ISA & UNDP to PromoteSolar Energy

New york: International Solar Cell Alliance (ISA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have declared its plans to promote the development of solar energy projects globally. This was declared in an event on International Solar Alliance at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday,22,April 2016.

Some of the focus area for this projects were highlighed follows

a) Development of synergies with ongoing UNDP programmes and projects on solar energy in and across ISA member countries( ISA has over 121 countries as members of ISA)

b) Creation of complementary linkages with ongoing global and regional efforts in the field of solar energy;

c) Strategic cooperation in programmatic and technical expertise, and facilitating the participation of the wider UN system towards the creation of innovation hubs in and technology transfers between ISA member countries;

d) Support for the establishment of knowledge management systems as well as electronic networks and/or e-portals for the sharing, creation and management of knowledge on solar energy; and

e) Strengthening the development of ISA’s institutional structure, and enhance its capacity development efforts through the support of training programmes, In addition, both sides decided to work in other areas and themes as jointly decided.