*[Enwl-eng] [cenn] CENN Earth Day Events

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On April 20-22 CENN together with the Ministry of Environment Protection
organized different campaigns during Earth Day’s week. The members of Rural
Women Councils (RWCs) and active women’s groups from the municipalities of
Bolnisi, Tchiatura, Tkibuli, Batumi, Zestaponi, Kaspi and Rustavi, as well
as various representatives of the government and the business sector
participated in the event.



On April 20-21 a series of meeting was conducted at CENN’s Green Center to
which representatives from the National Environmental Agency, the Department
of Environment Pollution Monitoring, and independent experts participated.
The problems related to the situation in terms of air pollution and health
issues caused by air pollution in Georgia were presented during the
meetings. The participants discussed the air quality problems existing in
their regions.




During the meeting CENN’s representative presented the project Air Quality
Governance in the ENPI East Countries – AIR-Q-GOV, that is implemented by
CENN in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment Protection. The
project covers seven partner countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, and Russian Federation and is being
implemented by a consortium of organizations lead by the MWH (Belgium).
Financial support is provided by the European Commission.



On April 22, the participants visited an air quality monitoring station
(Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia), were introduced to the
regulations regarding the station’s operation and had an opportunity to
discuss interesting topics with the representatives of the National
Environment Agency.



Later, a big discussion on air quality related issues took place at Europe
House. The representatives from the ministries and the enterprises like
Rustavis Foladi Ltd., Tchiatura Mining Enrichment Plant, SakNakhshiri GIG
Group, Hidelbergcement Georgia Ltd. participated in the discussion. The
factors which the population considered as having the most significant
impact on the air quality in their regions were actively discussed. The
goal of the discussion was to initiate a cooperation among the
representatives of the government, the business and the society on air
quality management.



The event is organized within CENN ongoing projects Strengthening and
Engagement of Rural Women in Natural Resources Management in the South
Caucasus Countries and Air Quality Governance in the ENPI East Countries –
AIR-Q-GOV.

For detailed information, please contact:



Nino Gaprindashvili


CENN



T +995 32 275 19 03/04
F +995 32 275 19 05

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