Alianza Shire, which was selected as a good practice at the first Global Refugee Forum, has just completed a renewable energy access project in the Kobe and Hilaweyn refugee camps and host communities in Dollo Ado, southern Ethiopia. With a working model based on public-private-social collaboration, a solar mini-grid has been installed that supplies 16 […]

La entrada Energy transition reaches humanitarian action: Alianza Shire brings clean energy to 55,000 refugees and their host communities in Ethiopia se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Following the recent conclusion of the energy access project carried out in the refugee camps and host communities of Dollo Ado (Ethiopia), Alianza Shire will hold a meeting on Wednesday 26 February at 9:00 am in the auditorium of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Madrid. The event will not only be […]

La entrada 26 February. “Alianza Shire: Ten years of experience in access to energy in humanitarian contexts. Challenges and opportunities” se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

On Thursday 28 November, Mario Fanjul, Head of Spanish Development Cooperation in Ethiopia, represented Alianza Shire at the 10th State Conference of Institute for Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action (IECAH, in Spanish). Under the theme “The value of working together in crisis response: beyond coordination”, the conference aimed to look at initiatives that demonstrate […]

La entrada Collaboration beyond traditional spaces. Alianza Shire takes part in the 10th IECAH State Conference se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

On 17 December, four Alianza Shire representatives were interviewed on RNE’s “Africa hoy” programme. Rosario Sánchez, Manager of Sustainable Development and Agenda 2030 at Iberdrola; Macarena Romero, Head of Humanitarian Action Programmes at AECID in Ethiopia; Sonia Ramos, Coordinator of the Shire Alliance Project Office; and Jordi Manrique, Spokesperson for Signify, spoke with journalist Mavi […]

La entrada The programme ‘Africa hoy’ on Radio Nacional de España interviews members of Alianza Shire se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

On 6 November, Addis Ababa witnessed a High-Level Forum promoted by Alianza Shire, an event that marked the culmination of years of work by the alliance partners to provide access to energy in the Kobe and Hilaweyn refugee camps and host communities in Dollo Ado (Ethiopia). The meeting brought together key actors of the project […]

La entrada Alianza Shire High Level Forum in Addis Ababa: Renewable Energy for Transforming Humanitarian Contexts se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

A key player in the deployment of the mini-grid which is already supplying community services in the Kobe refugee camp and its host community is the consulting and engineering company Trama TecnoAmbiental (TTA). This is a global company that is a pioneer in the field of mini-grids based on 100% renewable or hybrid energies, and […]

La entrada Interview with Sergi Pedra: “We have worked for the refugee population, but above all with them. The ‘with’ has been very important” se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

On Wednesday 6 November, a high-level meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Addis Ababa to hear about the results of the Shire Alliance’s work in Dollo Ado and to discuss key issues of energy access in humanitarian action, such as the cross-cutting impacts of energy and the sustainability of energy interventions […]

La entrada Alianza Shire’s project in Dollo Ado closes with meeting in Addis Ababa se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Sharing the knowledge generated by the Alianza Shire members with other actors in the international community has always been one of the alliance’s goals. Indeed, all the Alianza Shire’s manuals and reports are published under the Creative Commons licence. However, until now there has been no single, publicly accessible repository of this documentation. With the […]

La entrada Alianza Shire brings ten years of experience to the community of practice in energy access and humanitarian aid se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

Alianza Shire publishes the technical document ‘Designing a solar street lighting intervention in Kobe refugee camp’ to contribute to the knowledge of the international community of practitioners in the field of energy access in humanitarian contexts. This is a technical report detailing the methodology used to gather information on the state of street lighting in […]

La entrada TECHNICAL REPORT: Designing a solar street lighting intervention in Kobe refugee camp se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.

One of the key components of the Alianza Shire’s intervention in Kobe -the creation of a solar mini-grid capable of providing clean, renewable energy to 16 community services- has finally completed the installation phase, which began in June, and is now fully operational following testing. Thanks to this system, community spaces including schools, health centers, […]

La entrada The Kobe refugee camp’s solar mini-grid is up and running: how to make it sustainable over time? se publicó primero en Alianza Shire.