Finland Futures Research Centre
Research Projects
FREPLA
Future Resource Economy and Policies in Laos till the Year 2020 (2008-2011)
Holistic planning of energy and water resources is a major challenge for Lao decision makers. This project aims at identifying interlinkages, barriers, trade-offs and synergies of using the full potential of rural energy resources and applying holistic water management in national strategic planning. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland
DREAM
Why Renewable Energy Projects Fail or Succeed? Design and Implementation of Energy Assistance Projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR (2009-2012)
The aim of this project is to help the transition towards increasing sustainable use of renewable energy in the developing countries. It improves understanding of reasons why energy projects often fail, and means to develop the planning and implementation of future renewable energy projects. It develops a multi-disciplinary methodology for assessing the impacts of the projects and designing environmentally benign projects that would generate continued benefits for the communities. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland
LEGITIMATE
Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Global Environmental Governance (2006-2011)
The goal of the project is to understand the differences in legitimacy and effectiveness of hard and soft law in global environmental governance and how these differences play out in national governance in developed vs. developing countries. The results of this project will contribute to the understanding of an increasingly complex situation for the development of global institutions. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland
SURVEY
Knowledge for Development: Creating Household Resource Database for Sustainable Livelihoods in Cambodia and Laos (2009-2010)
The objective of this project is to provide basic data on household resources and livelihood strategies in Cambodia and Laos that would support climate sensitive and sustainable natural resource policies and improved development assistance for poverty reduction. The Project is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Previous capacity-building Projects
REEPRO
Promotion of the Efficient Use of Renewable Energies in Developing Countries (2008-2009)
The aim of the project is to promote efficient use on renewable energies in Laos and Cambodia through training energy experts on different levels of the societies and producing learning materials suitable for different groups of people. The Project is funded by European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.
ICI-LAOS
Institutional Partnership for Sustainable Energy Futures project between Faculty of Engineering of National University of Laos and Finland Futures Research Centre
This capacity building project aims through improved knowledge of future energy experts at sustainable development and the promotion of renewable energy in rural electrification. The objective of the institutional partnership stems from the need for capacity building in the field of energy and environmental education in the Faculty of Engineering in the National University of Laos (NUOL). The project will improve Faculty of Engineering academic staffs' teaching skills and capacity to conduct research in the field of energy technology, energy efficiency and environmental technology. The Project is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
ICI-CAMBODIA
Institutional Partnership between Institute of Technology of Cambodia and Finland Futures Research Centre
In Cambodia there is a stringent need for energy professionals specialised in renewable energy technologies in order to achieve sustainable energy sector development, to increase the use of new and renewable energy resources in energy production and to support national self-sufficiency in energy. The target of this Institutional Partnership project is to develop the educational and research capacities in Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) and to create a Master’s degree programme in Energy Engineering. The Project is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Previous research projects
MEKONG
Energy policy for sustainable development in the emerging global and multilevel governance framework - Efficiency and institutional design in the Mekong Region ( 2005-2008)
This multidisciplinary research project analyses the development and implementation of energy governance in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. In the multilevel governance framework the project analyses the actors affecting the formulation and implementation of energy governance.
SEDCO
Sustainable Energy Development in Developing Countries - Evaluation Tool for CO2 and Energy Efficiency Analysis and Climate Policy (2002-2004 )
The objective of the project was to develop dynamic efficiency measures and apply them in the analysis of the energy sector and climate policy of developing countries. The target of the project was to produce a new approach and a practical tool for the evaluation of the Kyoto climate policy process and global climate change negotiations from the perspective of the developing countries.
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