Viet Nam

This project, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on large Industries, primarily, cement, chemical, beverage, steel and plastic industries. The overall objective of the project is to support the implementation of the national Energy Efficiency (EE) Program through the strengthening of technical capacity of relevant institutions and experts, management capacity of relevant industries, stimulation of the EE market and ESCOs and innovative financing to render the EE projects attractive to energy intensive industries.

The overall objective of this project was to ensure the successful development and implementation of the Phase 2 DSM Program, by providing ongoing technical assistance, training, advisory services and capacity building to the EVN DSM Cell. The project included a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) component which aims to meet the requirements of EVN and the GEF for the monitoring and evaluation of the DSM Phase 2 Program itself. The conduct of the M&E component in EVN also aims to simultaneously build its capacity to either continue or outsource program M&E activities in the future.