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Inauguration of the DGS SolarSchools in Laos and Cambodia

The official inauguration of the REEPRO DGS SolarSchools Laos and Cambodia will take place on:

November 24th 2009 at the National University of Laos and

November 27th 2009 at the at COMPED Training centre in Cambodia

Those SolarSchools will continue the REEPRO training programme and offer courses on the following 4 subjects:

• Technical and economic aspects on renewable energies
• Photovoltaic
• Biomass gasification
• Biogas

Courses will be offered for the 3 REEPRO levels: engineers and experts (level 1); technicians (level 2); and community stakeholders (level 3).

 
The inaugurations will start at 10 am and close at 12 noon followed by a short joint lunch. The objective of the event is to present the REEPRO training material, inaugurate the SolarSchool and present the courses, which will be offered in 2010 at the SolarSchools.

The programmes of both events can be downloaded here:

Inauguration of the REEPRO SolarSchool Laos

Inauguration of the REEPRO SolarSchool Cambodia

We invite everybody who is interested in the REEPRO training programme to join the inauguration ceremony and to register here.

REEPRO Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energies in DCs

The Objective of the REEPRO Project is to contribute to the provision of energy services to those currently unserved or underserved by high quality energy services through the promotion of renewable energies. During the REEPRO project an extensive training and information campaign in the target countries Laos and Cambodia was performed. As such, training kits including text books, teaching material and teaching descriptions were developed for Solar Energy, Biomass Energy and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship. Additionally, selected communities were encouraged to develop and implement RES projects.

The local training kits are structured in 3 levels according to REEPRO’s 3 target groups
• Level 1 – Engineers and experts,
• Level 2 – Technicians and
• Level 3 – Community stakeholders.
Trainers of each level were trained and trainings for each level performed during the 3 year project.

Lao and Khmer Training manuals for technicians available

The Lao and Khmer training manuals for technicians could be completed by 2009 and are available at the REEPRO SolarSchools in Laos and Cambodia. More information on the three hands-on training manuals on solar energy, biomass energy and entrepreneurship are available here: http://www.reepro.info/2585.0.html.

Project supported by:

The REEPRO project receives funding from the European Commission within the COOPENER Programme. The sole responsibility for the content of this newsletter lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Communities. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.