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 Georgia:
Rural women from Keda municipality participate in international
harvest festival in Armenia
Five successful
women from the Keda Local Action Group in Georgia recently
participated in two international events in neighbouring Armenia
thanks to EU support. More>>
 Sustainable
management of Machakhela National Park benefits local
communities
Journalists
from the lead Georgian print and broadcasting media visited the
National Park and nearby villages, learning about a complex
assistance provided by UNDP and the Global Environmental Fund
(GEF). More>>
 Discussing
gender equality in local economic
development
Over 150
women members of local councils from all regions of Georgia met
representatives of the Government, Parliament, civil society and
international community at the 5th annual conference of Women
Councillors’ Forum. The participants More>>
 Georgia
and EU discuss regional development at
conference
On 21
September, the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure
of Georgia organised an international conference to discuss the
latest achievements in and perspectives for regional development
policy in the country. More>>
 Floating solar plants
may appear in Azerbaijan under ADB support
The
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $3 million of technical
assistance for the development of solar energy in Azerbaijan,
Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. More>>
 Azerbaijan
to implement new project on
beekeeping
Implementation
of the project for the restoration and development of beekeeping in
Azerbaijan’s Jojug Marjanli village is proceeding quite
successfully, Badraddin Hasratov, chairman of Azerbaijan Beekeepers
Association, told Trend. More>>
 Youth
for Development: a motivational experience helps Azerbaijani
students draw solutions to global development
challenges
With only
several days to go until the third anniversary of the historic new
Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the first Youth Summer
School on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was launched in
Azerbaijan. Taking place More>>
 EU
Delegation initiates beach clean-up campaign in
Azerbaijan
On 15
September, on the International Coastal Cleanup Day, the EU
Delegation to Azerbaijan initiated a coastal clean-up campaign in
Azerbaijan. More>>
 Armenia will make
kindergartens energy efficient and resilient to earthquakes thanks
to EU support
Almost 150 kindergartens in the
Armenian capital of Yerevan will benefit from improvements to energy
efficiency and resilience to earthquakes by 2020, thanks to EU
support. Around 30 kindergartens will be fully renovated, while
another More>>
 EU4Energy:
Energy Charter assists Armenia in improving policymaking process in
energy sector
On 13
September, the Energy Charter Secretariat, together with the
Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the
Republic of Armenia and the EU Delegation to Armenia, organised a
communication workshop in the More>>
 EU
supports incorporation of organic agriculture into vocational
education and training curriculum in
Armenia
On 18
September, the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador
Piotr Switalski, participated in an event launching a new organic
agriculture module on the curriculum of vocational education and
training (VET) institutions in More>>
 Global Climate Action
Summit Brings Surge of New Commitments and Calls for Increased
Government Action
Top UN officials welcomed the
outcomes of the Global Climate Action Summit that concluded today in
San Francisco, showcasing a surge of climate action and commitments
from regions, cities, businesses, investors and civil society; and More>>
 Global
Waste to Grow by 70 Percent by 2050 Unless Urgent Action is Taken:
World Bank Report
Without
urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current
levels by 2050, according to the World Bank’s new What a Waste 2.0:
A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 report. More>>
 Curbing
our environmental footprint
Cochin
International Airport is the world’s first solar power airport. Its
entire operations are powered by solar energy. The biggest and
busiest airport of Kerala state in India, and the fourth busiest
airport in India in terms of international More>>
 Tackling
the world’s most urgent problem: meat
Since
prehistoric times, humans have used animals as a rudimentary
technology to transform plant biomass into highly valued,
nutrient-dense foods, including meat and dairy products. These foods
remain an important source of nutrition More>>
 With EU support Local
Development Strategy was adopted in
Keda
Diversification of economic activity in rural
areas, development of climate smart agricultural value chain,
environmental protection, natural resources management and disaster
risk reduction, education, culture, sport and support of youth
activities More>>
 Increased
Recycling Opportunities in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Green School, on Evgeni Mikeladze Street, and Gulf Gas Station, on
Javakheti Street, joined the recycling fever in Tbilisi in August
2018 by establishing waste separation stands on their premises. Once
the school year begins, students More>>
 Keda
Local Action Group Now Accepts Ideas for the Grants Competition
Under EU ENPARD Program
The Keda
Local Action Group, together with CENN and Institute of Democracy
(IOD) are announcing the first stage of the grants competition
2018-2019 under the EU ENPARD supported project Keda LEADER. More>>
 Austria
Continues Supporting the Forestry Sector of
Georgia
Austria
continues supporting the development of the Georgian forestry
sector. For this purpose, a contract between Austrian Development
Agency (ADA) and CENN was signed on 21 September, 2018 in the
Tbilisi Botanical Garden. The contract More>>
 WEF Impact Summit
highlights need to secure the global commons
How
can leaders propel action to secure the global commons now? This was
the central question for one of the headline sessions, Environmental
Stewardship in the Sprint to 2020, at the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Sustainable Development More>>
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