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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.
Alianza Shire selected as one of the best practices at the Global Refugee Forum
AwardsAlianza Shire took part in the first ever edition of this event organised by ACNUR in Geneva at this crucial time when the number of refugees has sky-rocketed to over 25 million. The aim of Alianza Shire is to pursue innovative and sustainable initiatives to make energy more accessible in northern Ethiopia. Ideally, the projects […]
November 21st. Alianza Shire, from design to action
NewsFollow the broadcast live on the web, from design to action On November 21st, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (GMT+1, check the time in your place), we will be holding an (un)likely dialogue on the technical design of phase II of Alianza Shire, which will be open to the public in the itdUPM building: […]
Alianza Shire in the Humanitarian Energy Conference. Addis Abeba, julio 2019
NewsJavier Mazorra and Manuel Pastor, from the Alianza Shire technical team, are participating in the Humanitarian Energy Conferenceheld on Addis Ababa (ethiopia), July 31th and August 1st. Humanitarian-Private Partnerships: Lessons from the practice Intervention summary by Javier Mazorra During this presentation I will focus on three main questions and try to answer them with the […]
NAUTIA, methodology for the identification of needs in refugee camps
PublicationsNAUTIA (methodology) In 2018, the Technical University of Madrid has created the UPM Refugee Platform, a network for cooperation between professors, researchers and students, with the objective of improving the quality of life in refugee camps. This year, the Platform published the NAUTIA methodology, which makes it possible to obtain a list of priorities identified by […]
Partnerships, how to build facilitating spaces
NewsIn June, members of itdUPM organized a seminar on multi-stakeholder, the role of the facilitator and how academic institutions can accelerate the creation of partnerships. John D. Spengler and Wendy M. Purcell of Harvard University participated in the seminar “Partnerships, how to build facilitating spaces”, along with Carlos Mataix, director of itdUPM. At the seminar, […]
The cost of electricity in the Shire refugee camps
NewsAlianza Shire team meeting with representatives from the host community of the Mai Aini camp In May, a team from Alianza Shire visited the refugee camps where we will be working until 2021, with the aim of coordinating the project with partner organizations, the refugee population and host communities, as well as collecting technical data. […]
Frequently Asked Questions
No categoryDownload these FAQs in PDF What is Alianza Shire? Alianza Shire is a platform in which five entities from the public, private and academic sectors collaborate to develop energy supply solutions that improve the services and quality of life of refugee populations. The members of the Alliance are the companies Iberdrola and Signify, the business […]
Ethiopia embarks on ambitious roadmap to further the protection of refugees
Press releasesAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 November 2017: The Government of Ethiopia today formally launched the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), effectively paving the way for the implementation of the nine pledges it made at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees in September 2016 in New York. Through the pledges, which serve as a vehicle for implementing the […]
Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Ethiopia. November 2017
NewsDownload UNHCR’s latest report on refugees in Ethiopia (September 2017) in PDF
News from Alianza Shire. January 2019
Press releasesDear friends, Here you can find some information about the project to extend access to energy in the four Shire refugee camps (Ethiopia) and their host communities, involving around 42.000 people until 2021. Last year on behalf of Alianza Shire the Spanish Official Cooperation (AECID) signed a Delegation Agreement with the Delegation of the European Unionin Addis Ababa. […]