,, Environmental Democracy - human rights and responsibilities’’- training in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kv

Legal Entity of Public Law - Environmental Information and Education Center of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia has started an informational campaign that intends to hold trainings ,, Environmental Democracy - human rights and responsibilities’’ in the whole country.

Within the campaign, the first training was held in Ambrolauri and the participants of this meeting were the public sector of the municipalities of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region as well as representatives of non-governmental sector and print media of the region. The director of the Environmental Information and Education Centre Tamar Aladashvili addressed to the participants of the training and spoke to them about the implementation of the responsibilities imposed by the Aarhus Convention and the role of human environmental rights and accessibility on the environmental information.  The director of the centre emphasized the importance of the Environmental Information and Education Centre in informing the society and protecting environmental rights. 

Implementation of the above-mentioned trainings aims to facilitate the implementation of the commitments of the Aarhus Convention. The Aarhus Convention which member  Georgia has became in 2001, obligates the signatory countries to provide the availability of environmental information, the participation of the society in the decision-making process and access to justice in this field. 

The Environmental Information and Education Centre will hold the trainings regarding human environmental rights and responsibilities until the end of 2019 for the representatives of municipalities of all the regions of Georgia.