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SPECIAL REPORT
TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH EGAT: RESOURCES FOR ENERGY, WATER, AND ICT
1. Energy
– Toolkit for Evaluating Electricity Sector Good Governance
– Handbook for Evaluating Infrastructure Regulatory Systems
– Covering Oil: A Reporter’s Guide to Energy and Development
2. Water
– USAID Toolkits to Improve Field Support
– Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services
3. Information Communication Technology
– A Guide to Building ICT Community Centers
4. Energy for the Health Sector
– Powering Health: An Online Tool for Electrifying Rural Health Clinics
5. Infrastructure in Post-Conflict Countries
– “First Word” on Economic Growth in Post-Conflict Countries
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– USAID/Mexico: Success Stories in the Energy Sector
ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Infrastructure Workshop in Washington DC
– Farewell to Davida Wood
METHANE TO MARKETS PARTNERSHIP: A STRATEGY FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
– Introduction
– Why Methane is Important
– The World is Not Running Out of Waste: Landfill Gas Energy Opportunities
– Solving the Problems of Livestock Waste
– Coal Mine Methane Provides Opportunity for Power Generation
– Greener Production of Oil and Gas
– Developing Energy Markets to Fuel Economic Growth
– Gas to Power
– India: Advancing Methane to Markets
– India: Redesigning a Municipal Solid Waste System in West Bengal
– Brazil: The Fortaleza Initiative
– Mexico: Developing Cost-Effective Methane Recovery Models
– Ukraine: Improving Coal Mine Safety Through Underground Methane Capture
– Methane to Markets Project Highlights from EPA
ANNOUNCEMENT
– USAID Call for Public-Private Alliance Proposals for Methane to Markets Partnership
– Stay Tuned: 4 day infrastructure course
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Liberia: Small Light Today, Big Light Tomorrow!
SPECIAL REPORT
TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN EUROPE AND EURASIA
– Europe and Eurasia Energy Regulatory Development: From National to Regional
– Power Sector Reform and Privatization: Observations from Ukraine, Moldova, and Bulgaria
– Romania Electricity Sector Restructuring and Privatization
– Energy Reforms in the Caucasus Region
– Energy Restructuring and Privatization in Macedonia and Albania
– Caspian Pipeline Startup Highlights USAID Leadership in Regional Cooperation and Global Energy Security
– E&E Energy Efficiency Programs
– Southeast Europe Regional Investment
– A Central-South Asia Energy Corridor
– Regional Energy Market Development: The Athens Energy Community
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– World Bank’s GPOBA Approves First USAID Project
NEWS & EVENTS UNCSD 15: Focus on Energy
– Addressing Climate Change through Better Governance: Forestry and Electricity
SPECIAL REPORT
FUELING HEALTH SOLUTIONS: THE ENERGY-HEALTH NEXUS
Energy for Improved Health Care Service Delivery
– The View from Maternal Health
– Energy and Health: Fatal Consequences
– Partnering with PEPFAR
– Powering Health: Electrification Options for Rural Health Centers
– Energy Efficiency in Hospitals
Energy for Clean Water and Better Health
– Energy, Clean Water, and Health
– Power for Water
– Testing Solar Water Pumps
Energy, Air Pollution, and Disease
– Household Energy and Health
– Reducing Indoor Smoke and Illness for Women and Children: A Model Project in Peru
– The Health Effects of Fuel and Vehicle Emissions in Developing Countries
– Understanding Air Pollution Levels in Accra and the Links to Health
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Monrovia Lights Up: A First Step in Liberia’s Stabilization
SPECIAL REPORT
GLOBAL INTERCONNECTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORLD FORUM ON ENERGY REGULATION III
– Investment in Energy Infrastructure
– Regional Energy Markets
– Access and Affordability
– Regulatory Partnership Summit
– Roundtable on Consumer Issues and the Energy Sector
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– The Southern African Power Pool: USAID supports regional energy integration through institutional development
NEWS & EVENTS
– Kevin Warr Departs USAID
– India-Sri Lanka Electricity Interconnection
– Nigeria: Bayelsa, USAID, Shell to Raise $25 Million for Niger Delta
SPECIAL REPORT
ENERGY: ENABLING PEACE AND SECURITY IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COUNTRIES
– An Interview with USAID’s Gordon Weynand
– Restoring Electricity Service in Afghanistan
– Energy, Protection, Conflict and the Environment in Darfur
– Repowering Southern Sudan: Peace Dividends Begin to Pay Off
– Electricity Support Program Aims to Restore Infrastructure and Increase Citizen Involvement in Angola
– The Struggle for Power and Light in Iraq: An Interview with Krista Donaldson, former AAAS fellow
– AMORE Program: Lighting the Way to Peace and Development in Mindanao, Philippines
– Internally Displaced Persons Employed Through Nepal’s Hydropower Development Program
– Enguri Hydropower Plant Rehabilitation in the Abkhazian Conflict Zone, Republic of Georgia
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– The Southern African Power Pool: Milestones to Private Sector Investment in Southern Africa
NEWS & EVENTS
– Sharon Hsu Joins USAID/EGAT/Energy Team
SPECIAL REPORT
USAID AND PARTNERS SHOWCASE ENERGY ACTIVITIES AT THE 14TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
– U.S. Government / USAID’s Participation At CSD-14
– CSD-14 Events, Outcomes, and Useful Links
– “Moving Forward On Energy At The CSD%rdquo; – An interview with U.S. State Department’s Jonathan Margolis
– Partnership Fair Events
– Learning Center Events
– Side Events
– Aid Effectiveness in the Energy Sector: A Gender Perspective
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Clean Power for Trade and Investment in West Africa
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace: Development with Equity
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID’s Jacqueline Schafer Receives International Energy Leadership Award
– USAID to Promote Integration of South and Central Asian Energy Markets
– USAID Energy Programs Highlighted in Testimony to U.S. Congress
COMMENTS & QUIBBLES
– Response to “Making Room for Public Interests,” Energy Update, March/April 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
MAKING ROOM FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS IN ELECTRICITY SECTOR DECISION-MAKING:
NEW APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS FOR THE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE
– The Electricity Governance Toolkit
– Building Analytic Capacity in Karnataka, India
– Empowering Consumer Participation in Bangladesh
– Georgia NGO Initiatives: Institution Building the Grassroots
– Arusha Conference Urges Bridging the Social Divide
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID Work in Georgia Recognized at Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards
– Patricia Flanagan Transitions to ICT Team
SPECIAL REPORT
THE SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/E) – PAST AND FUTURE:
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA
– Facilitating Cross Border Energy Trade
– Improving Electricity Access and Services
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Helping Georgia Weather the January 2006 Energy Crisis
NEWS & EVENTS
– USAID Signs New Global Development Alliance with General Electric
– World Bank Presentation: Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid
CALENDAR
– United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development – Focus on Energy
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
CALENDAR
– United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development: Focus on Energy in 2006-2007
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
GLOBAL VILLAGE ENERGY PARTNERSHIP (GVEP):
INCREASING ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY SERVICES
– Brazil’s Light for All Program and GVEP Action Plan
– Journalists Participate in GVEP Partners’ Assembly and Media Training Workshop
– GVEP Action Program Fund (GAPfund) Launched
– Increasing Access to Microfinance for Energy Services
– Senegal GVEP Action Plan Wins Award
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Effects of Oil Prices on Electric Utilities
– Oil Prices Predicted to Stay High
NOTES FROM THE FIELD – PROJECT UPDATES
– Improving Access to Heat in Armenia
– South East Europe Energy Integration
NEWS & EVENTS
– New Global Development Alliance with International Copper Association
– New Eco Energy Alliance
– Long Term Energy Outlook
– Obituary: Matthew Buresch
– Mark Murray Joins PDAM
– Energy Team Reorganization
CALENDAR
– United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development: Focus on Energy in 2006-2007
– World Bank Energy Week 2006
SPECIAL REPORT
THE ROLE OF REGULATION IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
– The Dominican Republic: A Test Case for Restructuring
– The Role of Regulation in Expanding Access to Electricity: Reform in the Philippines
– Improving Access to Electricity through Sound Public-Private Partnerships: Central America
– The Regulator’s Role in Promoting Electricity Access: Perspectives from NARUC
– An Examination of Pro-Poor Regulatory Design and Stakeholder Participation
– Donor Workshop on Electricity Access in Africa
FEATURE ARTICLE
– Building an Effective Regulator in Egypt
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Program updates from Zambia, South Asia, Africa, Bangladesh, and the Eastern Caribbean.
RECENT EVENTS
– USAID’s Weynand elected to GVEP Board of Directors.
SPECIAL REPORT
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, RESOURCE FLOWS
– Resource Flows - Oil and Gas Revenues: Managing a Mixed Blessing
– Transparency
– Case Study 1: Trinidad & Tobago
– Case Study 2: Kazakhstan Must Find Cure for Dutch Disease
FEATURE ARTICLES
– EITI aims for proper accounting of revenues from extractive industries
– Extractive Industry Review: World Bank
– Bottom of the Barrel: Africa’s Oil Boom and the Poor
– How High Oil Prices Impact the Global Economy
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– USAID Partners with BP to Develop Indonesia’s Energy Resources
– Angola to Improve Transparency in Oil and Gas Sector
RECENT EVENTS
– USAID’s Belt Addresses US Energy Association Annual Meeting
– New Program Manager for South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy
SPECIAL REPORT
AIR QUALITY
Three articles highlight USAID initiatives to mitigate the impacts of ambient and indoor-air pollution caused by rising vehicle usage and domestic fuel consumption in developing countries.
– Cleaning Up Diesel Emissions in Mexico City
– Nepal Pioneers Use of Electric Vehicles
– Developing Sustainable Air Management Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
– Performance Contract to Save Water, Energy in South Africa
– Cooking Cleaner in Bangladesh, Peru
– USAID Facilitates Investment in Energy Conservation in India
– Philippines Hosts Pilot Area for Clean Cities Program
– Energy Efficiency Financing in the Europe & Eurasia Region
WHAT’S NEW
– New Task Order Supports Sustainable Municipal Energy Services
– New Global Development Alliance for Efficient Energy Use in the Developing World
– EPA and USAID Promote Grants to Promote Better Home Cooking, Heating Practices
RECENT EVENTS
World Bank’s Energy Week 2005: USAID’s Energy Team Reports Progress in Power Distribution Reform, Slum Electrification
PUBLICATIONS
– Nexus between Energy Sector Reform and Democracy and Governance
– Accelerating Power Distribution Reform
– Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs
– Innovative Approaches to Slum Electrification
CALENDAR
– Infrastructure and Economic Growth Course
FEATURE ARTICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO APPLICATION: USAID IN REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATION
– West Africa Gas Pipeline Project
– Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE)
– Promoting Standards through Harmonization -
CLASP Incorporates as Stand-alone, Nonprofit Corporation
UPDATE FROM MISSIONS
– USAID/Nepal: Increasing Private Sector Investments in Hydropower Development
– Rwanda: Women Empowered Through Biomass Energy Production
RECENT EVENTS
– EGAT/Energy Team Sponsors Course on “Infrastructure Policy and Regulation”
– 2004 World Energy Outlook
– Message to Missions
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Shedding Light on Sustainability
– Ecological Equilibrium on the Mesoamerican Reef
– Luz Para Todos: Electricity for All by 2008
– USAID Awards Grant to Solar Light for Africa, Ltd.
– Methane to Markets International Partnership
– Caribbean Utility Regulators Annual Meeting
– Supporting Private Sector Development in Energy in Namibia
– Global Regulatory Network in the News
RECENT EVENTS
– Development Credit Guarantee Approved for Central American
Renewable Energy and Cleaner Production Facility
– Energy and Development Handbook for Journalists
– Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs: International Experience and Best Practices
– Global Development Alliance Award for Chevron-Texaco and Non-Profit Partners
FEATURE ARTICLES
– USAID’S Experience in Institutional Reform in the Energy Sector
– Project Spotlight: Russia - Forest Resources and Technologies at Work
– Project Spotlight: India - Indian Village Uses Biofuel as Replacement for Diesel
– Clean Energy Initiative - Message from EGAT/EIT/Energy Team on OPIN Reporting
RECENT EVENTS
– World Energy Congress: Delivering Sustainability:
Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry
– Gordon Weynand Highlights U.S. Energy Partnership at 2004 World Energy Congress
– Seminar on Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs –
International Experience and Best Practice
– Second Annual Global Regulatory Network Conference
– Foundations Course in Utility Regulation in Africa
– South Asia Regional Initiative/Energy - Wind Mapping in Sri Lanka
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– EGAT/EIT/Energy Team Announces New Awards
MAIN ARTICLE
– New Director for Office and Energy and Information Technology
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Uganda: EGAT/Energy Team Supports Solar
Electrification of African Clinic where AIDS was Discovered
– India: Electrifying 230,000 Households in Ahmedabad
– India: Public Understanding and Participation –
Safe and Legal Connections for Consumers in Slum Communities in New Delhi
– Mali: Feasibility Study for Agricultural Waste-to-Energy
– Southern Africa: Increasing Journalists’ Understanding of Energy & Environmental Issues
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Methane to Markets: New Bush Administration Initiative
– Southern Africa: Impact of HIV/AIDS on Energy Sector
– The Presidential Clean Energy Initiative
RECENT EVENTS
– Global Village Energy Partnership Announces New Host and Manager
– USEA, California, and Washington Distribution Companies Share Best
Practices with Dhaka Electricity Supply Company of Bangladesh
NEW REPORTS
– Energy and Environment Training Program (EETP) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) Report
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– New Energy Pages on Agency’s Website
– USAID Funds Eritrean Participants to Attend Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting
– Development Credit Authority (DCA) Review Board Approves Two Energy Activities
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Zambia: Public Health and Safety in Zambia Linked to Electricity Problems
– Honduras: La Esperanza Hydroelectric Plant
– Philippines: Alliance for Mindanao Off-Grid Renewable Energy (AMORE)
– West African Power Pool (WAPP)
RECENT EVENTS
– Workshop on Innovative Approaches to Slum Electrification
– International Energy Partnership Volunteers Honored
– USAID/Peru and EGAT/EIT Collaborate on Training Energy Service Companies on Market Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Energy Project Structuring
– Clean Energy Initiative Showcased at 12th Session of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development
UPCOMING EVENTS
– USEA/USAID Workshop on Southern African Trade: The Economic Development Benefits of Low Cost Electric Power and Electric Utility Strategies to Combat HIV/AIDS
THE PRESIDENTIAL CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
– Fiscal 2004 First and Second Quarter Reporting on the Clean Energy Initiative
NEW TECHNICAL REPORTS
– Increasing Energy Access in Developing Countries: The Role of Distributed Generation
FEATURE ARTICLES
– Energy Team News
– Recent Events: Symposium on Public Understanding and Participation in Energy
– Outreach Products
– Technical Reports
THE PRESIDENTIAL CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
– Guidance for Reporting on the Clean Energy Initiative
– Capacity Building Assistance for Zambia’s Participation in the Global Village Energy Partnership
– Update on Zambia’s Participation In the Global Village Energy Partnership
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– EGAT/EIT/ Energy Team Assists the Private Sector in Nicaragua to Increase Energy Access
– USAID/Russia: Forest Resources and Technology Project
– USAID/Guatemala and EGAT/EIT Collaborate on Using Renewable Energy to Support Economic Growth in Rural Areas of Guatemala
IN THE NEWS
– USAID/Brazil featured in Frontlines Magazine
ENERGY TEAM NEWS
– Energy Team under New Leadership
– New Staff
– Patricia Flanagan new Rural Energy Services Program leader
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MISSIONS (OCT 2003 – JAN 2004)
NEW CONTRACT MECHANISMS
– New Energy Technical Assistance Indefinite Quantity Contract Awards
– New People, Energy and Development (PED) IQC Awards
PROJECTS SPOTLIGHT
– Improving Electrical Access in Informal Urban Settlements in India
– Providing Access to Energy in Brazil’s Amazon for Telecenters
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
– Clean Energy Initiative (CEI)
– Clean Energy Initiative – FY 03 Results
OUTREACH EFFORTS
– Global Village Energy Partnership
– The Use of Modern Technology in Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Development of Desert Areas in Egypt
– Taking Power: Social Dynamics of the Energy Sector
UPCOMING EVENTS
– Symposium on Public Understanding and Participation in Energy
NEW TECHNICAL REPORTS
– United States Energy Association and USAID Energy Partnership Assessment
– “Angola Energy Sector Needs Assessment: Emergency Response Study,” and “Mid-Long Term Vision and Needs Assessment”
