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Recent Training Events

Five Day Training Course on Lighting for Engineers, Architects, Designers and Planners
January 16-20, 2010, Sri Lanka
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Advanced Coal Management Program
December, 1-4, 2009, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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India-Sri Lanka Wind Energy Knowledge Exchange Program
November 3-6, 2009 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Power Markets in India
October 29-31, 2009 Mumbai, India
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Executive Exchange on the Use and Integration of Renewable Energy in the Power Sector
October 19-23, 2009 Madrid, Spain
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South Asia Regional Regulation Partnership Executive Exchange
September 21-25, 2009 Albany, New York and Washington, DC, USA
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Short Term Course on Coal Preparation by Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research
July 27-Aug 1, 2009 Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
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Nepal Electricity Authority- Workshop on Transmission Service Agreements
July 19-20, 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Energy Exchange Market Program - Bangladesh
July 12-18, 2009, New Delhi, India
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Sri Lanka Lighting Education Program
June 1-12, 2009, Albany, New York, USA
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Regional Workshop on Energy Efficient Lighting
April 27-30, 2009, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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SAWIE Second Application Workshop on Efficient Energy Management and Renewable Energy
November 17-19, 2008 Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Executive Exchange on Coordinated Cross Border Transmission of Electricity – an Examination of the European Union
September 22-26, 2008 Brussels, Belgium
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Regional Clean Coal Partnership Program (RCCPP)
September 16-19, 2008 Kolkata, India
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Electricity Market Development Program (EMDP-GEMTP II)
August 18-20 and 22, 2008 Bentota and Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Electricity Market Development Program (EMDP-GEMTP II)
August 12-14, 2008 Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Electricity Market Development Program (EMDP-GEMTP II)
August 5-8, 2008 Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sri Lanka Submarine Interconnection Task Force Executive Exchange Visit to the Basslink Interconnection
May 5-9, 2008, Melbourne and Launceston, Australia
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Women in Energy- Application Workshop on Efficient Energy Management and Renewable Energy
April 21-25, 2008, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
This Application Workshop consisted of a five day women-specific workshop on clean and efficient energy management for the South Asian women and to interact with women from other countries in the region and exchange ideas and transfer best practices in energy conservation and efficiency.
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South Asia Regional Executive Exchange on the Use and Integration of Renewable Energy in the Power Sector
April 21-30, 2008, United States
Executive Peer Exchange on the Use & Integration of Renewable Energy in the Power Sector, April 19-30, 2008.  Executive from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka met in California, Colorado and Washington, D.C. with state and federal policymakers, regulatory agencies, and utilities to examine the use of renewable energy in the U.S. power sector market.  The primary objectives of this meeting are to learn (1) government policies that promote renewable energy, (2) strategies and incentives for project financing, including credit guarantees and income tax provisions, (3) the use of portfolio standards to expand renewable energy deployment, and (4) to analyze commercially proven renewable energy technologies.
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Global Energy Markets Trade Program
February 25-29, 2008, New Delhi, India
This course covered key issues facing the global energy sector as it relates to South Asian economies. International trade of energy commodities, cross-border arrangements for energy services, pricing of energy commodities and services were explained based on fundamental cost economics of building energy infrastructure across the value chain from upstream oil and gas to end use.
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