Projects and Technical Assistance
Technical assistance is provided at a national and international level for the implementation and transfer of the approaches, methodologies and models developed within the scope of this Program, as well as for the adaptation of methodological instruments suggested internationally. These instruments are fully transferred. At the same time, training is also provided for the technicians making up the working teams in the bodies receiving this cooperation. This strategy aims at generating local capacities to carry out these type of studies. These activities are developed at an international and national – provincial and municipal – levels, within the scope of state-run, private and service cooperative bodies.
Among the many technical assistance activities carried out, the comprehensive energy studies should be remarked. These were implemented in several countries of the region (Peru, the Dominican Republic, Argentina – a regional and two provincial ones – and the Southern Cone, a study requested by OLADE). The implementation of mid- and long-term analytical models for energy prospective (such as the LEAP model), has been the basis for the development of national energy plans and the formulation of energy policies. The Energy Program has recently advised the Argentine Energy Secretariat on the design of guidelines for the formulation of the Strategic Energy Plan.
Technical assistance has also been offered for the formulation of national energy policies on the basis of the approach developed by the project promoted by OLADE/ECLAC/GTZ called “Energía y Desarrollo Sustentable en America Latina y el Caribe”. This has been the case with Honduras, with UNDP financial support, and Republica Oriental del Uruguay, with ESMAP and IAEA financial support.
Likewise, the Program has implemented several technical assistance instances aimed at measuring energy consumption levels by end users by means of technical surveys. The results of these surveys have led to the design of energy balances in terms of useful energy in countries such as Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and the Argentine North East Region (NEA), as well as in the provinces of Mendoza and Buenos Aires, also in Argentina. Private energy companies and institutions have also been assessed on the design of long-term strategies.
The following are the main topics on which Technical Assistance is provided:
Energy Policy
- energy access, supply security
- poverty and energy
- prices, tariffs and financing
- institutional structure of the energy sector
- regional integration
- regulation
- rational use of energy
- institutional and company strategies
- technological developments
Energy and Environment
- emissions
- emissions mitigation
- vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
- impact of fuels
- impacts generated at each stage of the energy chain
- sustainable development of energy systems
Development of methodologies and models to study the following aspects:
- requirements and demand
- demand and supply
- project financing
- energy plans
- introduction of new fuels
- introduction of new actors
- energy prospective
Comprehensive energy studies for different geographical regions
- comprehensive energy balances
- energy diagnosis
- requirements, supply and demand prospective
- institutional analysis
- economic analysis
- regulatory analysis
- environmental impact
Economic, technical and environmental studies on the following areas:
- petroleum
- natural gas
- electricity
- coal
- new and renewable fuels
- biofuels
Sectoral energy studies
- industry
- transport
- commercial and services
- agricultural and livestock
- residential
Ever since its creation, IDEE/FB has received support from and cooperated with several national, regional and international bodies such as:
- Inter American Development Bank (IBD)
- World Bank (WB)
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Regional Commission for Electricity Integration (CIER)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- World Environment Fund (WEF)
- Institute for Latin American and Caribbean Integration (INTAL)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada
- Organization of American States (OEA)
- Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UNEP Collaborating Center on Energy and Environment, RISO National Laboratory (UCC/RISO)
- European Union (DGXVII and DGI)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations University (UNU)
- Governments of Peru, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, among others.
Provincial governments, regulatory bodies, cooperatives, private companies, among others.
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