---The Follow-up Training Seminar of
2006 Management of Hydropower was held in South Africa
during 25-30 March 2007, which was hosted by Vattenfall
Power Consultant AB, Sweden, and with Eskom, Peaking Generation,
Cape Town, South Africa as the local host. All the expenses
including the international air tickets, the lodging,
boarding, domestic transportation and the training fees
were covered by the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida). At the invitation, HRC delegate,
Ms. Shen Xuequn attended the event, in which, 4 lecturers
from Sweden and 24 engineers from 19 countries all over
the world were involved in total.
As Part II of the training programme,
the seminar focused on the evaluation of participants'"Plan
of Action ---- Report & Result". Based on the
first part training held in Sweden last year and with
the continuous efforts made in the six months from October
2006 to March 2007, so far, fruitful results have been
achieved respectively by the participants. The presentation
from HRC was highly evaluated by the whole group. It detailed
the updated measures and the improved management of 2006
Training Course on Small Hydropower, which was conducted
successfully in HRC from 18 December 2006 to 8 February
2007. In addition, the tentative work plan for further
development was also put forward in the seminar.
In accordance with the objectives of
the training seminar, site visits were arranged to some
of the famous local hydropower stations in South Africa.
During the re-union of the group with
members from 20 countries, technical and cultural exchange
was widely made and the friendship further strengthened.
With mutual understanding and common aim, it is expected
that the group would make further contribution together
to the global hydropower development in future.(2007-04-12)
