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 Georgia
National Inventory of Mercury Released
The
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of
Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia are
releasing the results of the Initial Mercury Assessment in Georgia More>>
 EU
launches new rural development project in
Georgia
The
European Neighborhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural
Development (ENPARD) launched a new rural development project in the
Georgian municipality, Tetritskaro on 11 April. The goals and
objectives of the project were presented More>>
 RAPDI
publishes Annual Agricultural Review with EU
support
With the
support of EU, in the framework of European Neighbourhood Programme
for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), under the project
“Capacity building to agriculture-related education and research
institutions”, RAPDI More>>
 Green
economy: aiming to bridge the gap between business and financial
institutions
A
round-table discussion on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production
(RECP) financing in Georgian SMEs took place on 26 April in Tbilisi.
It aimed to address possible ways to bridge the gap between
companies and financial institutions More>>
 Development of "Made
in Azerbaijan" to help grow
agriculture
Development of the Made in Azerbaijan
brand will help to ensure the growth of agriculture by three percent
in 2017 and by four percent in 2018 in Azerbaijan, says the report,
titled “Asian Development Outlook 2017: Transcending the
middle-income More>>
 EBRD:
Azerbaijan has huge potential in sphere of
renewables
Azerbaijan
has a huge potential in the sphere of renewables, said Aida
Sitdikova, EBRD director for energy in Russia, Caucasus and Central
Asia. She made the remarks during the 4th Caspian Energy Forum in
Baku More>>
 Azerbaijan
eyes to export alternative energy
solutions
Azerbaijan’s
State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources is taking
part in international tenders for supply of engineering solutions,
Jamil Melikov, deputy head of the state agency, made a statement More>>
 Hybrid
energy efficient cars handed over to SOCAR under UNDP-GEF carbon
mitigation project
Four
hybrid energy efficient cars were formally transferred today to the
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) by the UN Development
Programme at a ceremony held at the SOCAR EcoPark in Baku’s Gala
settlement. The cars are designed More>>
 Armenia: EU experts
share best practices in fruit production
The
European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural
Development (ENPARD) initiated a workshop on 'World fruit production
advanced techniques' at the Armenian National Agrarian University on
3 April. Professors, students More>>
 Energy
efficiency project to bring benefits to
Armenians
On 6
April, the Steering Committee of the “Access to Renewable and
Effective Energy in Vayk and Spitak Municipalities” project met in
Yerevan to discuss the results of the last five months of
implementation. The meeting included a presentation More>>
 Ministry
of agriculture to look into farmers’
problems
Armenia’s
ministry of agriculture with the support of the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will study the problems of
small farms. Speaking at a working conference today, the deputy
minister of agriculture More>>
 Goris
declared as CIS Cultural Capital for
2018
The
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has decided to endorse a
draft decision declaring the Armenian city of Goris as the CIS
Cultural Capital for 2018. The decision came as a result of the
efforts made by the COMUS programme More>>
 Renewable energy
sources could be cheaper than fossil fuels within 10
years
A new United Nations-backed report has
revealed overwhelming consensus that renewable power will dominate
in the future, with many experts saying that even large
international corporations are increasingly choosing renewable
energy products More>>
 UN
Environment launches Young Champions of the Earth
Competition
On
International Earth Day, the United Nations Environment Programme
launched Young Champions of the Earth, a new initiative to spot
young, talented people between the ages of 18 and 30 and support
their inspiring ideas to save the environment More>>
 EU
climate change project reports back on support provided to Eastern
Partner countries
The
EU-funded Clima East policy project organised a closing conference
in Brussels on 25 April. Representatives of the ministries of
environment, ecology and nature protection of the project’s six
partner countries participated in the conference More>>
 Eliminating
environmental threats to human health requires transparent
decision-making and public
participation
Health
and well-being is contingent on the quality of air we breathe, the
water we drink and the ground we live on. Environmental causes are
responsible for 22% of all deaths worldwide each year: for 17% of
all cancers, 25% of strokes More>>
 Climate Smart
Agriculture
FAO-'s animation on Climate Smart
Agriculture was translated and dubbed by CENN, within the project
“Empowering Modern Research Practices of the Regional
Agriculture-Related Institutions” which is supported by the European
Union through ENPARD More>>
 Workshop
on development of a Biodiversity and Urban Environment Action Plan
of Tbilisi Environmental Strategy
On March
29-30, landscape specialists gathered in Ambassador Hotel in
Kachreti for the purpose of development of a Biodiversity and Urban
Environment Action Plan of Tbilisi Environmental Strategy. More>>
 Empowering
Modern Research Practices of Regional Agriculture-Related
Institutions - Project Close-Out
Workshop
28-29
March 2017, with support of the European Neighborhood Program for
Agricultural and Rural Development (ENPARD), in the framework of
EU-funded project “Empowering Modern Research Practices of Regional
Agriculture-Related Institutions” More>>
 Ecomigrant
Women Cheese Factory Opening in
Disveli
On 12
April 2017, Ecomigrant women’s “Disveli” cooperative opening
ceremony was carried out in the village of Disveli of Bolnisi
Municipality. Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of
Georgia, Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from More>>
 Earth
Day 2017
This year
we celebrated it in Vake Park with the US Embassy to Georgia. We had
quite a fun despite the windy weather, we played mini basketball –
for every plastic bottle hit to the bin we offered cupcakes in the
colors of the Earth, we decorated More>>
 Friendship
Fair in Tbilisi and Telavi
We – CENN
and WMTR Program – as US Embassy and USAID partners participated in
Friendship Fair held in Tbilisi and Telavi. During the events we
presented our organization’s and WMTR program’s activities on
multiple environmental topics More>>
 GEF-7 Replenishment:
1st Meeting
At its 51st meeting in October 2016,
the GEF Council requested the Trustee, in cooperation with the
Secretariat, to initiate discussions on the seventh replenishment of
resources of the GEF Trust Fund (GEF-7). More>>
 GEF
supports new investments in sustainable
energy
On the
margins of the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in New York today,
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) joined partners to announce
two new investments in sustainable energy. More>>
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