National
Ozone unit

SEPTEMBER 16: Meeting with Students of Three Regional Colleges
19.09.2020

Meeting with students took place on 17-18 September 2020 in Yerevan, Armavir and Ararat Regional State Colleges under the auspices of the World Ozone Day .

In 2018 in these educational institutions classrooms were supplied with multimedia equipment, workshops - with relevant Recovery and Recycling tools, and in 2020 training of professors was carried out within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministries of Environment and Education under the «HCFС Phase-out II» project (UNDP/UNEP). In 2019 educational standards were developed by the working group established by the order of the Minister of Education and Science when the new specialty «Refrigeration Systems» was added to the list of professions approved by the Government Decision, and the admission has been carried out since 2019 in three regional state colleges.

Ozone project representatives met with about 60 students of the 1st and 2nd year of the «Refrigeration Systems» specialty. National Ozone Focal Point, Liana Ghahramanyan spoke about the topicality, demand and efficiency of the «Refrigeration Systems» profession, emphasizing the negative impact of the refrigeration sector on the environment if not duly attended and maintained.
The meetings were concluded with a quiz developed by the Ozone Secretariat and students were provided with a brief guide on  «Leading Experience Working with Flammable Refrigerants» developed by the UN Environmental Program and adopted in Armenian.