DAI Attends Virtual 2021 European Development Days

June 17, 2021

DAI is pleased to have been present at the European Development Days (EDD) on June 15-16. This year’s focus was the Green Deal for a Sustainable Future, and we hosted a virtual stand in the EDD Global Village to showcase our work with the European Union (EU) Delegation to Ethiopia and Ministry of Agriculture to mainstream climate-smart approaches in the Productive Safety Net Programme (Climate-Smart PSNP).

Our in-house and project specialists were present on the stand throughout the event, to showcase achievements and innovations emerging from the project.

DAI also hosted two digital side meetings:

• On Tuesday, June 15, a session was held focusing on DAI’s climate business and select EU-funded projects, including our technical assistance projects to the Global Covenant of Mayors, Morocco—Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (MorSEFF), Bhutan—Decentralisation and Renewable Natural Resource Management, and the Technical Support to the EU LIFE Programme. Our in-house climate specialists, project staff, and stakeholders presented their work and answered questions from the audience. Speakers included Donald Lunan, Global Director for Climate; Nadya Boneva, Practice Leader for Planet; Chris Rose, Project Director for Climate and Environment; William Fellows, Green financing expert; David Billing, Renewable Natural Resources expert; and Monica Peiro Vallejo, Director for Strategy & Innovation.

• On Wednesday, June 16, the Ethiopia Climate-Smart PSNP project team presented their work that contributes to building the climate resilience of beneficiaries and communities across 350 Ethiopian districts. Our Catherine Wallis, Climate and Natural Resources Lead, facilitated the panel of key project stakeholders including Teriessa Jalleta of the EU Delegation to Ethiopia: John Riley, CSM-PSNP Team Leader; and Abebe Ejigu, Climate-Smart PSNP GIS Non-Key Expert.