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News, March 2012

Eleven CDSP-ICT Round 2 applications approved for funding

FSD Advisory Committee Working Group meeting was held  on March 15, 2012 in Moscow. Advisory Committee Members, representing State Ministries and NGOs discussed and approved eleven CDSP-ICT Round 2 projects in competitively selected communities from Russian Far East, Baikal, Sverdlovsk and Nizhniy Novgorod areas. Community Development Support Program based on ICT (CDSP-ICT)  is funded by USAID  and this particular Round was devoted to the introduction of the best energy saving practices in Russian municipalities. The projects will introduce the technical installations (solar panels, control and monitoring devices etc.) to improve energy supply for heat and electricity and will use broadly the ICT for proper use of energy and broad dissemination of best results within and outside of the selected municipalities via project websites, FSD web-portal, webinars and conferences .