Kantor’s Successes! Assessment of prospects for development of gas trade activities in Bulgaria by an international energy company The aim of the project was to assess the attractiveness of the Bulgarian gas market for a new potential market player. The current and future situation of the market was examined (structure of the market, supply & demand, gas demand projections up to 2030, gas prices), the regulatory framework was reviewed to identify potential barriers to entry, and the largest gas consumers, covering about 85% of total consumption), were analyzed in terms of gas consumption, financial status and prospects of development.
Mainstreaming Climate Change into CSF-Funds 2014-2020 Kantor is providing expertise to DG CLIMA of the European Commission in a pan-European project that aims to mainstream climate change into Partnership Contracts and Programmes for the Common Strategic Framework (CSF)-Funds 2014-2020. The project involves an initial analysis of the state of play in each EU country in relation to climate change. This will be used as a baseline when scrutinizing and analyzing all programmes covering practically all the European Funds (Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, European Social Fund, European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund) in order to assess the extent to which the incorporate objectives, measures and specific actions that address the fight against climate change.
Evaluation of Communication activities Kantor is a member of a consortium in a framework contract for the technical and methodological assistance in the organisation and conduct of evaluations of communication activities for DG Communication of the European Commission. The framework contract involves ex ante, interim and ex-post evaluations and impact assessments for the policies, programmes, projects and initiatives of DG Communication. The work involves methodological and technical support, assistance with the design and/ or follow-up phase of an evaluation and evaluation syntheses and meta-evaluations based on existing evaluation studies. The framework contract assignments provide the Commission with additional assistance and capacity as well as with fully-fledged evaluation reports.
Development of new services for industrial and large customers of DEPA Kantor is providing support to DEPA for the assessment potential for new services to be offered by DEPA to its large customers, taking into account international experience and potential demand in the market. Services examined include electronic billing and consumption monitoring, energy saving and ESCO services, installation and operation of CHP units, measurement of carbon footprint, supply of non-pipe gas, provision of training courses, development of new flexible gas contracts. Each service was analyzed with particular focus on examples and case studies, while opportunities, risks and requirements for implementation were identified.
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