Essays about: "International Projects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 413 essays containing the words International Projects.

1. 1. Integrating Local Knowledge into the Spatial Analysis of Wind Power: The case study of Northern Tzoumerka, Greece

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Athanasios Senteles; [2024]
   Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; MCDA; wind energy; local knowledge; Greece; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Increasing demand for incorporating renewable energy projects into the national energy mix, is associated with international and European efforts to tackle the negative effects of climate change and strengthen energy resilience. Greece, as a member country of the European Union, has acknowledged that necessity, by implementing a national program aiming to significantly reduce Green House Gas Emissions and upscale Renewable Energy Sources (RES) project development in upcoming years. READ MORE

3. 2. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Daniel Magnil; [2024]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Vulnerability; Knowledge; Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE

4. 3. OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN AID PROJECTS A qualitative study of workers perceptions of work methods, constraints and motives to ownership and participation reforms in the aid project Bai Bang

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Louise Grähs; [2023-04-14]
   Keywords : Ownership reforms; Participation reforms; Aid projects; The Bai Bang project; Constraints to ownership; Instrumentalist motives to ownership; Purist motives to ownership;

   Abstract : The purpose of the essay is to develop a better understanding of aid- actors and implementors perceptions of efforts to create ownership and participation in aid projects. In research and policy literature on international aid, the terms ownership and participation have emerged as fundamental components for ensuring the success of aid (Rabinowitz 2015, Kanji & Greenwood 2001, Brown 2017). READ MORE

5. 4. Web Interface for Systems Engineering DesignTools – A web application for facilitating the collaboration between business- and engineering teams

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Erik Berg; Oscar Hedenäs Bennet; William Hugo; Albin Karlsson Landgren; Isak Magnusson; David Salmo; [2023-03-03]
   Keywords : Value driven design; BPMN; Discrete event simulation; Web interface; System engineering design; ISO 15288; Python; React;

   Abstract : The interest in improving and optimising project planning and execution is currently large. The Value-Driven Design methodology of Systems Engineering aims to help with this through a focus on measuring value from early stages of projects. READ MORE

6. 5. Evaluation of a twinning project between midwife associations in Sweden and Ghana

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   Author : Hanna Fjellström; Emelie Sandberg; [2023-02-13]
   Keywords : Twinning; midwife associations; implementation science;

   Abstract : Background: Globally, maternal and newborn health is a priority and progress has been made through the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in developing countries millions of women and newborn still have inadequate access to antenatal care, safe abortions and to be able to give birth in a health facility. READ MORE