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The Senegalese government contacted the United Nation’s Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) to assist with introducing innovative technologies - to help local industry implement energy efficient solutions - and better utilize waste and bi-products - while at the same time improving competitiveness and productivity.
“We have first to identify the technologies. CTCN with its network can accurately find the right experts, help to develop those technologies, to remove the barriers and also to identify financial partners to implement those technologies in various countries”, says prof. Issakha Youm, CTCN National Designated Entity in Senegal.
In response to Senegal´s request, UNIDO, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and ENDA are working through CTCN to identify relevant co-generation and tri-generation technologies that utilize waste or alternative fuels for energy generation across a broad range of industries.
In addition to these energy efficiency efforts, Senegal´s national development strategy aims to develop eco-industrial hubs, such as Diamniadio park. To support this process, CTCN and UNIDO are working to improve resource productivity and reduce pollution in the parks by proposing integrated systems to enable waste from one company to be turned into a productive resource for use by another business, creating a kind of industrial symbiosis. Identifying the right mix of industries and mapping potential by-product use will help to optimize the park´s efficient use of resources.
“The cooperation between UNIDO and Senegal has a long history. UNIDO assists the Government of Senegal in the industrial component of its national emerging plan. The success of the industrial park Diamniadio will not only demonstrate the reliability of the ISID (Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development) approach, but will also show that on the continent, new industrial parks can be put in place based on the lessons learned from this experience”, says M. Victor Djemba, UNIDO Representative for Senegal.
The CTCN facilitates access to quick and practical expertise on climate technologies through its worldwide network of technology experts. Through CTCN, developing countries can access support to achieve their objectives, from identifying technology needs, to implementing technologies and catalysing finance in order to scale up meaningful solutions.