Technical Assistance for Water Ambassadors Education and Awareness Raising Project
22 February 2017
Children becoming “Water Ambassadors”
The opening ceremony of the “Technical Assistance for Water Ambassadors Education and Awareness Raising Project” has been conducted.
The opening ceremony of the “Technical Assistance for Water Ambassadors Education and Awareness Raising Project” co-financed by EU, aiming to achieve raising awareness on protection of environment and water sources, was held with a large number of participation.
Through the cooperation of the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works and TRT, the opening ceremony of the Project, which the contracting authority is the Department of European Union Implementations, financially supported by Turkey and the European Union, welcomed and hosted Mr. Gabriel Munuera Vinals, Deputy Head of Delegation Minister Counsellor, Mr. Orhan Erdem, Deputy Minister of National Education, Mr. Akif Özkaldı, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs and Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
Mr. Gabriel Munuera Vinals, Deputy Head of Delegation Minister Counsellor stated, “We are hand in hand with Turkey. Water Ambassadors Project is not the first one that we conduct with Turkey, neither will it be the last.”
Mr. Akif Özkaldı, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs said, “Turkey is not a water rich country. Thus, we should use our resources in the most efficient and sufficient way. Water resources are the most valuable heritage that we will hand down to our children. That is why we care about this project very much.”
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization said, “The main result of this project would be providing the grounds for efficient and correct usage of water both at home and school. Clean water is blessing, we will pass this knowledge to our children. The project will serve for this purpose very well. Our support to Water Ambassadors will be infinite.”
Mr. Orhan Erdem,Deputy Minister of National Education stated, “We are working actively at every level of education with the purpose of making our children nature friendly and aware of the environment. We are aiming the dissemination of the Water Ambassadors Project, which will teach our children how to keep water sustainable and ensure a more habitable environment.”
Target Group – Students, Teachers and Mothers
Technical Assistance for Water Ambassadors Education and Awareness Raising Project will be implemented from Ankara, as the central province, in Western Mediterranean, Konya Closed and Eastern Black Sea basins as the pilot areas. The Project aims to make contributions to the sustainability of environment protection and non-polluted and rational use of water.
Through the Project, it is aimed to raise the awareness for the environment protection and ensure the efficient use of water resources.
Within the scope of the Project, the awareness level of children and young people along with the general public will be raised through trainings and media platforms while their knowledge and skills will be developed via different communication tools. Additionally, by providing support for the educational capacity of the stakeholders’ personnel, there will totally be 40,000 people that will have been educated in 3 pilot basins in this respect.
Primary target groups of the Project are students in the basic education system, university students, young people, teachers and mothers. Initialized in January 2017, the Project is aimed to be completed towards the end of 2017.
