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GVEP International Newsletter, July 2008
Focus on Business Development Support
Ben Dixon, Ashden Awards, “An exciting time for GVEP International Partner Collaborations”
Photo courtesy Ashden Awards:
AG Bank staff and solar panel
It’s great to be invited to write this editorial in the week after the 2008 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. Now our winners have gone home a bit of peace has returned to the office! We are very pleased to be collaborating with GVEP International to provide business development support for our winners. This collaboration is already bearing fruit in East Africa and India, where GVEP International has done a great job of linking some of our winners into their growing support activities, and demonstrating the critical importance of business development support in enabling scale-up of successful programmes. Read more>
GVEP International is pleased to welcome Mahesh Gohil as the Regional Manager for East Africa
In June I joined GVEP International as the East Africa Manager, and will be focusing in particular on the implementation of the Developing Energy Enterprises Project (DEEP). Business development services cover a broad range of issues aimed at developing the management skills of entrepreneurs to enable them to make informed decisions on the survival and growth of their businesses.Read More>
An Interview with Mohamedrafik Parpia from ZaraSolar, beneficiary of GVEP International Business Development Support
"With the financial support of GVEP International a consultant was commissioned to work with Zara Solar (...)We realized that changes are inevitable if we are to cope with the new unfolding opportunities. " Read More>
Spotlight On Energy Forum, a Business Development Success Story, interview with Ms Wathsala Herath, Administrative Officer of Energy Forum
An important achievement of Energy Forum was the establishment of the Federation of Electricity Consumer Societies (FECS) which is a community organisation that functions through the joint action of Electricity Consumer Societies attached to isolated rural hydro electricity plants distributed throughout Sri Lanka. 10,250 families currently obtain electricity from these plants, covering a total population of around 51,000. The FECS was designed to help Electricity Consumer Societies collectively overcome some of the challenges they face in maintaining these rural hydro plants and to provide them with practical guidance and assistance. Read more>
