News • April 21, 2022
Ouagadougou: Training of trainers in climate-smart agriculture
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) with the financial support of the Kingdom of Denmark organized from the 11th to 15th April 2022, a training on climate-smart agriculture at the Ministry of Environment, Energy, Water and Sanitation. About sixty technical advisors on agriculture, livestock, and the environment from Hauts-Bassins, Centre-Ouest, Nord and Centre regions strengthened […]
News • April 10, 2022
GGGI Director visit and partnership discussion with nationals actors in Burkina Faso
From the 27th to the 30th of March in Ouagadougou, the Director-General of GGGI Dr. Frank Rijsberman visited Burkina Faso to celebrate the ongoing successful collaboration between GGGI and Burkina Faso actors. Frank Rijsberman had many rich exchanges with national authorities, development partners, local actors and donors. Audience at the Presidency with the Minister of […]
News • March 19, 2022
Burkina Faso’s MRV IT platform: national stakeholders capacity building
The Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (SP/CNDD) through the National Observatory for Sustainable Development (ONDD), the department in charge of the coordination of the national Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system, organized training sessions on the MRV platform. From March 14-18 in Ouagadougou, the administrators, facilitators and sectoral MRV focal points […]
News • March 4, 2022
National validation Workshop: Assessment of Burkina Faso’s legal and institutional MRV framework
On Tuesday 1st of March 2022 in Ouagadougou, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Environment in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) held a workshop to validate the study of the legal and regulatory framework for data flow between stakeholders with regards national measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of climate emissions. The study […]
News • March 1, 2022
Booklet – Capacity building of women in green entrepreneurship
February 28, 2022 – GGGI Burkina Faso published a collection of insights by women who received green entrepreneur training as part of the “Promotion of Solar Irrigation Pumping system and Solar Mini-grids” project. GGGI implemented this project in Burkina Faso with the financial support of Denmark. The project has recognized the role that women play […]
News • February 28, 2022
The long-tern low emission development strategy (LT-LEDS): Capacity Building of Burkina Faso stakeholders
From the 22nd to 23rd of February 2022, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in collaboration with the team of the Permanent Secretary of the National Council for Sustainable Development (SP\CNDD), organized a capacity building workshop for stakeholders in the process of establishing a national strategy, that will align greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions with long-term […]
News • February 28, 2022
Burkina Faso: Technical workshop for the revision of the Building Code
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; February 21st to 25th 2021 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with Burkina Faso’s Ministry in charge of Housing and Urbanism, organized a workshop in the framework of the revision of the Urbanism and Building Code initiated by the Government. Since the last revision of the code of urban […]
News • November 16, 2021
Burkina Faso Long Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) development process: First session of the Technical Monitoring Committee
Ouagadougou, November 4, 2021 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in collaboration with the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (SP/CNDD) organized the first session of the Low Emission Development strategy (LEDS) Technical Committee of Burkina Faso. The participants in this session consisted of members of the Technical Monitoring Committee and […]
News • July 28, 2021
GGGI Burkina Faso Trained National Stakeholders on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) in the frame of National MRV System Development
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – From July 12 to 16, 2021, GGGI in collaboration with the National Observatory for Sustainable Development (ONDD), a division within the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (SP/CNDD), organized a training workshop on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. This training aimed to build and consolidate the capacity […]
News • June 22, 2021
Strengthening Burkina Faso national MRV system: Stakeholder’s capacity building on data collection, processing, and analysis with kobotoolbox and kobocollect.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso- From June 14 to 18th, 2021, GGGI in collaboration with General Directorate of Green Economy and Climate Change (DGEVCC) within the Ministry of the Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change (MEEVCC), organized a training workshop on mobile data collection, processing and analysis with KoboToolbox platform and KoboCollect application. This training was held […]
News • May 4, 2021
Validation of the Green Growth Strategic assessment report of the Economic and Social National Plan 2.0 (NDP)
Ouagadougou, April 27th, 2021, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Government of Burkina Faso organized National workshop to validate the Green Growth Strategic assessment of the Economic and Social National Plan 2.0 and present the climate finance potential contribution to its implementation. The opening ceremony was chaired by Simeon Sawadogo (Ministry of Environment, Green […]
News • April 29, 2021
PARIS AGREEMENT: FRANCE AND THE GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINA FASO’S LONG-TERM LOW EMISSION AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (LT-LEDS)
France, though, AFD (public institution that implements France’s policy on development and international solidarity), has committed to finance the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to support the Government of Burkina Faso in the development of a long-term low emission and resilient development strategy (LT-LEDS) for 2050. The strategy, which will be developed under the umbrella […]
News • April 13, 2021
Training Workshop: Climate project development and Green climate fund Access requirements
Ouagadougou, April 2, 6-9, 2021, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with the National Designated Authority (NDA), organized a training workshop on climate project preparation and management in the framework of the Readiness program entitled “Support for Accreditation of Direct Access Entities, Pipeline Development and Private Sector Mobilization in Burkina Faso”. The workshop, […]
News • March 25, 2021
GGGI, the Government of Burkina Faso, and AFD sign trilateral agreement to accelerate climate-resilient transition of Burkina Faso through the development of LT-LEDS
Thursday, March 25, 2021 – Today, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the Government of Burkina Faso, and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate climate-resilient transition of Burkina Faso through the development of the Long–Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS). LT-LEDS in the Paris Agreement are […]
News • March 1, 2021
Workshop on Burkina Faso’s MRV Guidelines Presentation
February 25, Ouagadougou – GGGI organized a presentation session of the National Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) Guidelines Document developed under the MRV project implementation process today under the aegis of the General Directorate of Green Economy and Climate Change of Burkina Faso. The project started operating earlier in 2020, after the establishment of the […]
News • February 21, 2021
Training Session of the GGGI’s Burkina Faso Steering Committee on Green Growth Concepts
Under the aegis of the Burkina-Faso’s Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, the GGGI Burkina Faso Country Office organized a one-day training session, for the members of the Steering Committee. The main objective of this training session was to inform the members of the cooperative framework on keys Climate change green growth related […]
News • February 11, 2021
Third session of the Steering Committee on GGGI’s Burkina Faso program
The third session of the steering committee took place in Ouagadougou on February 11, 2021 at the Ramada Pearl Hotel. Chaired by M. Simeon Sawadogo minister of Environment Green Economy and Climate Change of the Republic of Burkina Faso, the meeting gathered representatives from different ministries. The main objective of the session was to present […]
News • September 29, 2020
National Validation Workshop of MRV rapid assessment in Burkina Faso
Under the aegis of Burkina-Faso’s Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, the GGGI Burkina Faso Country Office organized a one-day workshop to present, discuss and validate the outcomes of the Rapid Assessment work. Started in April 2020, this work was effectively conducted by the MRV Project team with the support of two (2) […]
News • August 18, 2020
TRAINING WORKSHOP ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN BURKINA FASO’s NDCS SECTORAL PLANS
Koubri, August 11-13, 2020 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change of Burkina Faso and NDC Partnership conducted the first training session of a 3-day workshop on Gender mainstreaming in NDCs Sectoral Plans under the Climate Action Enhancement Package project. This first session of the workshop […]
News • July 28, 2020
NATIONAL CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON BURKINA FASO’S MEASUREMENT, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION (MRV) SYSTEM
Sopatel Silmandé Hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 21 and 22, 2020 – The GGGI Burkina Faso Country Office organized the National Consultation Workshop of the MRV Project in Burkina Faso. The workshop has been launched by the General Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, Dr. Sina Sibidou. Also, Mr. Göran […]