Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – SECCA Key Experts (KEs) Paata Janelidze and Ilze Purina met with the students of the Institute of International Relations (IIR) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and delivered a presentation on “Sustainable Energy Development in the Context of Global Climate Change: SECCA Project Approaches”. More than 80 students attended this meeting.

During the meeting, the KEs officially awarded Mr Rakhmangylych Annageldyyew, the IIR student and the I prize winner of the European Union’s regional reel contest #Reels4SustainableEnergy, with the Certificate of Award. In November 2023, Mr Annageldyyew took part in the SECCA study tour to Latvia, which was the main prize of the contest, and learned about the Latvian experience in promotion of energy efficiency.

In their presentation, the KEs provided a brief information on the problem of climate change, climate financing, sustainable energy, general approach to national energy and climate planning, and the project’s experience of organising Sustainable Energy Days (SED) in Central Asia. SED in Turkmenistan was held in Mary just a week before on 14-15 December 2023.