국경없는 의사회(MSF)와 Veolia 재단이 에너지, 오물 및 폐수, 식수 등의 분야에서 수년간의 연구 및 혁신 파트너십을 체결했다. 이번 파트너십은 에너지 발자취를 줄이고 MSF의 프로젝트 및 미션을 최적화할 뿐만 아니라, 분야 설비의 자율성을 향상시키기 위해 태양열 등의 재생가능 에너지 사용 가능성을 시험하는 목적으로 체결됐다.

Veolia 재단은 MSF에 재정적인 지원 외에도 Veoliaforce 전문가 네트워크에 접근할 수 있는 권한을 부여할 계획이다.

 

 

 

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) and the Veolia Foundation have signed a multi-year research and innovation partnership in the fields of energy, waste, wastewater and drinking water.

 

The partnership aims to reduce the energy footprint and optimize MSF’s projects and missions, and to examine the possibility of using renewable energy, especially solar, in order to improve the autonomy of field facilities.

 

In addition to financial support, the Veolia Foundation will provide MSF with access to its Veoliaforce network of experts to assist the organisation with its research and innovation projects, especially in the area of energy.

 

The first area of applied and experimental research will involve the installation of photovoltaic solar panels to secure an autonomous supply of electricity for MSF’s mission to combat malaria in Moissala, southern Chad.

 

MSF has been running a malaria prevention and treatment mission in this region since 2010, in particular targeting children under the age of five for whom this disease the leading cause of mortality.

 

MSF provides local support for the Ministry of Health’s prevention campaigns (awareness and preventive treatment) and healthcare activities (consultations in health centres and hospitalisation for the most severe cases).

 

The first step in 2015 will be to set up solar panels on the site facilities which house between five and ten expatriate and local personnel, together with a significant stock of equipment and medication.

 

Stephane Roques, general director of Medecins Sans Frontieres, said:  “The purpose in this strategic sector is twofold. First, we wish to optimise energy management for MSF’s missions and generate savings and reduce our energy footprint. Second, we are considering the use of renewable energies, especially solar, in order to improve the autonomy of our projects.”

 

For Thierry Vandevelde, general delegate for the Veolia Foundation, said: “This partnership will strengthen the already positive cooperation between our two organizations. It will enable us to extend and improve the service we provide to the communities experiencing hardship that the organization helps on a daily basis.”

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 3월 17일]