Productive Uses of Renewable Energy in Chitral District, Pakistan (PURE-Chitral)

Request for CEO endorsement/Approval
Project Type:   FORMDROPDOWN   
the GEF Trust Fund
Submission Date: 9 April 2008
 Re-submission Date:   FORMTEXT          FORMTEXT        
Expected Calendar
Milestones	Dates
Work Program (for FSP)	  FORMTEXT  N/A 
GEF Agency Approval	May 2008
Implementation Start	Sep 2008
Mid-term Review (if planned)	Aug 2010
Implementation Completion	Aug 2012

part i:  project Information                                               
GEFSEC Project ID:   FORMTEXT  2747 					
gef agency Project ID:   FORMTEXT  3467 
Country(ies):   FORMTEXT  Pakistan 
Project Title:   FORMTEXT  Productive Uses of Renewable Energy in Chitral District, Pakistan (PURE-Chitral) 
GEF Agency(ies):   FORMDROPDOWN  
Other Executing partner(s):   FORMTEXT  Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) 
GEF Focal Area(s):   FORMDROPDOWN    FORMDROPDOWN  
GEF-4 Strategic program(S):   FORMTEXT  SP3: Promoting Market Approaches for Renewable Energy 
Name of parent program/umbrella project:   FORMTEXT  N/A 
Project framework  (Expand table as necessary)
Project Objective:    FORMTEXT  The project aims at removing barriers to the adoption of renewable energy technologies (RETS) by promoting productive use of energy in one of Pakistan's remotest areas: the District of Chitral 

Project Components	Indicate whether Investment, TA, or STA**	
Expected Outcomes	
Expected Outputs 	GEF Financing*	
Co-financing*	
Total ($)



($)	%	($)	%
	1.   FORMTEXT  Development of 1.4 MW of MHP schemes for PURE in the 5 sites selected in the PURE-Chitral project (Izh-Orvik, Bilphok-Shogore, Shagram, Raman-Harchin) 	  FORMTEXT  TA 	Five mini/micro hydropower (MHP) installations installed in five communities, each providing power to a nearby community through a mini-grid system	1.1 MHP planned, designed, financed and constructed in the five selected areas
1.2 Local capacities strengthened for MHP management and operation	  FORMTEXT  180,000 	  FORMTEXT  18.94 	  FORMTEXT  3,520,450 	  FORMTEXT  74.90 	  FORMTEXT  3,700,450 
2.   FORMTEXT  Development of productive uses of renewable energy (PURE) in the five selected areas 	  FORMTEXT  TA 	Electricity used for productive value-adding, employment and income-generating activities in the five communities
	2.1 Investments in and financing of productive uses and income-generating opportunities
2.2 Local capacities strengthened for the development of income-generating opportunities and productive uses of renewable energy (PURE)	  FORMTEXT  265,000 	  FORMTEXT  27.89 	  FORMTEXT  650,000 	  FORMTEXT  13.82 	  FORMTEXT  940,000 
3.   FORMTEXT  Strengthened capacity for MHP planning and watershed management 	  FORMTEXT  TA 	Local processes to manage MHP systems and watersheds strengthened	3.1 Participatory management of natural resources in the watershed areas of the MHP stations
3.2 Self-managed unit (Agency- for-PURE) to promote MHP development in Chitral District	  FORMTEXT  124,000 	  FORMTEXT  13.08 	  FORMTEXT  42,550 	  FORMTEXT  0.92 	  FORMTEXT  166,550 
4. Promotion of a sound legal, institutional and regulatory framework preparing the ground for project replication	  FORMTEXT  TA 	Policies and regulations that support the use of RETs for off-grid energy uses proposed and adopted	4.1 Capacity strengthening of the MHP sector (private, NGOs, government)
4.2 Proposed strategy for electrification of rural areas	  FORMTEXT  180,000 	  FORMTEXT  18.94 	  FORMTEXT  0 	  FORMTEXT  0 	  FORMTEXT  180,000 
5.   FORMTEXT  Monitoring, Learning and Feedback 	  FORMTEXT  TA 	Stakeholders at local and national level aware of innovative approaches, lessons learnt and good practices on RE development and PURE; 	5.1 Dissemination of information of PURE-Chitral project results and international experiences with renewable energy development and productive uses of energy
5.2 Monitoring and evaluation	  FORMTEXT  106,000 	  FORMTEXT  11.15 	  FORMTEXT  0 	  FORMTEXT  0 	  FORMTEXT  106,000 
4. Project management	  FORMTEXT  95,000 	  FORMTEXT  10.00 	  FORMTEXT  487,000 	  FORMTEXT  10.36 	  FORMTEXT  582,000 
Total Project Costs	  FORMTEXT  950,000 
  FORMTEXT  4,700,000 
  FORMTEXT  5,650,000