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Developing volunteers' skills for Pamilacan ECA/Pamilacan Solar
solar PV systems Credit Cooperative. To ensure the
cooperative's resilience, stakeholder
The solar PV installation training of the cooperation and capital contribution
eight local OPW volunteers from empower consumers as active agents
Pamilacan has rendered them capable rather than mere donor recipients.
for stable employment with WeGen
and other solar installers, as well as The transition from Pamilacan ECA to
scaling green job conversion beyond PSCC has seen the establishment of
Pamilacan through their work with policies and processes in place, while
new solar PV trainees. This will be also underscoring the need to solidify
further discussed in the impact institutional coordination, and
assessment of WeGen's offshoot ownership across different actors. This
livelihood initiative, Lights Training is especially signicant as they pursue
Program. collaborations to spur social upliftment
in the long-term.
Empowering the locals as active
agents of transformative change Current arrangements include
BOHECO I in charge of consolidating
Beyond technical capacity, social billing for the island consumption,
preparation efforts were also PSCC handling payment collection,
undertaken to raise community while the barangay council provides
awareness of renewable energy and monitoring support. The Barangay
climate change. Both subjects have Captain and BOHECO I General
been integrated in the elementary and Manager also serve as advisers to the
high school curriculum. PSCC board.
Recognizing the need for a holistic Collaborative ventures both within and
capacity building to ensure project beyond the community must be
sustainability, strides were also made pursued to ensure a sustainable energy
f o r l o c a l e m p o w e r m e n t a n d transition towards holistic sustainable
community organization by way of the development in Pamilacan.
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