how a renewable energy source helped this community and neighboring ones that
had no communication with the ‘outside world’ while members of the Nueva
Alianza community indicate that the rest of the world was ‘out of communication
with them’. The unity and strength the families already had certainly enabled the
development of the DRE and productive use projects, but it can also be said that the
development of these projects strengthened their bonds even more.
11.9 Conditions, Circumstances and Considerations
To summarize, and as analysed throughout, there are several characteristics that
indicate the triple objective is possible:
1. Communities in which adaptation goals are being met are communities in which,
more often than not, development goals are also being met.
2. Communities in which there is a governance structure, or some form of community participation, will be better able to cope with a natural disaster than one
in which there isn’t. Projects that are not communal from the outset and
beginning with community participation since the planning phases will most
likely not be able to meet the triple objective (GEF 2006; Reddy et al. 2006)
3. Sound and site specific technical designs and appropriate operation and maintenance protocols that follow safety and quality codes and standards enable the
triple objective.
4. Socialization needs to be considered a two-way learning process and community
involvement and participation ought to happen from the beginning (GEF 2006)
5. Monitoring and evaluation are essential.
11.9.1 Implications for Policy, Practice and/or Research
Below I list a series of policy recommendations that can help put DRE projects on a
path in which they can simultaneously achieve the triple objective, taking into
consideration the cross-cutting elements necessary to success.
1. Disaster reconstruction programs are implemented in a considerably shorter
period of time than development and rural electrification programs. This causes
basic socialization, community participation, and training to be cut short because
of timing and/or budget constraints. Recognizing that there are projects and
infrastructure that need to be implemented in the short term, and that the priority
is to benefit the largest number of people, the main policy recommendation is to
ensure that reconstruction programs be designed to respond to future extreme
climate events and other hazards to increase the community’s adaptive capacity.
2. Policy makers and governments tend to relate the energy sector in general, and
renewable energy projects in particular, to only climate change mitigation goals.
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had no communication with the ‘outside world’ while members of the Nueva
Alianza community indicate that the rest of the world was ‘out of communication
with them’. The unity and strength the families already had certainly enabled the
development of the DRE and productive use projects, but it can also be said that the
development of these projects strengthened their bonds even more.
11.9 Conditions, Circumstances and Considerations
To summarize, and as analysed throughout, there are several characteristics that
indicate the triple objective is possible:
1. Communities in which adaptation goals are being met are communities in which,
more often than not, development goals are also being met.
2. Communities in which there is a governance structure, or some form of community participation, will be better able to cope with a natural disaster than one
in which there isn’t. Projects that are not communal from the outset and
beginning with community participation since the planning phases will most
likely not be able to meet the triple objective (GEF 2006; Reddy et al. 2006)
3. Sound and site specific technical designs and appropriate operation and maintenance protocols that follow safety and quality codes and standards enable the
triple objective.
4. Socialization needs to be considered a two-way learning process and community
involvement and participation ought to happen from the beginning (GEF 2006)
5. Monitoring and evaluation are essential.
11.9.1 Implications for Policy, Practice and/or Research
Below I list a series of policy recommendations that can help put DRE projects on a
path in which they can simultaneously achieve the triple objective, taking into
consideration the cross-cutting elements necessary to success.
1. Disaster reconstruction programs are implemented in a considerably shorter
period of time than development and rural electrification programs. This causes
basic socialization, community participation, and training to be cut short because
of timing and/or budget constraints. Recognizing that there are projects and
infrastructure that need to be implemented in the short term, and that the priority
is to benefit the largest number of people, the main policy recommendation is to
ensure that reconstruction programs be designed to respond to future extreme
climate events and other hazards to increase the community’s adaptive capacity.
2. Policy makers and governments tend to relate the energy sector in general, and
renewable energy projects in particular, to only climate change mitigation goals.
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