by Mark Swilling | Nov 26, 2015 | Blog
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) publishes a report each year that highlights a specific theme. Industrial Policy in Africa was the theme, for example, in 2014 was Industrial Policy for Africa. The theme for 2016 is Green Industrialization....
by Mark Swilling | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog
I am spending the week in Addis with an amazing group of 40 Ethiopian officials and academics who are all directly involved in the implementation of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) policy and strategic programme. UNEP’s Regional Office...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog
As I depart from Cape Town International on my way to Addis to co-facilitate a UNEP workshop on how to use the Green Economy Toolkit that has been developed for UNEP by SI Projects (back home next Thursday), I reflect back on an amazing week that started with...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog
Nearly 130 people applied for entry into the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development. They were all more than qualified to be accepted, including a few very experienced people who did not have degrees. For the first time ever, nearly 40% of the applicants were...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 8, 2015 | Blog
Amazing research is being produced by our students, quite a few of whom received mobility bursaries to spend time (sometimes for several months) based at various African Universities. The topics are wide ranging, including material flows in African cities, the roles...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 7, 2015 | Blog
Aahh finally!! A book documenting Africa Uprising – what a wonderful play on the mainstream discourse of Africa Rising – uprisings in 40 African countries discussed. Africa may not be a country, but it has a unique historical legacy and similar modes of...
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