
A key component of the ongoing reforms in Indonesia is the decentralization of autonomy. Regional governments are now responsible for formulating regional energy policies and in each region an Energy Forum assisted by a Technical Energy Team will be established to enable the regional government to develop a regional energy outlook and pro-poor energy strategies. CAREPI aims to contribute to the establishment and strengthening of these new institutions in the region.
CAREPI is funded by the European Commission under the COOPENER programme and the Dutch Government. COOPENER is part of the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme, implemented by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency, a new agency under the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy and Transport. COOPENER projects focus on the provision of affordable, clean and sustainable energy services in developing countries and contribute to the EU Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development.
For more information download CAREPI leaflet in English or Bahasa Indonesia.