National Initiative for Green Smart Projects runs a training workshop in Giza

The National Initiative for Green Smart Projects, in cooperation with Giza Governorate, in the presence of participants from Cairo and Qalyubia governorates, held a training workshop to raise awareness of the goals and categories of the initiative, mechanisms, and criteria for evaluating projects participating in the second round of it, which is currently available for submission on the website www.sgg.eg.

In this context, Ambassador Hisham Badr, General Coordinator of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects, said that the training workshops aim to spread and raise awareness of environmental problems and climate change, and motivate citizens in different governorates to find solutions to these problems.

During the training workshop, the mechanism for evaluating participating projects from the governorates in the second round of the initiative was reviewed, and the criteria to be taken into account when reviewing these projects, training residents on those criteria and emphasizing the provision of all aspects of support to all participants.

The representative of the Ministry of Communications reviewed how to apply and participate in the initiative, its six different categories, the challenges that residents may face when evaluating projects, and how to solve them, explaining the criteria for assessing projects represented in the green component, the technological component, economic feasibility, sustainable impact and scalability, empowerment, and equal opportunity.

The representative of the Ministry of Environment also referred to the green component, explaining the features of intelligent green projects, including sustainability, recyclability, reusability, and the contribution to reducing waste and reducing pollution, as well as contributing to the development and innovation of alternatives to materials harmful to the environment and health.

For her part, the representative of the National Council for Women (NCW) referred to the support provided by the Council to women applying for projects for the national initiative for smart green projects, which comes within the framework of their economic and social empowerment, adding that these projects contribute to reducing the effects of environmental pollution and climate change.