The 4th Hydropower for Today Forum will be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 16th to 19th of September 2008. The Forum is carried out by the UNIDO Regional Centre for Small Hydro Power in Africa, African Energy Commission (AFREC), International Centre on Small Hydro Power in Hangzhou, China, with sponsorship from the Ministry of Water Resources of China, African Union, the UNDP Nigeria, the UNIDO, the INSHP, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Ministry of Energy of Nigeria. Nearly 100 participants from 30 countries have registered for the Forum this year

The Hydropower for Today Forum has been successfully organized for 3 consecutive years by the INSHP in Hangzhou since 2005 as a global platform for government officials, policy makers and hydropower experts, especially in SHP field. This year the Forum is shifted to INSHP Regional Center in Nigeria with the theme of “Small / Mini / Micro Hydro Power Project Development and Management in Africa”. It is the first time that the Forum is organized in collaboration with the INSHP Regional Center worldwide and the local government. The innovation is also in parallel with the successful approval of the Lighting up Rural Africa Programme by the Chinese government and UNIDO.

For more detail and registration, please contact local organizer:

Engr. (Dr.) A. A. Esan, FNSE
Technical Director/CEO,
UNIDO-RC-SHP
WAEC Building, Plot 10,
Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja,
P.M.B. 175, Garki, Abuja, FCT.
Tel: 234 -9-6717280
E-mail: unidorcabuja@yahoo.com