Nigéria-Glen internship 2009

GLEN  Internship Nigériában - Felhívás a 2009-es Glen képzésciklusra

A projekt megvalósításval a gyakorlatban is tehetsz a kímaváltozás ellen.
A felesleges széndioxid kibocsátás és erdőírtás csökkentése érdekéeben energiahatékony tűzhelyek népszerűsítése Kaduna államban, illetve ennek a CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) projekt monitorozása lesz a feladata a glen ösztöndíjasoknak.
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NIGERIA: Monitor the effects of cooking stoves on climate change

Number: C300101620
Field of Studies: engineering, environmental science, geography, agronomy, forestry
Vocational Field: -
Language: English
Number of Participants: 2

The consumption of fuel-wood is one of the main drivers of deforestation in Northern Nigeria. Traditional cooking stoves do not use energy efficiently and require large quantities of non-renewable fuel-wood, hence leading to greenhouse gas emissions.
With the help of "atmosfair" the "Development Association for Renewable Energies" (DARE) disseminates highly efficient cooking stoves to households, which save up to 80% of fuel wood. The project is currently being developed as “Clean Development Mechanism” (CDM) and the “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” (UNFCCC). Additionally, the requirements of the voluntary Gold Standard (the world's only independent standard for creating high-quality emission reductions projects with sustainable development benefits in the CDM) need to be fulfilled. The mission of DARE is to create awareness on the hazards of wood logging and the subsequent consequence of desert encroachment among the population of the northern states of Nigeria. Once the project is registered as a CDM Gold Standard project, monitoring of the emission reductions and the contribution to sustainable development of the project is required.
The GLEN participants will assist in these monitoring activities and frequently undertake field trips in the region, i.e. Kaduna State and the neighbouring states. The tasks will include spot checks and surveys among user households, i.e. data collection about fuel-wood consumption, cooking habits and fuel-wood sourcing; data quality control, including quality control of a user database; determination of potential leakage effects and experimental testing of the efficiency of the fuel wood stoves in use. The GLEN participants will also help to prepare the monitoring report, which will be submitted to an external auditor for verification. Only if the auditor verifies that the emission reductions are real by a statement in his verification report Certified Emission Reductions can be issued.
Atmosfair will assist in obtaining the necessary Know How of the Clean Development Mechanism and the Gold Standard Foundation, especially regarding baseline and monitoring methodologies. GLEN participants should be familiar with environmental and/or forestry science and should have experience in conducting surveys. Also they should have good computer skills (Word, Excel and Access). There will be continuous professional support from atmosfair and DARE will provide a Monitoring Officer for the GLEN participants.

The scheduled time for the internship is 3 months between July and October 2009.

The training and preparation seminars before the internship will take place in English. The GLEN team will be composed of one German/Swiss and one Hungarian participant.

Before applying read the description of the Glen multipliers training cycle on the HVSF page and also on the GLEN homepage!!  (www.glen-europe.org)

Download Application form HERE and send it along with your CV before 20.01.2009
Please also fill in the on-line application form!