By Tony Kaye | AVN Vice-President
AVN at COP20, Lima, December 2014
AVN was invited to attend the the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), Lima, Peru, Dec 1-12, and was awarded the prestigious Momentum for Change Prize
The Prize was awarded to 12 innovative projects concerned with attenuation of, and adaptation to the effects of climate change. These are distinguished as "Lighthouse Activities", which have developed economic, social, and environmental solutions to the problem. AVN's work has been recognised as of major importance in the Urban poor category for its success in disseminating the NV concept:
the relevance of the NV concept for resolving the urban housing problem
an effective dissemination strategy which has resulted in the emergence and growth of a NV construction market based on trained NV artisans (the offer) and local clienteles (the demand)
the replicability of this strategy conceptually, geographically, and through effective partnerships in the field
the autonomy and durability of the NV markets leading to an endogenous, home-grown solution to the housing problem.
The prize was received by Thomas Granier, CEO of AVN, and Cecilia Rinaudo, our Development Director (see link to a YouTube video of the ceremony)
New AVN Country Programs in Benin and Ghana
In Benin, the AVN team of two (Benjamin Lebault & Narcisse Saré Ali ) is installed in Djougou (north-west Benin) and is guiding the first 2015 NV construction sites and setting up the first partnerships. A couple of NV buildings had already been constructed in Benin in 2011-13, by Pascal Tagali, an NV apprentice from Benin (see photos).
In Ghana, again a team of two ( Giulio Cocchini & Giulio Cocchini )has been established, with an office in Bolgatanga city center, in northern Ghana, not far from the the frontier with Burkina Faso. A first NV building, an IT Centre in Karimenga, is currently nearing completion (see photos).
Any support that you can provide to these new country programs is, as always, very welcome and much appreciated.
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