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Urban Agricultural and Sustainable Cities - Eco Fellows Academy , Berlin

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:03:30 +04

Course Aim & Output
This interdisciplinary training course will enable students (with all educational and professional background) to learn about the essential factors involved for the development of structure of urban and peri-urban agricultural/horticulture-business model and management practice. This will be done through a case study from relevant agricultural/horticulture business firms (gardens) and associations in program host city.

In the case study students will learn about business planning, economy and marketing strategies of the urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and businesses. Students will visit businesses involved in some locations in program-host city, urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and will discuss with key
persons. They will also visit urban gardening events and will meet involved-groups for developing broader business concepts and practical knowledge.

Students will explore the business models, steps, conditions and regulations those were considered and applied for urban agricultural/horticulture project development in Berlin. One of the key elements of urban agricultural/horticulture-business marketing is the water and wastewater use regulations of urban agricultural/horticulture with emphasizing of sustainability and climate change adaptation. Thus, student will also explore the regulations/EU standards behind the development urban agricultural/horticulturebusiness service quality provided by the firms (gardens) they will visit.

Based on the experiences from the case study and field visit, students now will design similar/ or new urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and business plan for a case of their choice. Finally, students will write a short report and will present their results.

Output Skills & Experience
Through this intensive training course, student will learn the specific problems, challenges and opportunities of urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and businesses. They will also have:

1) the insight into the urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and business processes in specific firm/garden circumstances (from case study and gardens/firms visit in Berlin),

2) Understanding the main steps of urban agricultural/horticulture gardening and business project development which are: Project identification (focusing on topic that best fit in the context by not only with the name but also with potential opportunity of economic diversification) and project definition, then project planning and implementation through intensive surveys and investigations, and finally project completion (including production of final report together with reports in all phases).

Cost: 2000 EUR

Duration: 10 Days

SDGs HUB and Water-Energy-Climate change-Agriculture Nexus - Eco Fellows Academy , Berlin

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:51:27 +04

Advanced Certificate Course in 'SDGs Hub and Water-Energy-Climate Change-Agriculture Nexus'

Aim: 'Training for capacity building to design frameworks and how to use decision instruments which contribute to develop Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Hub through Nexus Strategy'

Course Content:
The intensive program in designed with a deliberate nexus perspective, the focal area enables the participants to analyse the linkages of water, energy, climate change, agri-food systems and sustainable development. Participant will learn about technological, economic and business potentials of the Nexus choices by considering sustainable resource utilization and as well as other environmental repercussions in the natural environment. The program will provide participants with the capacity in analysing the socio-economic and policy context to integrate in designing, planning and implementation of nexus strategies for developing SDGs Hub in local, national and international levels.

Learning Objectives:
Understanding strategies of integrated resource management for achieving SDGs.
Improved capacities for planning of integrated natural resource management
Gain transferable knowledge about the WEAg Nexus for SDGs
Capacity to strengthen SDGs Hub through the WEAg Nexus.
Understanding of the risk of water supply poses risk for Energy Security
Understanding of the risk of energy supply for Water Security
Understanding the vulnerabilities in water and energy supply pose critical risks for food security
Improved capacity to direct at creating awareness about WEAg Nexus for SDGs and environmental issues that leads to responsible individual and group actions.

Cost: 2000 EUR

Duration: 10 Days

Advanced Certificate Renewable Energy Management - Eco Fellows Academy , Berlin

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:41:08 +04

'Training for capacity building to design frameworks and how to use decision instruments which contribute to increase renewable energy use in economic diversification'

Intensive Module 1: Certificate One
1. Energy resources, systems and energy transitions
2. Energy policy, legislation and management
3. Natural resources, renewable energy and sustainable development nexus
4. Renewable energy-rural-urban linkages & economic diversifications
5. Sociology of renewable energy
6. RE sustainable model design and management: Practice-based group assignment

Intensive Module 2: Certificate Two
1. Renewable energy economics and markets
2. Energy efficiency, utilization & management of RE
3. RE project design, planning and development
4. Sociology of RE
5. RE sustainable model design and management: Practice-based group assignment

Intensive Module 3: Certificate Three
1. Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship
2. Green Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy in Across
Product Supply Chain (Agricultural to Industrial Products
Linkages)
3. Decentralized Energy Systems and Off-Grid Management
Practice
4. RE Sustainable Model Design and Management: Practice-based group assignment (4-5 Students) link to a company

Intensive Module 4: Certificate Four
1. Green Entrepreneurship in Zero-Waste through the Nexus of
'Renewable/Alternative Energy-Waste Management'
2. Green business in the Nexus of 'Renewable Energy-Smart
Cities'
3. Natural resources, Renewable Energy and Sustainable
Development Nexus-2
4. Sociology of Renewable Energy
Environmental/ Green Education and Training Program
5. RE Sustainable Model Design and Management: Practice-based group assignment (4-5 Students) link to a company

Cost: 2000 EUR

Duration: 2 To 8 Weeks