On this 3^th -6^th April 2018 the Africa Centre of Excellence in energy for sustainable development had a 3days retreat.

And the Main Objectives of this retreat were:

Katundu Imasiku, a student under the Center of Excellence in Energy or Sustainable Development, University of Rwanda published a manuscript paper titled: Policies Lost in Translation: Combating the Green House Gas Emission Merry-go-round for increased utilization of Renewable Energy Technologies at the 9th (IREC) International Renewable Energy Congress, March 20-22, 2018, Hammamet, Tunisia.

The Centre of Energy (ACE-ESD) has received a visit from Daniel Zimmerle Senior Research Associate from ENERGY INSTTUTE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY and the purpose of the visit was:

Asia Conference on Energy and Environment Engineering (ACEEE 2018) which will provide a highly competitive forum for reporting the latest developments in the research and application of Energy and Environment Engineering.

The collaboration between the University of Pisa will focus on the topics of engineering for sustainable development and renewable energies; as such it will involve mainly:

the ACE-ESD with the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Coorpertation Organization (GEIDCO)  Organised a public Lectures on Friday 5^th/JAN/2018 at University of Rwanda (College of Science and Technology) Kist 2 building conference room with two topics:

• Market Design for Emission Trading Scheme and the Price Behavior

Presented by: Dr. Ya Wen