Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the New Applied Technology Efficiency and Lighting Initiative (NATELI) Project

The New Applied Technology Efficiency and Lighting Initiative (NATELI) is USAID sponsored activity. During the first phase activities the NATELI program was designed to promote energy efficiency and, to a lesser extent, renewable energy applications in Georgia. The objective of the program was to promote energy efficiency to the Georgian public and business sectors, and to design financial, technical, and operational frameworks to foster the development and implementation of energy efficiency projects. During this period, NATELI focused on some of Georgia’s larger energy consumers, hospitals and condominium associations, and helped them implement energy efficiency measures, decreasing their energy consumption and therefore energy costs. This work also included public outreach and environmental activities. Mid-term performance evaluation project is designed to assess the extent to which the intended results of the project have occurred so far, what was the effect of NATELI’s energy efficiency interventions on targeted sectors and/or communities and how sustainable different interventions were. The evaluation will also look at the major impediments to achieving some of the results, and how the interventions and results are perceived by beneficiaries.

Precisely, the purpose of this mid-term performance evaluation project is to assess:

·         Whether Nateli project has achieved its stated objectives;

·         What were the major effects of the project on targeted sectors;

·         Whether the energy efficiency interventions are sustainable; and

·         What are the main impediments to further promoting energy efficiency in targeted sectors;

For achieving above stated goals, PMCG, as a subcontractor of the US based consulting company AMEX,  will:

-          Make a desk-research;

-          Conduct interviews with key informants in the government, private and non-private sector and key stakeholders; as well as with other program participants.

-          Organize focus group interviews with residential condominiums, Energy Bus beneficiaries and other key informants, such are University professors, students and etc.;

-          Arrange survey of individuals in targeted and comparable non-targeted communities.

As a result of the assessment Evaluation Report will be delivered by American and Georgian consultants.