Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS
4th to 29th June, 2018. ICTP, Trieste, Italy. (Application deadline: 18 March, 2018)
The Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development - OpTIMUS builds upon insights gained from previous year´s Summer School on the same topic. This school combines lectures and hands-on exercises in the use of open source modelling tools integrating climate, land-use, energy and water systems, electricity access and investment issues for model-informed policy formulation, towards the implementation of the 2030-Sustainable Development Goals. Leading academics and researchers working in the field of model-informed development strategies provide four weeks of intense hands-on training to government officials from countries participating in projects sponsored by UNDESA, UNDP, World Bank Group and other development organizations. Participants will refine their modeling and analytical skills about the operation and extension of their national models, incorporate and test new and evolving policy issues and contribute to the practice of evidence-based policy formulation regarding national sustainable development policies. The suite of OpTIMUS modelling tools include the geospatial electricity access model OnSSET , the energy system and investment model OSeMOSYS and CLEWS - the integrated Climate, Land, Energy and Water Strategies framework. Applications are now open. More information about the event and the application process can be obtained here .