Energy Training Center and UNICEF has launched a new project to educate youth about drinking water quality and resources.
The project will be implemented in Batumi, Kutaisi, Aspindza, Dedoplistskaro, Tetritskaro, Kazbegi, Khashuri and Gardabani municipalities. Within the framework of the project, students-young people will be given trainings on the importance of drinking water quality and its characteristics, effective use of water resources and energy security issues. In addition, there will be public lectures on the empowerment of women in the energy sector and energy expert as a profession of the future.

The project started on the 1st  August this year and will continue until the end of November.

About the Training Center: The goal of the Elizbar Eristavi Energy Training Center existing under the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission is to raise public awareness of current issues in the electricity, natural gas and water supply sectors, to implement special training courses/programs for professional development and qualification improvement, to determine the priority directions of activities, to exchange experience and knowledge between interested parties, to conduct research, to prepare scientific and educational projects.

About the United Nations Children's Fund: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been working in the world's most difficult regions for more than 70 years to help the world's most vulnerable children. In more than 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child everywhere to build a better world for all. For more than 20 years, UNICEF has been helping the Government of Georgia to protect children's rights and fulfill its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF’s goal is to help the most vulnerable children, promote their empowerment and social inclusion, reduce inequalities that negatively affect children and their families.

For more information, please, contact:

Ms. Ketevan Berikashvili, member to  tBe Advisory board to the Elizbar Eristavi Energy Training Center, Mob.(+995) 577310011, k.berikashvili@entc.ge, www.entc.ge

Ms.  Maia Kurtsikidze, UNICEF Communication Specialist, Tel: +995 599 533071, mkurtsikidze@unicef.org, www.unicef.org/georgia,

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