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

COMPETE Kick-Off-Meeting

Date and Time:	01/03/2007 - 02/03/2007
Location:	Munich, Germany; WIP Renewable Energies
Programme:	The COMPETE kick-off-meeting was organised with all members of the Steering Committee in order to esablish exactly defined interfaces and finish the fine tuning concerning the role of COMPETE partners.

Thursday 1st of March

9:00-10:20	Welcome and Introduction Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany
	Participants introduction All Participants
	The COMPETE project - objectives, methodology and results Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany
	Previous experience – SASN, Partners for Africa Jeremy Woods, Imperial, UK
10:20-10:30	Previous experience – CARENSA Francis Johnson, SEI, Sweden
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	WP 0 Project Management Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany
11:30-12:30	WP 1 Current Land Use Patterns & Impact Helen Watson, UKZN, South Africa
12:30-13:30	WP 2 Energy Crops and Agroforestry Systems – Improved Land Use Veronika Dornburg, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
13:30-15:00	Lunch
15:00-15:30	Current status of Sustainability Standards of Bioenergy in Europe Jeremy Woods/ Rainer Janssen
15:30-16:15	WP 3 Sustainability Analysis of Alternative Land Use Jeremy Woods, Imperial, UK
16:15-16:45	Coffee break
16:45-17:45	WP 4 South-South and North-South Cooperation • WP4 – South-South Cooperation P. Sobhanbabu, WII, India • WP4 – North-South Cooperation Alexander Allan, EUBIA, Belgium
17:45-18:00	Summary and discussion – Day 1 Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany

Friday 2nd of March

9:00-9:45	WP 5 Financing of Alternative Land Use and International Trade Jessica Abbot, ESD, UK
9:45-10:30	WP 6 Policy Development Charles Jumbe, FANRPAN, Zimbabwe
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:45	Important issues on project finances and administration Christine Meyer-Haege, WIP, Germany
11:45-12:30	WP 7 Dissemination – Concept and Set-up of a Competence Platform – COMPETE Logo and Website Dominik Rutz, WIP, Germany
12:30-13:00	UN Actions on Bioenergy Gustavo Best, FAO, Italy
13:00-14:30	Lunch
	Thematic Session – New Developments in Bioenergy in Africa
14:30-15:00	Experiences from Southern Africa • Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe Donald Kgathi, Univ. of Botswana, Botswana • Zambia Francis Yamba, CEEEZ, Zambia
15:00-15:30	Experiences from West Africa Mamadou Dianka, UEMOA, Burkina Faso
15:30-16:00	Experiences from East Africa • East Africa Kingiri Senelwa, MOI University, Kenya • Kenya Stephen Mutimba, ESDA, Kenya • Tanzania Estomih Sawe, TaTEDO, Tanzania
16:00-16:30	Discussion
16:30-17:00	Conclusions and next meeting Rainer Janssen (WIP)

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