A PILOT PROJECT ON CAPACITY BUILDING ON ELECTRICITY REFORMS

IN BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL(RESA PROJECT)

SLOT Analysis

RESA — Nepal

Dr. Dhrubesh C Regmi and Asish Subedi

Presented at Mid term evaluation meeting

Jaipur, India

2 April 2009

Outline of the presentation

General overview of Nepali power sector

SLOT Analysis — RESA Nepal

Way forward

• Sources of energy

• Legal aspects

• Institutional aspects

• Load-shedding

• Socio-economic impacts

SLOT Analysis

RESA

Nepal

Strengths• Timely endeavour in raising consumer awareness in

ongoing power sector reform in Nepal• Only organisation working on the issue• Wide geographical coverage even in its pilot phase• Networking with a wide range of stakeholders in the

sector• Bridge between the utility, policy makers, the private

sector and the consumers• Support from all the stakeholders including political

parties , media and the consumers• Good team work and systematic implementing

mechanism among the partner organisations in the region • Sharing of relevant information among the

RESA team regarding power sector reforms in the respective countries

Limitations• Limited number of project activities• Slight changes in project activities

posing administrative and budgetary constraints

• No activity to directly address the most pressing issue of load-shedding in the electricity sector in Nepal

• Process oriented approach of the project team rather than content oriented

Opportunities• Given the low level of consumer awareness

and existence of numerous electricity related problems, scope of expansion in relation to activities and geographical coverage

• Creating a position to push the government for taking consumer-friendly decisions

• Possibility of a tie-up with various consumer and other related organisations to explore further working options in the sector

Threats

• State of acute power deficiency limiting the project scope

• Raised expectations among the different stakeholders including the partner organisations

Way forward

• RG meeting II

• GIMs II