On 27 March 2015, the Municipal Finance Strengthening Initiative (MFSI-II) Project, with support of the United States Agency for International Development USAID, delivered another seminar entitled Effective Planning and Evaluation, Including Energy Saving Projects—the Guarantee of Achieving Strategic Objectives.
The event was attended by representatives of municipal utilities and executive committees of city councils of Project partner cities, namely: Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Komsomolsk (Poltava Oblast), Slavutych, Chernivtsi, Sumy, Berdychiv, and Kirovohrad, as well as representatives of National Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
In the course of the seminar, the participants received recommendations for improving the effectiveness of financial justification of strategic documents by municipal utilities in the context of city development priorities, and were introduced to a methodology for monitoring and evaluating energy efficiency projects.
In addition, representatives from Slavutych, Berdychiv, Chernivtsi, Kirovohrad, and Komsomolsk delivered presentations on the experience of their cities and municipal utilities in attracting investments and implementing energy saving projects.
Using the knowledge acquired during the seminar will make it possible for the municipal utilities to apply state-of-the-art approaches in developing their strategic and planning documents, carry out effective monitoring and evaluation of individual energy saving projects.
Also, the above will contribute to strengthening the capacity of the municipal utilities to ensure effective planning, management, and implementation of energy saving activities.
Seminar Materials:
Ukrainian version only
City of Berdychiv on the Road of Efficient Energy Use
Energy Efficiency of Chernivtsiteplokomunenergo Municipal Heating Utility — Make Haste Slowly
System for Monitoring Energy Consumption by Government-Funded Institutions in the City of Slavutych
Energy Saving in the City of Komsomolsk
Improving Efficiency of Financial Justification of Strategic Documents by Municipal Utilities in the Context of City Development Priorities (IBSER)
Monitoring and Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Projects (IBSER)
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