The Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (the Centre) announced that it has received funding for additional scholarships for the Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, which takes place from 20 – 25 October 2013! Each scholarship covers 50 percent of the total tuition costs (airfare not included). To receive scholarship details and instructions on how to apply, please refer to frankfurt-school.de/sustainable-energy-finance-kenya The Mombasa Academy is delivered by senior trainers that combine both academic-technical renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) and banking knowledge unique to the African continent. The coursework includes core courses on policy and regulation and sources of financing for RE and EE development. Technical courses cover the spectrum of project finance, and effective project design to attract financing. These theoretical training components are augmented by practical real-life, on the ground case studies and extracurricular activities. The training sessions, institutional fair and leisure activities as well as several group assignments guarantee superior networking opportunities with other practitioners of sustainable energy finance. Target Group: The course has a clear finance focus and is suitable for both public and private sector practitioners, including entrepreneurs, project developers, private investors, initiator/fund houses, international development finance consultants and managers, plant operators and manufacturers, engineers and advisory professionals (e.g. law firms, business and tax consultants). Other interested parties, such as academics in relevant fields, are of course welcome to apply to the programme. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 01 September 2013 Please note: The selection of applications will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Frankfurt School of Finance and Management gGmbH International Advisory Services Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance Sonnemannstraße 9-11 60314 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland /Germany E-mail to: [email protected] frankfurt-school.de fs-unep-centre.org
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:00:24 +0000