In South Africa, the main focus of the networking facility is to offer project support services, such as fostering networking and communication among SWITCH Africa Green projects and countries, distilling knowledge from project implementation for wider replication and facilitating policy uptake to support leapfrogging and avoid duplication of effort. The stakeholders expect the networking facility to encourage private sector investment through new partnerships, and assistance with access to markets and sources of raw materials through industrial symbiosis networking.
Network Forum Activities
The SWITCH Africa Green Networking Session in South Africa will be held on 09 February 2021. The purpose of this session is to share the success stories, challenges and opportunities, in promoting green business development within the second phase of SWITCH Africa Green and also share information on Green Financing.
South Africa held its SWITCH Africa Green National Networking Forum on 28 June 2017, with the Department of Environmental Affairs as the host. The approximately 50 programme stakeholders participated in the forum, including members of the National Technical Coordination Committee, representatives of the grantees, micro-, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) beneficiaries, United Nations agencies and the delegation of the European Union.
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