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» GERES
Renewable Energy and Environment Group, France: GERES
has been working for 20 years for the benefit of local
and economic development, around the Mediterranean and
in Southern countries, undertaking actions in the fields
of environment, energy and food industry. GERES's professionalism
is based on a project engineering approach and a thorough
knowledge of local and sartorial issues. Their projects
rely on close partnership with associations, firms,
and local governments.
» ARECOP
The Asian Regional Cookstove Program, Indonesia: A 1991
initiative resulting in a network of NGOs in the Asia
region with a focus on improved cook stoves and sustainable
biomass fuel use. The network covers 14 countries in
the Asian Region. ARECOP aims to be an active and responsible
network that can facilitate improved cookstove development
programs in Asia through communication and capacity
building.
» CEDAC
Centre d'Etude et de Développement Agricole Cambodgien,
Cambodge (cedac@camnet.com.net): It is a Cambodian NGO working
on family agriculture and community development.
» CFSP
Cambodia Fuelwood Saving Project, (cfsp2@bigpond.com.kh),
is an international project in charge of saving fuel
and protecting the forest through an Improved Cookstove
program in Cambodia. Objectives of the project are to
obtain Technical, Social and Economical References on
fuelwood consumption reduction, to encourage circulation
of the benefits developed in Cambodia, and to emphasise
the correlation between, fuelwood saving and a decrease
in deforestation with the aim, in due time, of reaching
a balance between demand and supply. Activities include:
strategies in fuelwood saving which are developed and
validated, improving development awareness and skills,
and dissemintating improved and efficient cooking stoves,
based on sound social, economic, & technical approaches.
» FAO-Regional Wood Energy
Development Programme Thailand (www.rwedp.org) The Regional
Wood Energy Development Programme or RWEDP has on 31 December
2002 finally closed its office, one year after the programme
ceased to exist. We will do our utmost best to maintain the
website but, as there is no formal programme stucture anymore,
this will be on a "when time permits" basis. We
are working on an update of the Wood Energy Database (full
extended version) and it is hoped that within the next 2 months
the updated version will become available at the website.
In addition RWEDP has considerable "Grey Literature"
in the form of unpublished reports, studies, etc. and we have
started to add these sources to the website under the heading
"Grey Literature" on the Publications page. We will
try to answer your questions and/or provide documents, etc.
However, due to time as well as budget constraints we will
no longer be able to provide services at the same level as
you have become accustomed to.
» European Commission:
http://europa.eu.int/ The origins of the European Community's
energy policy can be traced back to the Treaties establishing
the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the
European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). This policy
has undergone significant change as a result of the
oil crises of 1973 and 1979. The completion of the internal
energy market will mark a new and important phase in
securing energy supply at lower prices, while respecting
the environment.
» The Ministry
of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME-Cambodia tunlean@forum.org.kh)
is the government agency responsible for the coordination
of electricity sector policy, planning, and development. Electricity
supply consists of 22 small isolated power systems. These
systems are divided into two parts; (i) Phnom Penh with the
100,000 customers and six provincial towns served by Electricite
du Cambodge (EDC) and (ii) the remainder is served by MIME
or by private companies under contract with MIME. Energy consumption
per capita was only about 35 kWh per annum, one of the lowest
in Southeast Asia. In rural areas, electricity is available
only to about 5 percent of the rural households. The Government,
thus, targets to achieve a high rural electrification rate
up to 70 percent in 2030. (you can see also the web site http://www.aseanenergy.org/energy_sector/electricity/cambodia/Introduction.htm)
»
CONCERN
CONCERN's National Community Forestry Programme (NCFP) has
three main strategies: Support to local communities for Community
Forestry activities, Training in Community Forestry, Support
to policy development for Community Forestry. Through these
activities, the NCFP seeks to improve the lives of the rural
poor in Cambodia by building capacity to manage the resource
base sustain ably and ensuring an appropriate distribution
of forest benefits.
» Mlup Baitong is
a Cambodian NGO working to increase environmental awareness
and conservation through education, training, and advocacy.
Mlup Baitong seeks solutions for sustainable and equitable
use of natural resources through community-based natural resource
management activities
» PRASAC (Support
Programme for the Agriculture Sector in Cambodia) http://www.prasac.org/PRASAC/default.htm
To help rebuild Cambodia after decades of civil war, the European
Commission is supporting rural reconstruction and rehabilitation
in Cambodia through the Support Programme for the Agriculture
Sector in Cambodia (PRASAC). All activities are dedicated
to increase the income of the farming communities and to nourish
a prospering life in the rural villages. Established in 1995,
PRASAC is a joint project of the European Union and the Royal
Government of Cambodia.Now in its second phase (1999 –
2003), the project is supporting rural development in the
provinces of Kampong Speu, Takeo, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang,
Prey Veng and Svay Rieng. The executing agencies are: Ministry
of Rural Development (MRD), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Fisheries (MAFF), Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
(MoWRAM). PRASAC’s areas of intervention are concerned
with the main priority areas found throughout the rural sector
in Cambodia
» MCC (Mennonite Central
Committee) http://www.mcc.org/areaserv/asia/cambodia/MCC
has worked in Cambodia since 1981. Cambodia opened its doors
to foreigners during the major emergency crisis in 1979 when
hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were reported dying of
starvation and disease. In the first years, MCC mainly did
relief work, shipping in rice, school supplies and medicines.
MCC also assisted in the reconstruction of two hospitals and
one high school. MCC helped start or reestablish a number
of businesses. In the 1980s and early 1990s, MCC focused most
of its health assistance in Prey Veng province by reconstructing
hospitals and supplying essential drugs. MCC also undertook
several forestry and irrigation projects.
» CRS Catholic
Relief Services http://www.catholicrelief.org/where_we_work/asia/cambodia/mekong.cfm
and its implementing partners quickly began responding to
the emergency in five of the 12 affected provinces in Cambodia.
CRS coordinated with the International Federation of Red Cross,
Cambodia Red Cross, World Food Program, Caritas Cambodia,
international and local non-governmental organizations, and
local government officials. CRS also worked with its agriculture,
peace and justice, and microfinance program partners to distribute
food and emergency items to 6,095 affected families living
in Kandal, Phnom Penh, Prey Veng, Svay Rieng, and Takeo provinces.
» LWF(Lutheran World
Federation) http://www.lwfcam.org.kh/introduction.htm
has been actively assisting the government and people of Cambodia
since the Vietnamese-led forces toppled the Khmer Rouge government
in 1979.During this time, LWF/ WS worked primarily in the
agriculture, water supply sectors and Vocational Training
Center in Battambang, while contributing also toward the priority
reconstruction needs. In 1993, the situation in Cambodia changed
following the UN-sponsored free-and-fair election of a democratic
government. The international isolation ended which permitted
contributions from multi- and bi-lateral agencies and organizations
as well as increased private investment. In 1996, the LWF/WS
program in Cambodia had shifted from central government support
to ' grass-root ' level activities. LWF/WS will continue to
provide support to the Battambang Vocational Training Center
(VTC) and implement the community based integrated rural development,
demining and resettlement, and rural water supply projects
at provincial, district and commune level. |
