1. MEM Lao PDR RESIREA Renewable Energy Sustainable Programs For Intelligent Rural Electrification and Poverty Alleviation General presentation Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007

2. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Origin and financing 1/2 February 2006: Proposal to the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) June to November 2006: Selection of RESIREA and negotiation with IEEA December 2006: Signature of the contract

3. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Financing: 50%: European Union in the frame of the « Intelligent Energy - Europe » Programme 50% left: French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) Fondation Energies pour le Monde (FONDEM) - France Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy (ISE) - Germany Centre wallon de Recherche Agronomique (CRA-W) - Belgium Origin and financing 2/2

4. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Partners for implementation Fondation Energies pour le Monde (FONDEM) - France Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy (ISE) - Germany Centre wallon de Recherche Agronomique (CRA-W) - Belgium Department of Energy Technique (DET), Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy - Cambodia Department or Electricity (DOE), Ministry of Energy and Mines - Laos Renewable Energy for Rural Development (RERD) - Vietnam

5. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Objective RESIREA aims to create conditions making possible the emergence of renewable energy technologies markets in the targeted provinces, for decentralized rural electrification.

6. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR TOOLS Methodology which will define the most reliable target zones and their potential extension, Provincial studies of renewable energies potential Definition of rural electrification programs based on renewable energies, economically and technically sustainable, Trainings to local entrepreneurs and relevant stakeholders, Dissemination of methodology and results.

7. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Structure RESIREA consists in 10 Work Packages (WP): WP1: Management WP2: Inventory and analysis of DRE infrastructures and electrified villages WP3: Provincial study of renewable energy sources WP4: Study of the province context WP5: Hierarchical organisation and choice of zones of priority interest WP6: Detailed studies of the selected zones WP7: Definition of electrification programmes WP8: Training in Renewable Energies WP9: Communication and dissemination WP10: Common dissemination activities

8. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Roles of the partners (1/2) FONDEM: Coordinator of the project. Leader of WP 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10. Fraunhofer: Leader of WP 2, 8. Solar training. CRA-W: Leader of WP 3. Biomass training.

9. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Roles of the partners (2/2) DET, DOE, RERD: Management and co-ordination of the actions in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: inventories of data for provincial studies, in the field measurements for hydro study, relations with the concerned local authorities, supervision and accompaniment of the local consultancies that are sub-contracted co-organisation of the workshops or seminars held on their territory co-validation of 3 key phases of the programme: the choice of the zones of priority interest the choice of the representative villages to be studied the definition of the rural electrification programmes.

10. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Important dates Start of action: 01/01/2007 Project meetings and workshops: September 2007 February 2008 August 2008 February 2009 August 2009 Final seminar: November 2009 End of action: 31/12/2009

11. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Schedule

12. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Deliverables

13. RESIREA - Presentation of the project Kick-off meeting - Vientiane - 29/01/2007 MEM Lao PDR Financial and administrative issues Budgets sharing Budgets use Financial statements