The 13th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries, countries in transition and less developed countries to be started on September 30, in International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (ISEDC).

More than 92 candidates from over 45 countries prepared their applications for the right to participate in the 13th session of the Fellowships Programme: students, engineers, ecologists, government officials, researchers and teachers. Only 19 specialists from Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, Eastern Europe and the CIS, whose professional skills met all the requirements of the programme, were nominated for the grants.

The 13th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-sponsored Fellowships Programme is taking place from 30th of September to 25th of October 2019. The training course will address a wide range of issues related to efficient use of energy resources as a part of sustainable development, climate change (economic and political aspects, adaptation strategy and mitigation in developing countries), energy conservation, ecological standards and norms in energy sector, energy and resource efficiency, ensuring the sustained energy and low-carbon energy usage.

The 13th session of the Fellowships Programme is being implemented with the participation of the teaching staff from the leading higher education institutions, external professionals, Russian business and research institutes experts, who have considerable experience in scientific works and projects in the field of energy, climate change, use and protection of natural resources, environmental and energy management.

During the practical part of the training course, participants will visit research centers, educational and scientific laboratories and take part in congresses and exhibitions.

As a result of the training, the participants of the 13th session of the Fellowships Programme will prepare reports on the current state and prospects of sustainable energy development in their countries and present their course works (team projects), which will be defended at the final exam with the participation of ISEDC experts and invited experts.

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