Local and regional governments face important barriers in accessing finance such as the low capacity for developing bankable projects and the lack of information on financing instruments and opportunities. The session will give an insight on: (i) local government representatives from Europe, South America and Africa sharing their challenges to secure finance. (ii) financial institution […]

This session aimed at debunking the challenges that are on the path towards achieving the Paris agreement objectives by tackling the angle of sustainable generation and consumption of energy. Speakers and panelists discussed the needed steps towards the achievement of 100% RE targets globally and the support that energy communities can provide in ensuring resilience […]

Urban Living Labs can help illustrate the potential of innovative local climate actions. This session provides perspectives from global think tanks, academics and businesses to facilitate energy access, resilience and abundance through sustainable mobility and electric grid innovation.

This event is designed for panel discussions with policy makers, city representatives, industry experts and researchers to discuss clean transport adoption in cities as part of energy savings, climate mitigation and public health efforts. Different modes of zero-emission transport will be discussed, and several regions (Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America) will showcase best practice […]

First Energy research projects in cooperation with Africa workshop hosted by CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency.Discover more about CINEA

The 7th EU-Africa Business Forum (EABF22) will take place online (with limited on-site presence for speakers and moderators only). Co-organised by the European Commission, the African Union Commission, as well as EU and African business organisations.Discover more

0900 Seminar kick-offv/ Henrik Aase (https://henrikaase.no/)1000 Deltakerne presenterer seg1010 Siste nytt fra avd. for Fag (UDE) v/ Jan Tvedt, seksjonssjef avd. for Fag. - Spørsmål og debattMalin Orfjell - veileder elktrofagene; Else Breines - veileder dataelektroniker og automatisering; Karoline Kopperud; Ida Gløsen Josefsen1030 Pause1045 5G og IoT – Teknologi som driver samfunnet vårt v/Josef Noll, […]

Deputy Head of Research Heidi Tuiskula and Senior Researcher Alemu Moges Belay will provide training to support the university in getting access to European research, partners, and funding. In addition, they will visit technology parks to scout potential partnerships and future collaboration. One week training was organised to Ethiopian Universities regarding European research opportunities. SESA […]

ICLEI World Congress showcases how cities, towns and regions across our network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide.From the founding World Congress in New York City, USA in 1990, the ICLEI World Congress has always taken a deep and critical look at the most relevant and pressing issues in urban sustainability. The ICLEI World Congress […]

The Seminar was organised by Sintef to focus on requirements for future communications. Discover more

The theme of the 9th Africities Summit is: “The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the Implementation of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063”. These two Agendas call for the urgent need to develop resilient and sustainable urbanisation in Africa, cognisant of the fact that by 2050 the […]

WUF11 - Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanisation. This will be the first time that the WUF, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Eastern Europe. The WUF was established in 2001 by the […]

The last open WG meeting from EU Tech Chamber and the Africa Alliance. The Africa alliance of the African Tech Chamber had a workgroup meeting Inviting for an inclusive empowerment and value creation for rural Africa the meeting was joined by about 60 speakers professional Prof. Josef Noll was invited to give the keynote speech […]

African IGF the African Internet governments for on the 2022 took place in July 20, 2022. We had a specific session on African youth and teacher technologies where the focus is to see how digital is the enabler for both the uptake of renewable energy and the involvement of youth. So the combination of both […]