repowermap.org – Panama

Swiss Partners

Verein repowermap.org, Bern,
www.repowermap.org,
Roman Bolliger

Project Type:

Education and Quality Control

Technology:

Diverse

Country:

Panama

Project Status:

Completed

Project Start:

2011

End of Project:

2013

Contract:

2011.10

Documentation

Swiss Contribution

The Swiss association repowermap.org is responsible for the project coordination. This is a non-profit association, which has been founded in 2008, in Bern. It is specialized in the development of the overview map on their webpage and its communication. The website repowermap.org is in operation since 2009/2010.

Description

The project’s aim is to promote renewable energies in Panama through know-how-transfer and an awareness raising campaign. The main instrument is an overview map with practical examples and additional local information, developed with modern information technology and freely available on the internet. The map is based on a web 2.0-approach. Project examples, with renewable energies in Panama, will be searched and recorded on the map. At the same time, there a communication campaign will be organized to publicize the map. The latter can and shall be integrated in existing webpages. The target users of the map, small and medium companies, shall be informed, sensitized and animated for the use of renewable energies; additionally, by providing contact details on the map.