Ten finalist teams that answered a call for innovative solutions to climate change under a UN Development Programme (UNDP) nationwide campaign in the former Yugoslav Republic (fYR) of Macedonia will participate in a three-day Climate Change Innovation Camp. The finalists were selected from 130 submissions to the campaign, which was launched in December 2014 by UNDP in fYR Macedonia. During the Camp, the finalists will receive expert technical advice to develop their proposals further and compete for a US$10,000 prize to develop their proposals into prototypes. Finalists have put forward ideas involving: bikes and shoes to charge electronics; 'Eco Taxis'; solar collectors and billboards; solar cooling devices; re-using shower water for flushing toilets; using smartphones to create reminders for shutting off lights and optimizing heating and cooling; a smart app for carpooling; promotion of alternative means of transport; 'climate cafés'; and green roofs and facades.  

dates: 17-19 April 2015  
location: Skopje, Aracinovo, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  
contact: Pavlina Zdraveva, UNDP Skopje  
e-mail: pavlina.zdraveva@undp.org  
www: http://www.mk.undp.org/content/the_former_yugoslav_republic_of_macedonia/en/home/ourperspective/ourperspectivearticles/2015/04/14/from-sun-solutions-to-climate-caf-s-nationwide-campaign-taps-into-local-talent.html
 http://europeandcis.undp.org/blog/2014/12/09/climate-change-challenge-%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8/