USAID initiated the ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program covering China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to promote policy and market transformation in Asia and encourage strategic investments in clean technologies in the region. Specifically, it will identify and promote activities that increase investment in clean technologies and lead to their expansion and scale-up. Based on a comprehensive regional analysis of clean energy priorities, the programme has identified three priority areas where it will focus its actions to achieve the following results:
- end-use efficiency, with focus on compact fluorescent lamps
- improved efficiency of coal power supply, and
- support to accelerate financing of clean energy projects/businesses through the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN).
CSi provides local experts support to implement ECO-Asia activities in the Philippines focused on PFAN which includes mentoring services to clean energy project developers and financing institutions aimed to bring clean energy projects to financial closure.
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