Several teams from the EnaTex project travelled to Indonesia in autumn 2024. The 'Textile Team' met for the fourth time with project partners Politeknik STTT Bandung and Harapan Kurnia in Bandung. The aim of the meeting was to exchange the latest research results on innovative technologies for minimal application and ultrasonic applications in textile finishing.
On-site measurements to determine material and energy flows were carried out at two sites of the EnaTex project partners PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk (SriTex) and PT Harapan Kurnia. The aim of the EnaTex work was to comprehensively record all relevant input and output flows in order to determine the efficiency and thus the fuel efficiency of the combustion systems analysed at the production sites.

At the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Institute for Biodiversity - Network e.V. (ibn) organised a side event entitled “Mitigation by Renewable Energy Solutions on industrial scales in Africa and Asia“.

The BioProLat project aims to develop a sustainable and energy-saving process for the extraction of cobalt and nickel from laterite ores. The German-Brazilian collaborative project has developed a biohydrometallurgical process that combines innovative bioleaching and efficient metal recovery techniques.

After four successful years, the PeopleSuN project has come to an end - a milestone in the development of solutions for off-grid electrification in Nigeria. Together, the project team developed a number of valuable products and outcomes that will make a sustainable contribution to Nigeria's energy supply.

In October 2024, the Vice Rectorate of the United Nations University in Europe (UNU-VIE) organised a hackathon in Niamey, Niger, as part of the CLIENT II project RETO-DOSSO. The event marked the establishment of a Living Lab. The aim of the Living Lab is to promote innovation around an Internet of Things (IoT)-based agricultural production and to improve the distribution of water resources. The hackathon raised awareness among students and young professionals about the use of IoT in precision agriculture. Participants developed five solutions during the hackathon.

In June 2024, research partners of the SUFACHAIN project from the Technical University Dresden and the Kyrgyz State Technical University (KSTU), in collaboration with local colleagues from Osh Technological University, have conducted a training for farmers and fruit and nut processors in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

In September 2024, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Kazakhstan as part of his trip to Central Asia to further deepen the already extensive partnership with the country. The joint final declaration emphasises the importance of cooperation in education and science between the two countries. The contribution of the CASIB project office, funded by the BMBF under CLIENT II, to research cooperation is emphasised.

On 21 June 2024, CASIB organized an excursion to the partner universities and a test facility of the KendyrTex project in Almaty for the German conference delegation, consisting of project managers and project executing agency DLR-PT, as part of the CLIENT II Wrap-up Conference 2024.

One year before the end of the CLIENT II funding programme “International Partnerships for Sustainable Innovation”, CASIB organized a wrap-up conference for the regional project partners from Central Asia and Mongolia in Almaty on 20 June 2024 with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and DLR-PT.

After looking at how CLIENT II projects contributed to SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals in our last newsletter, this time we turn to SDG 12 – the SDG where the CLIENT II programme makes its second largest contribution. This Sustainable Development Goal aims to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns” to “sustain the livelihoods of current and future generations”.