Workshop 5 - Italy February 2012

 

 

 

 

Workshop 5 -  Italy February 2012

Local Organiser

CoRiSSIA – Research Centre for the Development of Agro-Environmental Systems, Italy

Date

27 February 2012 – 1 March 2013

Location

Excelsior Hilton Palermo, Italy

Title

 

Capacity-building in South Africa, Ghana and Namibia to create sustainable non-food biofuel supply chains
Partner team interim planning meeting for the second half of the project

Purpose

Case study road map
Green credentials road map
Training courses for capacity building in African partner countries road map
Future workshop planning

Outputs

  • Determination of Green Credentials report format and allocation of activities to individual partners
  • Determination of assessment tools for Biofuel Case study analysis
  • List of questions for the Biofuel Case study interview format (see link)
  • Determination of interview methodology
  • List of possible case studies from each country was drawn up
  • Courses were identified that could be created and delivered within the timeframe of the project:  
  • Freshwater microalgal identification courses for SA, Ghana and Namibia – total 3 courses; 
  • Marine microalgae identification courses for SA, Ghana and Namibia, currently offered by the MBA – total 3 courses
  • Waste management leading to biogas production courses for SA and Namibia, currently offered by KNUST -– total 2 courses
  • Business Support Training courses for the Biofuel Sector Training Program for SA, Ghana, Namibia UK and Italy created as a bespoke course – total 5 courses; 
  • Identification of objectives for workshops 6-8 and planning of approx. dates for each country

Link

Report on Italy workshop

 

Speaker

Organisation

Title

Pat Harvey

University of Greenwich

Biofuels - Journey forward with innovation platforms

Lawrence Darkwah

The Energy Centre, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Biofuels from Non-Edible Sources – Research Activities at KNUST