This webpage provides an introduction to smart grids, an overview of recent progress and recommendations for governments and utilities.
This guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This is a how-to-guide by the RRC.AP for practitioners developing GCF projects. It explains the importance of an exit strategy, different exit strategy approaches, and the process for formulating an exit strategy. It also provides good practice examples.
This guide by the WWF explains the process of developing a monitoring, evaluation and learning plan for your project.
This page is part of a UNDP guide to enterprise risk management (ERM). It explains how to identify risks, how to classify them and how to determine a response.
This guide walks you through the different stages of developing a logical framework for a climate project. It was written for practitioners developing concepts for large Green Climate Fund programmes, so you may not need to include all of the aspects in your proposal, but it is nonetheless useful to know what funders like to … Continue reading “Developing a Basic Logical Framework for your Concept Note”
This slide deck explains briefly, and using visuals and examples, how to develop a theory of change and logical framework for your project.
These two blogs (available in English and Spanish) explain why you should undertake stakeholder mapping, how to go about it, and how to engage the stakeholders you have identified.
This report investigates different models for the deployment of e-bike fleets and charging/swapping infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the potential advantages of battery swapping for riders, highlights emerging best practice for Batteries as a Service, and provides recommendations on policy, regulation and financing to support uptake of e-motorcycles and the growth of BaaS in … Continue reading “Charge Up! Battery-as-a-service: A pioneering business model for driving the e-mobility transition in Africa”
Institutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry: short courses, usually offered online by accredited institutions, with an emphasis on the needs of the workplace. They are also often used for retraining and upskilling. This book explains how to start offering microcredentials as an academic institution.