Background

The EC-ASEAN COGEN Programme Phase III (COGEN 3) was completed on December 31, 2004. One of the major results achieved by COGEN 3 is the selection and on-going implementation of Full Scale Demonstration Projects (FSDPs). Following the Call for Proposals in 2002, twenty four (24) projects have been selected in the whole of ASEAN. Out of these, 8 of them were able to meet the completion requirements by the end of 2004.

The EC and ASEAN authorities acknowledged that since these projects were only completed at the end of 2004, the activities that would ensure maximum impact on the demonstration effect related to replicability and sustainability of FSDPs could only be done after 2004.

The first activity is the performance monitoring of FSDP operation which will be done after the commercial operation of the project has started. The performance monitoring will assess the technical, financial, and environmental performance of the project as well as its socio-economic benefits to the community. The results of the performance monitoring will be used for the promotion of the project to convince other potential end-users of the benefits of implementing such a project. Long-term success of the operation will be ensured by training the operators of the cogeneration plants to conduct regular monitoring of the plants. The second activity that will maximise the demonstration effect of FSDPs is the marketing and dissemination of information to promote the projects and stimulate their replicability. In order for other potential end-users to be made aware of the demonstration projects and how they can be replicated, marketing efforts will be conducted through dissemination of promotional materials, organisation of site visits and seminars in each FSDP site, and other awareness campaigns.

In a nutshell, the overall objective of this assignment is to ensure the sustainability of the COGEN 3 Project. The specific objective is to successfully follow up activities of COGEN 3 through implementation of specific performance monitoring and marketing activities.