Vocational Education & Training to Get More Support from Switzerland, UNDP

On 6 November the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia signed a project document about a new initiative to support Vocational Education & Training in agriculture.

With a budget of over $6 million, the four-year (2018-2022) initiative offers Georgian farmers new educational opportunities and extension services. The initiative will be implemented in close partnership with the Government of Georgia, Georgian Farmers’ Association, vocational colleges, public and private agriculture extension centres, universities and local communities.

The project document was signed by Irina Abuladze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia; Giorgi Khanishvili, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia; Olivier Burki, Regional Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in the South Caucasus; and Louisa Vinton, the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator and Head of UNDP in Georgia.

A Swiss farmer. Source: ch.coca-colahellenic.com