{"id":83843,"date":"2016-12-10T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=83843"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:48:47","slug":"energy-grant-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/event-latest\/energy-grant-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy grant award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UN-DESA Energy Grant is a capacity building initiative launched and managed by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with the China Energy Fund Committee, a Hong Kong based NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Titled \u201cPowering the Future We Want\u201d, this initiative offers a grant in the amount of one million US dollars to fund capacity development activities in energy for sustainable development. The grant is awarded to an individual, institution or partnership based on past and current achievements in leadership and innovative practices in advancing energy for sustainable development. The 2016 cycle of the grant had as focus \u201cEnergy for Sustainable Transport\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2016, the UN-DESA Energy Grant received over 150 applications. The winner has been selected through a rigorous review and objective assessment of these applications, undertaken in multiple stages, guided by an Advisory Council and a High-level Steering Committee. A Grant will xbe awarded annually from 2015 until 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Winner of the US$1 million 2016 UN-DESA Energy Grant: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sintef.no\/en\/\" target=\"blank\">SINTEF<\/a>The eight finalists of the 2016 Grant Cycle, in alphabetical order: Ms. Fiza Farhan; GerWeiss Motors Corporation; KPIT Technologies Limited; Medellin Mayor\u2019s Office- Mobility and Transit Department; Motor Development International SA (MDI SA); South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE); SINTEF; SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.Further information can be found on the grant website: <a href=\"https:\/\/poweringthefuture.un.org\/\" target=\"blank\">https:\/\/poweringthefuture.un.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN-DESA Energy Grant is a capacity building initiative launched and managed by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with the China Energy Fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[4603,1549,4607,4631,294,4627],"tribe_events_cat":[3132],"class_list":["post-83843","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-desa","tag-energy","tag-energy-grant","tag-sdg7","tag-sdgs","tag-undesa","tribe_events_cat-un-events","cat_un-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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