The PEESA III Meeting Nr. 2 was held on the 22-25 January 2018 at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town, South Africa. The Meeting was attended by representatives of HSW, HSFL, USZ, LBUS, ASIIN, CPUT, DUT, TUT and VUT. The Meeting was organised and hosted by CPUT.
During 22-23 January 2018, Closing Conference “Capacity building for sustainable development” of the Programme on Energy Efficiency in Southern Africa (PEESA II) in conjunction with PEESA I and PEESA III co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union was hosted at South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETEC) Bellville Campus CPUT. The Closing Conference enabled project participants to present on the project outcomes and deliverables and provide a forum to discuss the challenges in engineering education especially in the field of energy, confronting the Southern African region. In the Closing Conference programme a number of messages were addressed by: German Consulate, Mr Jens Hauser, Southern African – German Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC, Head of Competence Centre Sustainable Energy SA – German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, MEC Alan Winde Minister of Economic Development, Western Cape Government, Dr Rebecca Maserumule Chief Director: Energy at DST, Mr Kudakwashe Ndhlukula Executive Director: SACREEE, Mr Barry Bredenkamp General Manager: Energy Efficiency and Corporate Communications SANEDI, Helene Claire Managing Director: Blue Sales, Mr Raim Rasool, Director: SARETEC Such topics were presented as, European Accreditation Standards by Dr. Iring Wasser from Accreditation Agency for Study Programs in Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics (ASIIN), Erasmus + DAMOC: Smart Grids project.
The messages facilitated the discussion on the involvement of local government and university- enterprise co-operation in order to satisfy the needs in engineering education especially in the field of energy.
At the end of the Closing Conference, tour of South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETEC) was organised. The South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETEC) is the first national renewable energy technology centre in South Africa and has been established at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) – Bellville campus, Cape Town, South Africa. SARETEC expedites specialized industry-related and accredited training for the entire renewable energy (RE) industry including short courses and workshops. SARETEC has established strong partnerships with government, academia, industry, associations and private sector companies within the Renewable Energy Sector. The facility is a green building and is designed to showcase the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technology.
During the PEESA III project board (PB) meeting after a detailed discussion of the work packages, the responsibilities of partners were fixed in an action plan. In addition, the project budget was introduced to the partners by headings and attention was paid on the eligibility of costs. Financial documentation was discussed in detail. Reporting to the PEESA III coordinator and related deadlines were revealed. PEESA III logo was approved by the PEESA III Project Board (PB) members.
PEESA III Project partners from CPUT, DUT, TUT and VUT made presentations about the situation of gender equality at their universities, faculties and departments. The issue of measurement tools and instruments was identified. The PEESA III Project Meeting participants concluded that further efforts for attracting more females staff members and students to engineering programmes should be put into activities aimed at gender equality in engineering field.
Working groups entitled “Team A” (HSW, USZ, ASIIN, CPUT and DUT) and “Team B” (HSFL, LBUS, TUT and VUT) reported on the progress in the development of Master programmes. The Working Groups outlined the plan for the next meeting to be organised at HSFL (Germany) in Flensburg, 18-21 June 2018. Further on, programme for the next meeting at HSFL in Flensburg 18-21 June 2018 was outlined. Short introduction to PEESA III Meeting in Szczecin on 15-18 October 2018 was given. At the end of the day, the partners took into consideration the proposed dates for the project meeting at DUT in Durban in January 2019. On 25th January 2018, the PEESA III Meeting participants visited the solar installation at the “Spier” Wine Estate. The staff of the “Spier” Wine Estate demonstrated the solar installation as well as told about its necessity, working principles, and local weather conditions for its maintenance as well as other issues such as staff employment and training.
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