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SUMMARY:AGRF Virtual Summit
DESCRIPTION:About\nWhat: Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) \nTheme: Feed the Cities\, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems in Africa \nDate: 8-11 September 2020 \nTo register and learn more click here \nDetails\nIn light of the COVID-19 pandemic\, the Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)\, which brings together over thousands of delegates from governments\, the civil society\, the private sector\, research community and development partners will be held virtually from 8-11 September 2020 and will be co-hosted by the Government of Rwanda and the AGRF Partners Group. \nOrganized under the leadership of H.E. President Kagame\, the President of the Republic of Rwanda\, this year’s Summit comes at an unprecedented time when African major cities especially those that mainly rely on imported food face a looming hunger crisis following implementation of lockdowns in several countries to contain the spread of COVID-19. It also comes at a time Africa is faced with several other challenges that include climate change\, malnutrition\, poverty\, emergence of pests such as desert locusts and fall armyworms and now coronavirus. The AGRF Summit will inspire and call for the adoption of concrete action and commitments from governments\, the private sector\, farmers and processors\, and other stakeholders in the agriculture and food systems sector. \nThe theme of the summit\, Feed the Cities\, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems in Africa\, is a call to action to rethink our food systems to deliver resilient\, better nourished\, and more prosperous outcomes for all. \n© AGRF 2020 \n  \n 
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/agrf-virtual-summit/
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SUMMARY:Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F): Introductory Week
DESCRIPTION:Join the Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F) on September 8th for a week chock full of insights\, exchanges\, and throwbacks. \nAbout this Event\nThe sessions will focus on the creation of the new program WE4F and the successes and challenges of its predecessors\, Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge (SWFF) and Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge (PAEGC). \nWE4F is a joint international initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)\, the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands\, Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)\, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Announced at World Water Week 2018 and launched at Social Capital Markets 2019 signature event in San Francisco\, California\, WE4F aims to: \n\nIncrease food production along the value chain through a more sustainable and efficient usage of water and/or energy.\nIncrease income for poor women and men in both rural and urban areas.\nSustainably scale innovators’ solutions to meet the challenges in the WE4F nexus.\nPromote climate and environmental resilience and biodiversity through the sustainable\, holistic management of natural resources and ecosystems.\n\nThe series is open to the public and you may attend one webinar or the full week. \nAgenda for the Week:\nTuesday\, September 8th \n9:00 AM EST/15:00 CEST – Becoming One: Official Launch of WE4F \nWednesday\, September 9th \n9:00 AM EST /15:00 CEST – SWFF in Review: Impacts and Evaluations from the Dexis Team \n10:15 AM EST/16:15 CEST – 40 Innovators\, 7 million people\, and 19 billion liters: Lessons Learned from SWFF \nThursday\, September 10th \n9:00 AM EST/15:00 CEST – Powering Agriculture Final Evaluation – What Have We Accomplished? \n10:15 AM EST/16:15 CEST – Impact of Powering Agriculture: On the Ground and at 30\,000 feet \nFriday\, September 11th \n9:00 AM EST/15:00 CEST – Same Mission\, Different Solutions: SWFF & PAEGC Views on Technical Assistance & Innovation Scaling \n10:15 AM EST /16:15 CEST – New Program\, New Solutions – WE4F’s Path Forward \nThe WE4F Introductory Week is part of the larger WE4F: New Program\, New Goals\, New Innovations event. Follow us on Twitter @WE4FGCD and on Facebook @WaterEnergy4Food to learn more about our upcoming WE4F Hub Kick-Offs and Lessons Learned Webinar Series. \n© 2020 Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/water-and-energy-for-food-grand-challenge-we4f/
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SUMMARY:Virtual workshop for African early career researchers
DESCRIPTION:Details\nDate: 9 – 10 September 2020 \nFor more information and to apply click here \nAbout\nBackground \nFuture Earth will support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Africa to join\nconsortium proposals for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on\nTransdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability by organising a virtual\ncapacity building workshop on 09 – 10 September 2020. The workshop will bring\ntogether approximately 30 ECRs and 5 mid-to-late-career researchers. The event is\norganized in collaboration with the Future Earth Office for Southern Africa (FEROSA)\,\nthe Program for Early-stage Grants Advancing Sustainability Science (PEGASuS)\, the\nNational Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF)\, the African Future Earth\nCommittee (AFEC)\, and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). \nObjective \nThe objective of this training is to support early career researchers from African\ncountries in 1) gaining a better understanding of the Belmont Forum and its application\nprocesses; 2) networking in order to create eligible consortia; and 3) capacity\nmobilization in communication and proposal writing. We aim to mobilize capacities by\nimproving the participants’ understanding of the functioning of Belmont Forum CRAs\,\noffering training in storytelling and strategic communication for impactful research\, and\nby creating networking opportunities among early career researchers as well as with\nsenior scientists. This will give ECRs the opportunity to present and promote their\nresearch in order to create collaborations with senior researchers\, potentially leading to\nbuilding a joint consortium. \nRolling out of the workshop \nThe workshop will be split in two parts.\nDay 1: is dedicated exclusively to early career researchers from Africa and aims to\nprovide them with a deeper understanding of the Belmont Forum and the Pathways\nCRA\, as well as training in storytelling and strategic communication for impactful\nresearch. Main sessions are: Introduction to the Belmont Forum & How to apply to the\ncall; Introduction to the Pathways CRA; Training session on storytelling for scientists\nand strategic communication; first networking opportunities.\nDay 2: is dedicated to networking and deep exchanges between early careers and\nsenior researchers. Senior scientists from across eligible countries will connect with\nECRs on selected topics relevant to “Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to\nSustainability”. The main focus of this day will be on breakout groups between the\nsenior scientists and the early careers to explore potential collaborations. A thorough\nselective process prior to the workshop will ensure that the early career researchers\nbackgrounds match those of the senior scientists
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SUMMARY:PAU Scholarships Application Platform
DESCRIPTION:The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous\, integrated and peaceful Africa.\nYoung\, qualified\, talented and enterprising applicants from African countries and the African Diaspora are invited to apply to join Masters or PhD degree programmes at any of the following four PAU institutes listed below. Candidates with potential\, motivation and who desire to play transformative leadership roles as academics\, professionals\, industrialists\, innovators and entrepreneurs are particularly encouraged to apply.\nCandidates must satisfy the following conditions\n\n\nMaximum age of 30 years for male and 35 years for female applicants\n\n\nUndergraduate degree from a recognized university\, with at least a second class upper division or its equivalent\, in a relevant field;\n\n\nCertified copies of relevant certificates\, transcripts (from university and high school)\n\n\nPassport or National I.D. card (personal details page)\n\n\nClear colored passport size photograph (2cmx2cm)\n\n\nDetail CV\n\n\nRecommendation letter from ONE of his/her former University lecturers\n\n\nNames of 3 Reference University lecturers (with email address and whatsapp number) (*Mandatory)\n\n\nApplication Procedure\nApplications should be completed online at https://www.au-pau.org/submission/\nFor more information https://www.pau-au.africa/\nClosing date for the submission of applications with all supporting documents\n25 September 2020. Applications received after this deadline will NOT be considered.\nFurther enquiries can be made through: pau.scholarships@africa-union.org\nCopyright © 2020 PanAfrican University
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/pau-scholarships-application-platform/
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Sustainable Development
DESCRIPTION:Registration for International Conference on Sustainable Development 2020 is open! Registration is completely free for all. \nWe have 14 sessions you can attend across 2 days; 10 “Plenary and Parallel” sessions and 4 “Poster Sessions.” Each has a separate registration window; you are welcome to register for as many sessions as you like. For more details on the full program\, scroll below. Detailed parallel and poster session schedules. \nTo help you get comfortable with our conference software Remo\, we have developed a Remo FAQs and Trouble Shooting guide. \n\nWe hope to see you online September 21-22 for ICSD 2020 as we promote Cross-Cutting Solutions for the Decade of Action. \n©2020 International Conference on Sustainable Development
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/international-conference-on-sustainable-development/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200922
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SUMMARY:Conference on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus scientific advances in the Mediterranean region
DESCRIPTION:*COVID 19 event changes: due to the coronavirus crisis\, the conference has been postponed to May 2021 – a new date will be communicated in due course* \nThe 2020 WEFE Nexus Science Advances Conference is organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC)\, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)\, the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) and the Cyprus Institute to address the role of science as a driver of innovation and its interface with the policymaking process. \nRationale \nSustainable development in the Mediterranean region is facing a combination of challenges that are likely to undermine livelihoods. The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus is gaining increasing attention in policymaking and research communities as a means of addressing sectoral interdependencies in the management of natural resources and as an approach for operationalising the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is evident in the rapidly growing literature in the field. However\, most of the published studies merely debate the need to fully understand the interdependencies between the WEFE sectors\, with few examples of successful ground-level WEFE Nexus practices. \nAnswering the broad range of questions embraced by the Nexus concept is clearly a challenging process. The role of the research community is to support this process by pooling together multi-disciplinary competences to show decision-makers the co-benefits of and trade-offs between future energy\, food and ecosystem security plans and water policies. In this way\, scientists and stakeholders will not only be able to “speak the same language”\, but also to agree on best practices and solutions to be shared and used across country borders. \nObjectives of the Conference \nWith a focus on the Mediterranean\, the Conference will look at the four aspects of the WEFE Nexus from different perspectives (e.g. through the eyes of economists\, sociologists and end users) and canvass opinions on how to approach the cross-sectoral management of WEFE resources. \nParticipants will include scientists\, business and water practitioners\, professional organisations as well as governmental and regional policymakers and NGOs from across the Mediterranean countries\, all brought together to: \n\nExplore capacity for cross-sectoral analyses of the use of natural resources by exchanging knowledge on the development\, use and demonstration of Nexus methodologies applicable across scales;\nPromote the collection of best WEFE Nexus practices in the Mediterranean region and the incorporation of lessons learnt into hands-on guidance for the development of innovative and economically viable roll-outs;\nElaborate on the role of a WEFE Nexus Community of Practice to stimulate cross-organisation collaboration and knowledge sharing in the Mediterranean region.\n\nThe outcomes of the Conference will contribute to the objectives set out in the UfM Water Declaration\, the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of PRIMA and the actions proposed by the European Commission in the roadmap of the new European Green Deal. \nPractical Information \nThe Conference will take place at the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia (Cyprus). \nNo registration fee is foreseen for participation in the 2-day event. \nFurther information on registration and the final agenda will be made available soon. \nFor Further Information Click Here
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/conference-on-water-energy-food-ecosystems-wefe-nexus-scientific-advances-in-the-mediterranean-region/
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SUMMARY:Join the WE4F Regional Innovation Hub Virtual Kickoff Calls
DESCRIPTION:Starting September 28th\, WE4F’s Regional Innovation Hubs (RIHs) will host four virtual kick-offs.  The hubs work with innovators\, investors\, and other partners to provide technical and/or financial assistance\, improve enabling environments\, and develop other regional activities. Each RIH will discuss the countries they cover\, their operations\, and what comes next. earn more about each hub and find out how to become a partner here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/join-the-we4f-regional-innovation-hub-virtual-kickoff-calls/
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