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The Shire Alliance is made up of Iberdrola, Acciona, Signify, the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), and collaborates with UNHCR.
The Shire Alliance is made up of Iberdrola, Acciona, Signify, the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID)
and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), and collaborates with UNHCR.
Solar mini-grids improves learning conditions in schools for refugee children in Ethiopia’s Somali region
NewsSomali students at the Kobe Primary Refugee School in Kobe, Ethiopia, have benefited from the solar mini-grids that have been installed. ©UNHCR/Victorine van Beuningen. Ifrah Ismail (13), Somali student, is one of the students who benefitted from the solar mini grids implemented in two schools at Kobe refugee settlement in Ethiopia. The solar mini-grids have […]
Training and accompaniment essential to energy access for 2,000 households in Hilaweyn
NewsAlianza Shire is in the process of distributing 2,000 photovoltaic home systems to provide access to basic electricity to 13,500 people in the Hilaweyn refugee camp. These 12Vdc systems consist of a photovoltaic panel, battery and controller integrated into a single unit, LED lamps and connectors for charging and operating compatible electrical appliances. With this […]
Ensuring household access to affordable, safe, sustainable and modern energy in refugee camps
NewsAt Alianza Shire, we are making it possible for 2,000 households in the Hilaweyn refugee camp to have sustainable, long-lasting and affordable household access to electricity.
How? With an innovative energy delivery model based on the previous experience of the acciona.org Foundation, an Alianza Shire member specialising in bringing energy access to difficult environments.
Alianza Shire presents insights at international S-@access conference
NewsLast April, Alianza Shire contributed to the 4th International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Mini-grids to Improve Energy Access with two interventions, organised by the University of the Balearic Islands from 26 to 28 April in Palma de Mallorca. Sonia Ramos, a member of the itdUPM team, was in charge of presenting the two […]
Two primary schools in Kobe refugee camp now have access to renewable energy
No categoryLast February, Alianza Shire and UNHCR Ethiopia inaugurated an isolated power system for two primary schools in the Kobe refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.
A master’s thesis on Alianza Shire, recognised by the UPM with the award for best master’s thesis in the field of International Cooperation for Sustainable Human Development
No categoryWithin the framework of the 3rd Call for Undergraduate Thesis (TFG) and Master’s Thesis (TFM) awards in international cooperation for sustainable human development, promoted by the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2022, the TFM “Energy and participation in refugee and displaced communities: The case of Alianza Shire” was awarded a prize. The author of the […]
Internship in Alianza Shire: The experience of Carmen Pascial
NewsCarmen Pascual is a former student at the Master’s Degree in Strategies and Technologies for Development. Carmen has been developing her internship at itdUPM, and specifically with the Alianza Shire team. In this Master, the internship requires the making of a video in which students explain the project, their experience, learning, etc. Here you can […]
Feedback Loops and Facilitation: Catalyzing Transformational Multi-Stakeholder Refugee Response Partnerships
Publicationsanalyzes the role of aid agencies in the co-creation process of a multi-stakeholder partnership, the consolidation of internal learning as essential practices for the effective management of complex partnerships and the rol of the facilitator.
Guide for Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
PublicationsThe Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) presents this tool in order to reinforce the work in the promotion, support and implementation of multi-stakeholder alliances, within the new development panorama proposed by the 2030 Agenda. The Shire Alliance it is one of the four cases analyzed for this guide.
Hilaweyn: How to live in a refugee camp with very limited access to energy
NewsA first diagnosis carried out by Alianza Shire’s partner, ZOA, concludes that 98% of the shelters in Hilaweyn refugee camp (Dollo Ado, Ethiopia) do not have any type of access to electricity.