First COMPETE Meeting

 

 

 

Date and Time: 21/06/2007
Location: Mauritius; Mont Choisy Hotel
Programme:

This first COMPETE project meeting set the stage for a successful implementation of the Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems – Africa. This meeting included several keynote presentations on the opportunities of improved land use (energy crops, improved agroforestry systems) for the sustainable production of modern bioenergy services in the African context. Additionally, detailed working plans for the different work packages of the project were elaborated with a special focus on the timing of the workshops/meetings organised in the framework of the COMPETE project.

 

 

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

 

 

Excursion

(organized in the framework of ICSU 'International Field Workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa', 18-21 June 2007)

to Savannah Factory Expansion & CTSAV Power Plant Project

 

 

Thursday, 21. June 2007

 

  Opening Session
08:00-08:10

Welcome by Meeting Organizer

Dr Helen Watson

08:10-08:40

Welcome and Overview of COMPETE project coordinator

Dr Rainer Janssen

   
  Key Note Address
08:40-09:10

Key Trends Worldwide in Development of Biodiesel

Mr Werner Koerbitz, ABI, Austria

   
  Foundation Presentations
09:10-09:30

Cane Energy for Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness in Southern Africa

Mr Francis Johnson, SEI, Sweden

09:30-09:50

Inherent constraints of southern African soils – implications for sustainable land use

Prof. Giuseppe Ristori, CNR, Italy

09:50-10:10

New Developments in Bioenergy in Southern Africa

Prof Francis Yamba, CEEEZ, Zambia

10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
   
 

Work Packages

(The objectives and activities of each WP will be formally outlined [10 minutes] thereafter we will interact to chart the WP’s work programme)

10:30-11:00

WP1: Current Land Use Patterns and Impacts

Dr Helen Watson, UKZN, South Africa

11:00-11:30

WP2: Energy Crops and Agroforestry Systems – Improved Land Use

Dr Veronika Dornburg, UU, The Netherlands

11:30-12:00

WP3: Sustainability Analysis of Alternative Land Use

Dr. Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, IC, United Kingdom

12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30

WP4: North-South Cooperation on Promising Bioenergy Schemes

Mr Stephane Senechal, EUBIA, Belgium

13:30-14:00

WP5: Financing of Alternative Land Use and International Trade

Mr Stephen Mutimba, ESD, Kenya

14:00-14:30

WP6: Policy Development

Dr Balraj Rajkomar, FANRPAN, Mauritius

14:30-15:00

Dissemination

Dr Rainer Janssen

15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-17:00 WPs 1-3 and 4-6 divide into two working groups
17:00-17:20 Synthesis of way forward and interactions between Work Packages 1-3
17:20-17:40 Synthesis of way forward and interactions between Work Packages 4-6
17:40-18:00

Summary and Way Forward

Dr Rainer Janssen