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information that can be extracted from the questionnaires will give a deep insight into the
peculiarities of each country. The following countries are participating in the activity:
- Austria - Portugal
- France - Slovenia
- Germany - Spain
- Greece - Sweden
- Italy - The Netherlands
- Japan - UK
Both, research design and questionnaire have been approved by the project partners at the first
European Core Group meeting in Berlin on 3 March 2005. 12 questionnaires are attached to this
report (See Appendix 2).
Task 2.2: Conducting of market research and data collection
In month 3, data collection by means of distributing questionnaires to the National Agencies
began. WIP filled in the information that was available from existing resources (IEA-PVPS, PV
Catapult, Dena Export Handbook etc.) and afterwards sent the questionnaires to the National
Energy Agencies who are partners to the project. To ensure a timely and coherent work flow WIP
stayed in close contact with the agencies. The collaboration worked out very well and all agencies
delivered sound and competent answers.
Besides the eight countries that are represented in the project consortium Italy, Japan, UK and
Sweden have also been added to the research design. The inclusion of these countries widens the
geographical scope of the analysis and they represent interesting policy frameworks for PV which
are surely adding value to the project. Fortunately, WIP found reliable partners in these countries
who are willing to support PV Policy Group.
Task 2.3: Evaluation of market research
The assessment of the questionnaires with regard to effectiveness and efficiency started in month
6. On the one hand WIP started with the systematic interpretation of each particular country
profile, taking into account the specific context. On the other hand the following procedure for the
benchmark analysis was developed and has been accepted by the project partners at the 2 nd
European Core Group meeting in Barcelona on 6 June 2005:
- definition of performance criteria
- assessment of national policy frameworks against performance criteria
- identify benchmarks (no. 1 of each criterion)
- assessment/evaluation (August and September 2005)
The first reliable outcomes of the analysis will be presented at the Thematic Working Groups
Meeting in Catania, Italy, 6-7 October 2005.
WP3: Co-ordination of European PV Policy Core Group
The aim of the European PV Policy Core Group is to establish a network of national energy
agencies who exchange knowledge and ideas on key policy issues and work out a European
Position Paper and Action Plan. Under the co-ordination of dena the group has been
successfully constituted.
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