Apply for the RE4AFAGRI Free Online Training Courses 2024 in Water-Energy-Land Nexus and Rural Development!
Shaping the Future of Rural Africa: Online Training Course to Navigate the Water-Energy-Land Nexus
RE4AFAGRI online training courses
RE4AFAGRI ( Renewables for African Agriculture Integrating Modelling Excellence and Robust Business Models) is pleased to announce ONLINE training courses in water-energy-land nexus for equitable development in rural Africa, starting this June 2024! The modules are targeted at both business analysts and policymakers eager to use model-outputs and business analysis tools, and to researchers and scientists seeking to use scientific nexus models.
Building on the success of the week-long Joint Workshops held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in October 2023, RE4AFAGRI (https://www.re4afagri.africa) is pleased to announce online training courses starting in June 2024!
These capacity building activities aim to support African researchers, analysts, business and policy makers on a range of topics relating to the water-energy-land nexus and rural development. This includes working in assessment and planning in the water resources, agriculture, irrigation, and energy sectors focusing on models, data and content that is open access and open source, and how this can be used to support scenario analysis and policy design
For the Online Training Courses, two courses are being offered, each comprising a number of modules:
- RE4AFAGRI Dashboards & business models → target audience: analysts, business and policy makers, interested and working on topics related to the water-energy-land nexus and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa
- RE4AFAGRI nexus modelling framework → target audience: researchers, scientists, technical practitioners, technical support institutions working on topics related to the water-energy-land nexus and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa. Typically those in mid-career stage and/or with Masters degree equivalent.
During the courses, participants will have the opportunity to interact with the trainers in online interactive sessions, beside watching training videos. Each participant will receive a certificate upon completion of each module followed, conditional on passing an online test and completing a task related to the model contents. Further details will be announced in the introdution webinar.
RE4AFAGRI Background
● RE4AFAGRI is an H2020-funded project within the LEAP-RE EU-AU initiative framework (https://www.leap-re.eu/). As a consortium of 8 African and European organizations, RE4AFAGRI advance state-of-the-art of energy-water nexus modelling in rural areas of developing countries to bridge the current gap between large-scale and local-scale frameworks and agricultural and electrification modelling.
● International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international research institute that advances systems analysis and applies its research methods to identify policy solutions to reduce human footprints, enhance the resilience of natural and socioeconomic systems, and help achieve the sustainable development goals. Within the RE4AFAGRI project, IIASA is coordinating the capacity building activities. https://iiasa.ac.at/
Deadline is 15th May, 2024 – however registration will remain open until each module starts. Schedule to be announced in mid-May.
An introduction webinar will be held in the week 16-23rd of May 2024.
More detailed info are found on the IIASA website:
https://iiasa.ac.at/events/jun-2024/shaping-future-of-rural-africa-online-training-to-navigate-water-energy-land-0
Explore RE4AFAGRI online training course offerings and secure your spot at:
https://forms.office.com/e/JjTUxn69Vj
📅 Deadline: 15th May, 2024. Free attendance.
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