TRAINING OF TRAINERS IN BIOENERGY (Biodigester and Biogas Production) FOR ECOWAS FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES PLUS MAURITANIA, GUINEA-BISSAU AND CABO VERDE

The Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency (LuxDev) in Cabo Verde and the Centre for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance of Cabo Verde (CERMI) in partnership with the Cabo Verde Competence Centre (3 C) and the Songhai Centre in Benin, announce the establishment of Training of trainers in BIOENERGY (Biogas Production and Biogas Production). LuxDev provides this training under the framework of the project “Strengthening of the regional anchorage of CERMI” funded by the European Union and implemented with the collaboration of CERMI.

Bioenergy Trainers of Training Workshop will be held at Songhai Center in Porto Novo, Benin from March 22 to April 02 of this year. Recognized experts at regional and international level will provide the training in French, which will cover theoretical and practical aspects of the technology.

Candidates must be trainers of training centres located in the French-speaking countries of ECOWAS (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d' Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo), Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau or Cabo Verde. Selection of candidates will be made on the basis of pre-set criteria to ensure the quality of training and representativeness of all countries of destination. Female candidates are strongly encouraged.

Candidates from target countries should register for Bioenergy Instructor Training, filling out an online questionnaire and uploading their curriculum vitae. The online registration platform is open until March 07, 2021 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TOT_Bio_FR. Selected candidates will be contacted by March 12, 2021.

All preventive measures against Covid-19 will be taken into consideration during the journey and the implementation of training.

LuxDev will cover the following costs of selected candidates for the training:

• Airline ticket (between the capital of the country and Cotonou);
• Cotonou transfer - Porto Novo (Benin);
• Hosting and full pension (breakfast, lunch and dinner);
• Reimbursement of expenses related to covid-19 testing required at airports.