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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.
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This project is co-founded by the European Union through the
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
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28040 Madrid (España)
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This project is co-founded by the European Union through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Transformational Collaboration for the SDGs: Alianza Shire
PublicationsTransformational Collaboration This paper written by itdUPM Team analyses the transformational Collaboration and the potential for achieving transformation through partnerships as something central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The article uses the collaborative value creation (CVC) framework to analyze the transformational prospects of the Alianza Shire, the first multi-stakeholder partnership for humanitarian action […]
From design to action
NewsFrom design to action On November 21, itdUPM organized an (un)likely dialogue on the technical design of phase II of Alianza Shire, in order to share the lessons learned and the perspectives of the different members of the partnership: “From design to action”. Participants in the dialogue included Carlos Mataix from itdUPM; Macarena Romero of the […]
November 2019: The technical staff’s perceptions after visiting the Shire camps
NewsVisit to the Shire camps Last November, a team comprised of technical staff from Iberdrola and Signify visited the four refugee camps where Alianza Shire is working to provide access to energy, for both the camps and local communities. During this visit, the technical specialists had the opportunity to meet with staff from the Ethiopian […]
Progress in 2019
News© ACNUR / UNHCR / Mikel Prieto Progress in 2019: During this year, the Alianza Shire technical team conducted several visits to the four refugee camps that they are working in –Adi-harush, Shimelba, Hitsats and Mai-Aini-, in order to collect technical data, organize workshops and meetings with the refugee population, host communities and partner organizations, […]
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. […]