The Energy and Environment Partnership Programme with the Mekong Region
The Call for Proposals (CfP)
Clean Energy Promotion in the Mekong Region
The Energy and Environment Partnership Programme with the Mekong
Region (EEP Mekong) has recently embarked on its second phase. The
Programme is seeking high-quality applications for projects improving
livelihoods and climate resilience in rural communities and semi-urban
areas in the EEP Mekong countries through improved access and use of
reliable, sustainable and affordable energy. EEP is funded by the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The EEP Mekong Regional
Coordination Unit (RCU) is based in Vientiane – Lao PDR.
For the CfP, the focus is promising local private sector clean energy project opportunities that are close to commercial maturity but need a limited amount of ‘bridging’ finance to enable sustainable business growth.
CfP applications are sought in two stages: 1) Concept notes (current stage), based on which successfully ranked applicants are invited to submit 2) Full project proposals.
Concept note applications will be screened in terms of key criteria, including of the following types:
a) project or business idea
b) capability of the applicant
c) development impacts and climate change mitigations
d) Scale-up/replication potential and/or potential to mobilize future investment, and
e) financial leverage (co-financing share).
The evaluation criteria for Concept Notes and Full Project Proposals are shown in the CfP guidelines. It is considered as an advantage if projects aim at creation of local jobs and/or supporting female entrepreneurs and other vulnerable groups.*
