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11. The project is organized into three elements: 1) National Capacity Building, 2) Supporting Demonstrations, and 3) Project Management.
12. The Capacity Building activities are the heart of the project. All other activities are designed to strengthen them. The first Capacity Building activity focuses on municipalities as the critical political and socio-economic unit for bringing about change in Bulgaria. The role of Gabrovo is to serve as a test case for designing and realizing a national program. The second activity addresses the pervasive need for training and education. The third activity - and in many ways the most essential - examines the financing challenge, including a review of the resources available and what Bulgaria and municipalities must do to attract these resources.
13. The Supporting Demonstrations are designed to support these National Capacity Building activities by providing real, hands-on experience so that energy-saving, cost-saving, and GHG-reducing projects are not just theoretical ideas, but are shown to be actually achievable. The demonstrations are designed to be implemented, and evaluated in a very public manner, giving high visibility to the results achieved. The demonstrations will be "win-win" examples that show the benefits of the Capacity Building changes.
14. The Project Management activity also is designed to achieve this national Capacity Building goal. At the outset, the Management plan provides for input from experienced, international energy efficiency managers. The plan also gives a high priority to training in-country energy managers who can take over the direction of this project and, in the future, lead a growing number of energy efficiency projects that are inspired by this pioneering effort.
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