<div dir="ltr">Says it is about "household thermal energy requirements and lighting interventions". <br><br>Which I suppose means electrification, LPG, and used and useful solid fuel cooking and heating stoves. <br><br>From what I can tell, Crispin's space-heating stoves in Kyrgyzstan and elsewhere may be candidates for winning millions of dollars, just from computations. (It's not as if there is a baseline validated by proven models. So long as he can scratch enough backs... ) <br><br>I confess to having argued for more research into health impacts of kerosene for lighting. That was in Nairobi, when the intervention of choice was solar LED lanterns. I should have instead asked for hourly emission rate data for improved kerosene lamps. <br><br>Nikhil<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif"> --------------------------------</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">Dear Sir/Madam,<br>
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The Gold Standard cordially invites you to attend Capacity Building workshop on the Gold Standard’s Averted Disability Adjusted Life Years (ADALYs) methodology being held in Accra, Ghana on 14 and 15 July, 2017.<br>
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ADALYs methodology:<br>
<a href="http://www.goldstandard.org/sites/default/files/documents/adalys_methodology_v1.0_0.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.goldstandard.org/<wbr>sites/default/files/documents/<wbr>adalys_methodology_v1.0_0.pdf</a><br>
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The Gold Standard has recently introduced a pioneering quantification and monitoring methodology for health benefits for household thermal energy requirements and lighting interventions that reduce indoor air pollution exposures and associated risk of health impacts. The methodology uses Averted Mortality and Disability Adjusted Life Years (ADALYs) as the impact metric to estimate the health benefits. The methodology has been designed concurrently with the development of the Gold Standard for Global Goals, a new standard that allows for the consolidation of existing Gold Standard scopes and for the quantification of multiple impacts based on the Sustainable Development Goals.<br>
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This workshop is part of a series of regional workshops being organized by the Gold Standard and supported by the World Bank to train stakeholders on the application of the methodology and its requirements. The workshop has been specifically designed to introduce the methodology and associated requirements in addition to providing interactive training on different components of the methodology. The workshop is specifically targeted towards project developers, auditors, development sector organizations, testing agencies, government agencies working in health and environment sector and other practitioners.<br>
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Participation in the workshop will be free. However please note that due to space constraints, the number of attendees will be restricted. We cordially ask you to register and indicate your interest for participation by emailing us at – <a href="mailto:vikash.talyan@goldstandard.org">vikash.talyan@goldstandard.org</a><br>
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For further information on the ADALYs methodology and our latest Standard, please visit – <a href="http://www.goldstandard.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.goldstandard.org</a><br>
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*Limited funding to cover travel and boarding lodging costs is available for eligible participants from research organisations, small NGOs working in the health and environment sector and project developers from LDCs/LLDCs/SIDs. Please send in your request justifying your eligibility for the funding and estimate of the cost before 30th June 2017. </div></div>