COMPETE - Competence Platform for Bioenergy in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems in Africa.

Workshop COMPETE and RE Impact

‘Bioenergy for Rural Development in Africa and Asia’

Date and Time:	30 June 2009
Location:	Hambourg, Germany

Tuesday 30th June 2009

	Opening Session
10:40–10:45	Welcome Address by the Conference Organiser Maurizio Cocchi, ETA-Florence, Renewable Energies, Italy
10:45–10:50	The EC Project COMPETE – Activities and Results Dr. Rainer Janssen, COMPETE Project Co-ordinator, WIP, Germany
10:50–10:55	The EC Project RE Impact – Activities and Results Dr. Jaime Amezaga, RE-Impact Coordinator, Newcastle University, UK

	Session 1: Bioenergy for Rural Development in Asia Chair: Dr. Neil Bird, Joanneum Research, Austria
10:55–11:15	Bioenergy Transition in Rural China Dr. Timm Tennigkeit, Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, China
11:15–11:35	A Few Centimeters Wider: Lessons on Stove Adaptation in China Su Yufang, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences/Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, China
11:35–11:55	Lessons Learned on Decentralised Rural Energy Supply: Jatropha Power in Chhattisgarh Arvind Reddy, Winrock International India
11:55–12:15	Social Impact Assessment of four rural bioenergy production models in Chhattisgarh Jennifer Harrison, Newcastle University, UK

	Session 2: Bioenergy for Rural Development in Africa Chair: Dr. Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Imperial College London, UK
13:15–13:35	Integrated waste management using biogas in a decentralised municipal framework Greg Austin, AGAMA, South Africa
13:35–13:55	Modelling the economic sustainability of Jatropha using case studies Graham von Maltitz, CSIR, South Africa
13:55–14:15	Land Use and Land Use Change in Africa Dr. Helen Watson, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
14:15–14:35	Potential Impacts of Production and Use of Biofuels on Food Security in Botswana Prof. Donald Kgathi, University of Botswana

15:00–15:15	Improved Stoves for Tanzania Estomih Sawe, TaTEDO, Tanzania
15:15–15:30	Bioenergy in Africa - A Driver to Hunger? Dr. Hamimu Hongo, FELISA, Tanzania

	Roundtable: Opportunities and Challenges of Bioenergy for Rural Development in Asia and Africa
15:30–16:30	Round Table Discussion Chair:Dominik Rutz, WIP, Germany Panellists: • Su Yufang, Chinese Academy of Sciences • Graham von Maltitz, CSIR, South Africa • Arvind Reddy, Winrock International India • Prof. Francis Yamba, Centre for Energy, Zambia • Dr. Kingiri Senelwa, Moi University, Kenya • Mamadou Dianka, Biomass Energy Regional Programme, UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union ), Burkina Faso