Dusheti Mayor attends “Green Award 2024” award event

Georgia: The competition “Green Award 2024” winners of the Environmental Information and Education Center were announced. Mayor of Dusheti Municipality Matsatsatso Narimanidze attended the “Green Award 2024” award event.

The ‘Green Award 2024’ was a success because of a joint effort. Teachers and educators from all over Georgia, united by their passion for environmental and agrarian education, participated in the competition.

“Green Award—Preschool Environmental Education 2024” Nino Barbakadze-Kakhniashvili, the teacher of kindergarten N126 in Tbilisi, has won the “Green Award—Environmental and Agrarian Education in School 2024” by Nino Kachkachashvili, a teacher of science and biology in the public schools of Arali and Varkhani village of Adigeni municipality.

Shorena Bregvadze, a civic education teacher at the public school in the village of Sashaburo of Dusheti municipality, was awarded as a member of the ten members of the “Green Award” competition.

About 170 guests were present, including Minister of Environment and Agriculture Otar Shamugia, his deputies—Kakha Kakabadze and Solomon Pavliashvili—State Commissioner of Mtskheta-Mtianeti David Nozadze, Mayor of Dusheti Matsatsatso Narimanidze, representatives of municipalities, and members of NGOs.

The competition “Green Award” has been held by the Environmental Information and Education Center since 2018. The competition aims to identify and encourage teachers and educators who care about children’s environmental and agricultural education and actively use the guidelines “Preschool Environmental Education” and “Environmental and Agrarian Education in School.”

During the event, Minister of Environment and Agriculture Otar Shamugia awarded badges to the employees of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Abkhazia for their contribution to environmental protection. Special prizes were awarded to winners and selected participants of the competition commission.

The ‘Green Award’ of the competition stands strong with the support of esteemed organizations and government entities. We are grateful for the backing of the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia, Agency for Management of Kindergartens of Tbilisi, National Center for Teachers’ Professional Development, Tbilisi Zoo, EcoVision, and CENN.