Enhancing WASCAL foot print toward low carbon used and the collaboration with member countries through the training of high qualified experts in Green Hydrogen

Enhancing WASCAL foot print toward low carbon used and the collaboration with member countries through the training of high qualified experts in Green Hydrogen

_, Daouda Kone¹, Emmanuel Wendsongré Ramde¹ Mounkaila Saley¹, Michael Thiel²

 

1- WASCAL Headquarters, CSIR Office, Complex Agostino Road, Airport Residential Areal, PMB CT 504, kone.d@wascal.org

2- Earth Observation Research Cluster, Institute of Geography and Geology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, John-Skilton-Str. 4a, 97074 Würzburg, Germany, michael.thiel@uni-wuerzburg.de

 ramde.e@wascal.org

 

The West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and adapted Land Use (WASCAL) has a vision to become Africa's leading institution for climate change and sustainable energy solutions. To achieve this, WASCAL is committed to engage all the west African countries in the process of low carbon emission. One on the challenge in the integration of renewable and clean energy in different sector on human activities such us access to water, livestock production, agriculture, Energy, transport, air quality monitoring, mining etc. Green Hydrogen is the most promising clean source of energy particularly for Africa where is potential have been assess through the Atlas project implemented by the German partners and WASCAL for the 15 West African countries (https://www.google.com/search?q=green+hydrogen+atlas-africa&oq=Green+hydrogen+Atlas+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgEEAAY7wUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgKGB4yCggCEAAYBRgHGB4yCAgDEAAYCBgeMgcIBBAAGO8FMgcIBRAAGO8FMgcIBhAAGO8FMgcIBxAAGO8FMgcICBAAGO8F0gEJMjYxMDBqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8).   

 

The follow-up of this Atlas was the elaboration of the International Master Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen, a relevant training programme, the first of kind in Africa bringing together students from 15 west African country to be trained in six different tracks. The curriculum was developed after a need assessment with stakeholders where the GAP was identified and the opportunity of jobs. Then four (4) countries were selected for the implementation of the curriculum.

 

To provide solid knowledge and prepare the graduate to have a competitive spirit as well as create a very good connection between the learners, a mobility scheme was designed to have the first and the second semesters in Niger, the third semester which is the specialization in the host country and the fourth semester in Germany.  At the end of the German scientific visit of 6 months the defence is done in the host country in Africa.

 

After the cohort, most of the students are in PhD or working for their country. For the assurance quality, the programme went to the process of international accreditation by ASIIN.  Then the third cohort was embarked in a training period of 4 semesters plus and additional semester to make one year the stay in Germany to capacitate the graduates with more practical activities.

 

WASCAL through the support of BMFTR provides funds to ECREEE to develop the green hydrogen policy for countries followed by the green hydrogen strategy development. This green strategy development will be expanded to other countries.

The International Master Programme in Energy and Green Hydrogen is a great opportunity to provide Africa with graduates and also relevant documents to support Africa Green hydrogen technology deployment. It will also help the use of WASCAL green Hydrogen policy in country and also the development of green hydrogen strategy.