Under the motto "Owned and managed by the community", the training brought together communities, technicians and partners from across Timor-Leste.
19 October — a welcome dinner (bainaka) for the IPAS Fund, REP and TONIBUNG guests at Centro Juventude Covalima.
22 October — IPAS, TONIBUNG and REP, partners of CJC, opened the three-day National Training and Feasibility Study on Community-Based Renewable Energy in Timor-Leste at the CJC hall. Participants came from the Suku Lepo community, Centro Comunidade, communities from Ermera and Bobonaro, people with disabilities, solar panel technicians and communities from the Fatumea, Zumalai and Suai administrative posts.
23 October — the second day covered site feasibility studies, data analysis and system design for community-based renewable energy.
The TONIBUNG and REP (Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples) team also visited Aldeia Boulolo, Suku Lepo, in Zumalai. On the final day, 25 October, the Liurai of Lepo received a certificate of appreciation from Ms Alice, representative of TONIBUNG Sabah, Malaysia.
