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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 12 October 2006 10:00 |
What is the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre?The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre serves on the one hand as the secretariat for the Network, and on the other hand it facilitates and supports cooperation between member organisations and other environmental actors, including private sector and government, to carry out activities “on the ground”. The Centre has several components, of which the most important ones are the partnership programmes, capacity upgrading and demand driven action research. Concerning the latter, the Centre aims to motivate students in environment related studies by offering practice oriented research options in field situations.
Where is the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre located? The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre is currently located in the new building of the Science Faculty of the Addis Ababa University. After the initial phase, it is envisaged that the Centre will move to the Gullele Botanic Garden. This unique area, one of the last green spaces of the city of Addis Ababa, is currently being developed jointly by the Addis Ababa University and the Municipality of Addis Ababa. In addition to a botanical component, the garden will contain an extensive forest sanctuary of indigenous tree species, a eucalyptus arboretum, a natural history museum and an eco-village. The eco-village will simultaneously promote culture as well as environmentally friendly technologies, such as solar power, mini-hydropower and eco friendly building. The garden will serve both as a conservation, education and recreation area for residents of Addis Ababa and tourists from Addis Ababa as well as from the rest of the Horn of Africa .
What is the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Network? HoA-REN is a network of members and partners consisting of environmental CBOs, NGOs and higher learning institutes from six countries in the Horn of Africa. Members of the network are endogenous civil society organizations and higher learning and research institutes. Partners of the network consist mainly of non-endogenous (international) organizations working on environmental issues in the region. The network promotes intensive cooperation among and exchange of information and experiences between endogenous NGOs, CBOs, research institutions and universities in The Horn of Africa. The network especially tries to facilitate experience exchange between the various countries in the Horn because we believe that there is so much untapped environmental knowledge in the region which is currently not utilized to its full potential. In addition HoA-REN also partners with government bodies, businesses and international organizations to achieve an optimal impact on the ground.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 03 November 2008 09:46 )
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