Second Bioenergy Youth Day

07/07/2025

Discovery circuit at 1st Bioenergy Youth Day

©FAO

Since 2013, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has been organizing a Bioenergy Week every year in a different region of the world. In 2025, for its 12th edition, the GBEP Bioenergy Week is held in Kampala, Uganda from 7 to 11 July 2025. The event is organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the context of the GBEP Programme of Work.

In this context, GBEP organizes the Bioenergy Youth Day to give space for youth engagement and capacity building. Now in its second addition, the GBEP Bioenergy Youth Day will emphasize education and training for youth in the field of sustainable bioenergy, with particular attention to innovation and emerging technologies. This year’s event will feature a dynamic mix of educational and hands-on training activities tailored for high school and university students.

The program is designed to inspire and equip the next generation of bioenergy leaders, culminating in the presentation of the 2025 GBEP Youth Award that recognizes outstanding contributions from young innovators in the field. 

Join the Bioenergy Lectures

Explore the latest bioenergy findings, and learn more about bionergy from experts from various universities
and research centres.

Visit the stations of the Bioenergy Discovery Circuit:

Discover bioenergy through interactive activities and demonstrations by universities, associations, private sector, and NGOs.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants

09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Session

Welcome remarks
Hon. Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, Minister of Youth and Children Affairs
Energy and Bioenergy’s role in agrifood systems
Yergalem Taages Beraki, FAO Country representative a.i.

10:00 – 10:15 Break and photo session

10:15 – 11:15 Bioenergy Lectures

Moderators: Tiziana Pirelli, FAO – Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

The role of sustainable bioenergy for just and inclusive energy transitions
Rocio Diaz Chavez, Imperial College London, UK
Youth4Climate: Successful, Youth-led bioenergy solutions
Vasco Cossa, Mozambique
Sylvain Obedi, Democratic Republic of Congo

11:15 – 12:30 Bioenergy Discovery Circuit

Global Bioenergy Stories
Aston University, UK
Ethanol for clean cooking
Bukona Agro, Uganda
Microgasification of solid biomass for clean cooking
World Bioenergy Association (WBA)
Recycling of agrifood residues for biogas, biomethane and soil amendment
African Biodigester Component (ABC) – Uganda, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Career in bioenergy
East Africa Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE)
Capacity building for energy transition: training on biogas and energy access
Impulsouth Community of Practice

12:30 – 13:30 Packed lunch

13:30 – 14:15 Presentation of GBEP Youth Award 2025

14:15 – 15:15 Bioenergy Lectures

Moderators: Tiziana Pirelli, FAO – Mirjam Roeder, Aston University

Bioenergy role in capacity building for a gender just energy transition.
Paul Nduhuura, Makerere University Business School and Impulsouth
Water-Energy-Food Nexus for optimizing the use of Uganda's Water Resource
Marion Engole, Aston University, UK

15:15 - 16:15 Bioenergy Discovery Circuit

Missed a station? Discover it now!

16:15 - 16:45 Bioenergy quiz!

16:45 – 17.00 Closing remarks

Academic institutions or young people interested in participating can send a request to [email protected]

Global Bioenergy Partnership