The Rural Polytechnic Institute of Training and Applied Research (IPR-IFRA), Katibougou and the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (FST); University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTT-B), Mali in collaboration with the United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn (ZEF) and the […]
ITT-Researchers’ RARSUS Stay in Niamey
It is remarkable, time and again, and again, how well the RARSUS partnership has emerged.For our latest research stay, hands-on attitudes were quite clearly put to the fore. Importance of physical encounter are generally appreciated by everyone since they enable better understanding and accelerate progress at all levels. During our stay in Niamey, from 21 […]
RARSUS Community of Practice
We are excited to announce the newly created and populated RARSUS Community of Practice! RARSUS COP is an online discussion space where you can share knowledge and tools. We would like to invite and encourage all people interested in the RARSUS conversation to join this online community. You can Join the COP by clicking this […]
Summer school on renewable energy systems – 18th to 25th July 2018
From 18th to 25th July 2018 a school on renewable energy systems will be organized at the TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences) in Cologne, Germany. Participants will be amongst others, twelve graduate students and four academics and professors of the USST-B in Bamako, Mali. This summer school consists of field excursions (e.g. to renewable […]
Mid-term workshop for RARSUS and RARSUS-SEMALI projects 16-18 July 2018 Cologne, Germany
The goal of this workshop is to discuss the project activities completed so far, to review these activities, to delve into the remaining activities of the projects and to revise them if necessary. RARSUS project partners and researchers from USST-B, UAM, PAUWES, UNU-EHS, ZEF and ITT will meet from 16th to 18th July 2018 at […]
1st RARSUS Project Training Workshop on « Guidelines for Research Ethic and Standards »
The 1st RARSUS Project Training Workshop on « Guidelines for Research Ethic and Standards » will take place at Abdou Moumouni University (UAM) Niamey, Niger from 11 to 14 June 2018. Students from different Institutions and Universities will meet at the Abdou Moumouni University (UAM) Niamey in Niger to discuss on Guidelines for Research Ethic and Standards. […]
Call for Application: IPR-IFRA Master Thesis Scholarship Bamako
The Rural Polytechnic Institute of Training and Applied Research (IPR-IFRA), Katibougou and the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (FST); University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTT-B), Mali in collaboration with the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn (ZEF) and […]
Story from the field – project meeting in Niamey, March 2018 (ZEF) –
Bernhard Tischbein, John Lamers, Navneet Kumar and Sarah Verleysdonk (all members of ZEF) travelled to Niamey/Niger at the end of March within the frame of the RARSUS project. During our stay, we visited study sites in and around Niamey, collected primary and secondary data and took part in meetings with locally based organizations regarding data […]
Story from the field – Research visit in Niamey – Vittorio Sessa’s story (ITT) –
April 2017 – June 2017 I went to Niger to continue with the research work for my master thesis. The objective was to collect the data needed to develop a decentralized renewable energy system for a village with no electricity for the basic needs. As part of adapted research methodology the electricity supply situation in […]