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Children visualize the importance of water

GEF-UNDP Kura II Project

By IW:LEARN

July 14^th, 2020

The Kura II Project, funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organized an online art competition dedicated to the 2020 Earth Day celebration, in partnership with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, the UNDP Country Offices Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as NGO Environment and Development and Arts Council of Azerbaijan.

The themes for the competition covered various aspects of water-related issues such as “water conservation,” “water pollution,” “water in life,” ‘water cycle,” “water and climate change”. A total of 129 participants between 6 to 17 years from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, China and India submitted their art works. The winners in each age category were selected by seven high-level jury members.

The participants were awarded with certificates while the art works as well as videos of the winners are continuously being promoted by Kura II project on its social media channels. On 05 May 2020, the Project launched an online exhibition on its social media channels.

1st place winners of the different categories of the art competition

Fatima Khudayeva, 8 years old from Baku, Azerbaijan. 1st Place winner - Category 6-9 years old.

Laman Yusifova, 9 years old from Baku, Azerbaijan. 1st Place winner - Category 6-9 years old.

Toma Turmanidze, 9 years old from Gori, Georgia. 1st Place winner - Category 6-9 years old.

Mehmet Aydiner, 12 years old from Ankara, Turkey. 1st Place winner - Category 10-12 years old.

Sophio Abuladze, 14 years old from Gori, Georgia. 1st Place winner – Category 13-15 years old.

Fatima Guluzade, 16 years old from Baku, Azerbaijan. 1st Place winner - Category 16-17 years old.

"If there is no water in the world, the balance will be lost." by Suleymanli Aydan, 14 years old from Baku, Azerbaijan. 1st Place winner – Category - Posters.

"Water is life on Earth! Save life! (Save water, save life!)" by Zurab Gvimradze, 10 years old from Gori, Georgia. 1st Place winner – Category - Posters.

Without water, nothing living would live...Water is the main source of us.

Mehmet Aydiner, 12 years old from Ankara, Turkey, and 1st place winner of Category 10-12 years old.

Mariam Gogichasvili, 10 years old from Gori, Georgia shares her impressions on the competition and related activities implemented by Kura II Project.

We were amazed to receive so many art works. We expected them to come mainly from the Kura countries but were pleasantly surprised seeing more than 50 art works from outside the region. This competition reflects the global importance of water!

Sona Guliyeva, Communications Officer, Kura Aras II Project

Children visualize the importance of water

To view all the art works, visit https://myalbum.com/nxKXWM2Mu4Tr.

To view more videos from the participants, visit the Kura II Project YouTube channel.

The UNDP/GEF Kura II Project “Advancing Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) across the Kura river basin through implementation of the transboundary agreed actions and national plans” will be implementing the Strategic Action Program for the Kura River Basin in partnership with the Governments of Georgia and Azerbaijan in partnership with Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection and Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, respectfully. The Project is addressing the priority needs in the Strategic Action Plan (SAP) through implementation of the SAP and national Integrated Water Resources Management Plans to strengthen and harmonize coordinated conjunctive transboundary ground and surface water management.

For more information on the Kura II Project, please contact the Chief Technical Advisor and Regional Project Coordinator Mary Matthews (mary.matthews@undp.org) or Communications Manager Sona Guliyeva (sona.guliyeva@undp.org), as well as visit the project website and project page on iwlearn.net.