OUR WORK
Capacity Development
The Centre aims to strengthen the capacities of local key institutions and stakeholder groups through the upscaling and replication of certified training and applied research programs and mechanisms. Particularly, the Centre implements the following activities:
- Undertake a regional capacity needs assessment, particularly reflecting the needs of local business and industry groups;
- Develop a regional multi-year capacity development framework for key stakeholders in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector, particularly reflecting the needs of local business and industry groups;
- Facilitate the adoption and implementation of the regional capacity development framework and mobilize support from various partners;
- Develop training competency standards, certification and accreditation schemes and models on renewable energy and energy efficiency in coordination with local business and industry groups;
- Act as coordinative hub for the accreditation and certification of national training centres and trainers;
- Execute regional train-the-trainer workshops;
- Train key policy makers in sustainable energy policy planning and incentive mechanisms, including cross-cutting issues (e.g. waste-to-energy, mainstreaming of environmental assessments and standards in project approval procedures, energy-water-food nexus, gender mainstreaming, decommissioning and recycling procedures for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies);
- Train utilities and regulators regarding renewable energy integration/grid stability and energy efficiency (e.g. demand side management);
- Provide targeted renewable energy and energy efficiency business development training for clean-tech SMEs and entrepreneurs (e.g. energy auditors, equipment installers, renewable energy service providers);
- Increase the capacity of stakeholders to mainstream gender, environmental sustainability and climate resilience into renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and projects
- Train experts on the financial structuring, design and planning of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects (e.g. climate finance, RETScreen, HOMER);
- Conduct a baseline study on the research priority needs of the Caribbean renewable energy and energy efficiency industry and business sectors;
- Create a regional incentive model for the establishment of regional research programmes with high relevance for the local industry;
- Promote south-south and north-south technology development partnerships
