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Panama Green Label Workshop: “Applying Closed Looped Cycle Production towards a Circular Economy”

Monday, September 01, 2014

Under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), experts from the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (OAS) will train entrepreneurs, government officials and students in Panama city in innovative methodologies closed loop cycle production and circular economy, intended to attract interest of employers in this innovative business vision […]


OAS to participate in the launch of the Regional Energy Efficiency Program to be held in Uruguay

Monday, September 01, 2014

Under the framework of the “Regional Energy Efficiency Program: Towards a New Regional Energy Agenda”, and the joint efforts of ALADI, ARPEL, ECLAC, CIER, OEA, OLADE and WEC, and the support of CAF, the need to together develop a new Regional energy Efficiency Program was addressed. The main objective of this initiative is to promote […]


Colombia promotes Environmentally-Friendly Production Processes with support from the OAS

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Today, governments around the world seek to promote their companies and productivity while responding to the challenges related to energy and climate change. To address this challenge, the OAS-SEDI Department of Sustainable Development joined forces with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MinCIT) of Colombia, the National Cleaner Production Centre (CNPML) and the University […]


OAS Organizes Workshop to Review Sustainable Energy Initiatives in the Caribbean

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Representatives of regional and global development partners in the energy sector of the Caribbean are today meeting with senior energy officials from Caribbean countries in a regional workshop organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Saint Lucia aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of donor interventions in the region. The regional workshop, entitled “Development […]


ECPA Senior Fellows Awarded Innovation Grants for Local Capacity Building Projects

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Washington, DC, August 5th, 2014 – Partners of the Americas congratulates Dr. Dan Kammen and Dr. Janaki Alavalapati, Senior Fellows in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), on winning the ECPA Senior Fellows Innovation Projects Grant Award. ECPA Senior Fellows is an initiative that utilizes U.S. technical experts from the academic, non-profit, […]


OAS and Guatemala Signed Memorandum of Understanding to Promote the Use of Ethanol

Friday, August 08, 2014

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Guatemala, through its Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), signed this week a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a pilot project on the and mixture and use of ethanol and in support of the formation of the Technical Unit on Biofuels. The hemispheric […]