CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DE DJIBOUTI
Intergovernmental Authority
On Development
Content Partners
Présidence de la République
de Djibouti
With generous support from the following sponsors
A NEW BRE ATH OF ENERGY
Ministry of Higher Education
and Research
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
ERO
Summit
2015
Djibouti
The 2015 East Africa Environmental Risk & Opportunities Summit
“Industry & Technology at Crossroads”
The Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel, Djibouti • May 2-4, 2015
www.eastafricaecosummit.com
A Summit with Purpose:
The 2015 ERO Summit challenges and engages participants to propose and implement sustainable solutions to some of the
most pressing environmental and economic challenges facing East Africa and Arabian Peninsula today. Mixed public-private
sector panels address the meaning of environmental risk and ‘resilience’ in a business context, climate change, current and future
trends in renewable energy, the future of waste transformation and clean-tech, and optimal management of coastal ecosystems,
ﬁsheries and scarce water resources.
Attendees will participate in the design and launch of a series of regional and local environmental initiatives, coordinated with the
East African Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), The Center for Study and Research of Djibouti (CERD),
the University of Djibouti, Yale University Climate & Energy Institute, the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre & Network
(HoA-REC&N), The World Bank, the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), the United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa (UNECA), and a number of corporate and NGO partners.
The initiatives include:
• The East Africa Climate Observatory (ECO): Based at CERD, the Observatory will coordinate regional data collection
and scientiﬁc exchange, while supporting awareness building and communication around climate change, and related
environmental and health issues.
• The East Africa Climate Taskforce (EACT): Led by the Yale University Climate & Energy Institute (YCEI), the taskforce aims
to create the ﬁrst high-resolution climate simulations for understanding, characterizing and predicting climate change and its
varied impacts on the region. This model has the potential to greatly enhance regional adaptability and resilience planning.
• The Horn of Africa Health Corridor (HoA-HeC), which is comprised of several interlocking pieces:
• An Acute Care & Screening Network: 12 solar-powered, Internet-enabled acute care clinics and health-posts,
placed along the corridor linking Djibouti to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Abeba, providing integrated acute care
and screening services, pandemic monitoring and climate data services, ﬁrst, along a trade-critical 700-km stretch
of highway.
• Master’s and certiﬁcate programs in Emergency Medicine: under supervision of UCSF and the African Federation for
Emergency Medicine, under the umbrella of the Institute for Global Emergency Care. These programs will be integrated
into the Djibouti national health system and support the acute care clinics.
• Within health facilities, extensive screening for chronic ailments like Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), in partnership with
EyePACS and U.C. Berkeley Department of Optometry. A successful trial was completed in late 2014, and produced the
ﬁrst epidemiological study of DR in Djibouti.
• The Horn of Africa Climate Change Programme (HoA-CCP): (see Brieﬁng book for full description).
• The Horn of Africa Wildlife Enforcement Network (HAWEN): A regional secretariat coordinating member states and
regional and global agencies’ actions against wildlife trafﬁcking in the Horn of Africa (see Brieﬁng book for full description).
• The Global Resilience Partnership: (see Brieﬁng book for full description).
• The Djibouti Resilience Risk Map: A digital platform for collecting, unifying, operationalizing and communicating all risk
& resilience information in Djibouti. Led by The World Bank, in collaboration with CERD, and implemented by Smart Data
Science LLC.
The conference is expected to announce the creation of an international fund to support the timely implementation of
these long-term initiatives.
Why Djibouti?
Djibouti is a natural portal between Africa and the Middle East. It
is a dynamic and stable country with an extremely rich ecology,
an innovative approach to development and rapidly growing
logistical base. It is highly suited for demonstration, reﬁnement
and dispersion of a range of renewable power (geothermal,
wind and solar), waste transformation, conservation and health
programs. Djibouti’s coastal and marine habitats are some of the
most pristine in the Red Sea.
Attendance:
The ERO Summit is being held under the aegis of the President of
Djibouti, H.E. Ismael Omar Guelleh. Organizing partners include
Perim Associates, the Djibouti Ministry of Higher Education and
Research and CERD. Attendees include ministers of Environment
and Energy from East Africa, Arabia and the Gulf; executives and
ofﬁcials from leading multinational companies and multilateral
organizations, environmental tech ﬁrms, banks with Africafocused funds, leading universities and experts and practitioners
in renewable energy, environmental technology, clean tech,
agribusiness, big data and climate modeling.
For further information, please contact: [email protected]