{"id":39830,"date":"2020-07-16T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gretrec.digital.bluesoft-group.com\/?p=39830"},"modified":"2022-02-23T10:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:07:59","slug":"commons-and-shared-governance-board-games-to-co-construct-rules-for-management-of-a-mini-network-and-a-solar-platform-in-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gretrec.digital.bluesoft-group.com\/en\/commons-and-shared-governance-board-games-to-co-construct-rules-for-management-of-a-mini-network-and-a-solar-platform-in-madagascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Commons and shared governance \u2013 Board games to co-construct rules for management of a mini-network and a solar platform in Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following the signature of a Programme agreement with <\/strong>Agence fran\u00e7aise de d\u00e9veloppement<\/strong><\/a> (AFD) in 2019, GRET began to consider a commons-based approach in a dozen of its projects. Throughout the year, we will be showcasing these projects, which focus on a variety of subject areas. In this issue: the <\/strong>Rhyviere 2<\/strong><\/a> project in Madagascar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Rhyviere rural electrification project, conducted from 2008 to 2015, GRET\u2019s work enabled 2,500 families in five rural communes in Madagascar to access electricity<\/strong>. This first phase was completed and replicated with the Rhyviere 2<\/a> project, funded by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM)<\/a> and the European Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to additional funding provided by Agence fran\u00e7aise de d\u00e9veloppement (AFD)<\/a> through the Programme agreement on the Commons<\/a>, two electricity generation facilities <\/strong>started operating in Fiadanana (a 5.6 kWc multi-service platform) and Ankitsikitsika (10 kW pico-hydro). These solutions make it possible to ensure access to electricity for 200 households<\/strong> in these remote villages with no connection to the main grid, supplying Camp Robin, Vohiposa and Sahatona (500 kW installed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Malagasy regulations provide for management of these small facilities by the concessionary operator, remote sites are difficult to access and not very profitable if the latter needs to have a local team permanently in place. So, GRET proposed delegated local management to the various parties<\/strong>, supporting populations and the operator to jointly define prices and management rules <\/strong>(salaries, maintenance, replacement of material, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this, a board game was designed<\/strong>, enabling future users of the service to play the role of user, manager or operator.<\/strong> Each turn of the game is equivalent to one year, and prices and management rules are defined during each turn<\/strong>. Unexpected events can impact the sustainability of the structure<\/strong> if prices and\/or management procedures are not sufficiently robust. A malus such as poor harvests or a cyclone can occur, while bonuses such as an increase in the number of subscribers can be the reward for managing the game well. Technical constraints at facilities<\/strong> are also included in the game, in particular the limited quantity of energy to be shared per day among users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game helped future subscribers to appropriate issues relating to electricity generation and the way in which the infrastructure can continue to operate over the long term<\/strong>. The co-construction approach also makes it possible to highlight the community value of the facilities<\/strong> and the benefit of sharing the resource jointly and sustainably<\/strong>. For example, after the game in Fiadanana, prices initially proposed for recharging mobile phones and lamps were increased to 100 Ariary (i.e. 2 euro cents), and a system for discussing management procedures was put in place to readjust rules every three months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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