INTEGRATION Environment & Energy GmbH services

This segment has been a priority service area of INTEGRATION from the very beginning with more than 300 projects implemented. Experience includes all relevant development strategies and methodologies and projects integrate supporting components such as entrepreneurship, vocational training, human resource development, environment protection, energy efficiency and the like. We draw on a broad sector experience and a rich database ranging from agro-processing and manufacturing industries to electronics, ICT and eco-tourism.

Labour market issues, Human Resource Development and Technical Vocational Education and Training are integral parts of Economic Development and Private Sector Development projects. INTEGRATION has pioneered the incorporation of entrepreneurship development into Technical Vocational Education & Training. Human Resource Development is a feature of nearly every INTEGRATION assignment, either as a specific project component or an integrated capacity development element.

Budget Support Programmes follow a distinct approach employing proven traditional instrumentation. INTEGRATION offers the knowhow and capacity for Budget Support Programmes, based on years of experience in services such as institutional strengthening, management of action plans, verification of compliance, follow-up on disbursement, and especially monitoring and evaluation of projects and complex programmes.

Projects in this area correlate closely to projects of economic and private sector development and draw on our experiences in these fields. Accordingly, INTEGRATION pursues a holistic approach relating micro-level interventions with institutional activities and initiatives for changes in framework conditions. Projects encompass integrated programmes for the business sector, the productive use of energy, renewable energy, energy conservation, agricultural diversification, the strengthening of local government and support to Civil Society organisations.

GEM Energy Consulting and Management mbH is a 100 % subsidiary company of INTEGRATION environment & energy GmbH. The company’s services include concepts and implementation of energy supply projects for private and business customers, as well as for regional governments.

Services in energy efficiency include technical as well as promotional activities such as energy audits and energy concepts, institutional capacity development, incentive programmes, financing facilities, and regulations on energy efficiency. Activities are either designed as individual projects or campaigns or integrated into rural electrification programmes. Experience comprises energy efficiency for buildings, industry and households as well as regional and national Energy Efficiency Action Plans. We consult technical staff and managers from governments, administrations, NGOs and industry at local and national level.

Based on years of experience in individual regional and sector evaluations, this domain has developed into one of our key service areas. Beside individual M&E projects, our track record comprises large monitoring programmes implemented for the EU and other donors. These monitoring programmes consist of up to 200 projects in a group of countries involving sometimes more than 400 project reports a year. Capacity development is an integral part of all M&E projects and programmes. To this end, training programmes contain sessions on project management, mission programming and quality assurance techniques.

Rural electrification projects are implemented by INTEGRATION mostly incorporated in Regional or Rural Development. Programmes reach beyond the mere technical features of electrification and comprise the setting up or restructuring of regional or local utilities, regulatory and tariff issues as well as human resource development including training schemes for maintenance personnel. Many projects are interlinked with Productive Use of Energy and investment in Renewable Energy. Our track record includes more than 60 projects in this segment.