EMP - Africa 2019
The Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A) provides an excellent opportunity to bring together the energy planning and modelling community in Africa and share experiences, models and data in climate, land, energy and water systems. The meeting is jointly organised by ACPC-UNECA, WBG, UNDP, UNDESA, UKAID, UCT, KTH and the OpTIMUS community and a number of African and international partners. It will take place on 14th January to the 31st of January 2019 at the University of Cape Town in South Africa with a high level strategic-dialogue on the 30-31st of January which will be preceded and include presentations from select country participants at the summer school on integrated tools for sustainable development that forms an integral part of EMP-A.
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During the School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development the participants will acquire skills on energy modelling using one of the following open-source modelling tools for sustainable development pathways under the guidance of leading academics and researchers in the field of model-informed development strategies, including the Open Source energy MOdelling SYStem (OSeMOSYS) and insights on its extension for use in Climate-, Land-, Energy- and Water-system (CLEWs) modelling, as well as on the Geo-spatial Electrification Modelling.
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The School will feature three main events:
In addition, another training on Data and Software management for Geospatial Planning provided by The World Bank will take place in parallel, in order to prepare experts in recipient countries for an effective knowledge and technology transfer.
- (1) Intensive hands-on training sessions on open-source modelling tools for sustainable development pathways for academics, researchers and government officials from countries participating in, among others, World Bank Group and related capacity development projects on modelling tools (14-29 Jan.).
- (2) A High-Level strategic dialogue of government officials, representatives of international organizations and the expert community on planning and policies for national and sustainable development for the 2030 Agenda (30-31 Jan.).
- (3) A complementary event organized by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on developing an enabling environment to improve the energy planning capacity (1 Feb.).
In addition, another training on Data and Software management for Geospatial Planning provided by The World Bank will take place in parallel, in order to prepare experts in recipient countries for an effective knowledge and technology transfer.
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LOCATION
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University of Cape Town (South Africa) Upper Campus:
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ORGANIZERS OF EMP-A 2019
Key contributors: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC); The World Bank Group (WBG), Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP); UK Department for International Development (DFID); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA); University of Cape Town (UCT); KTH Royal Institute for Technology; OpTIMUS Community; South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI)
African Centers of Excellence: Makerere University, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology.
Other partners: African Union (AU), African Development Bank (AfDB), World Resources Institute (WRI), University of Cambridge, African Union Commission (AUC), Florence School, Facebook.
