On June 15, in Kherson took place fourth «Cleaner Production and Energy Efficiency» Program in a joint Norwegian - Ukrainian project, implemented by the Norwegian Association of Chartered Engineers TEKNA and Kherson Chamber of Commerce in support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Ukraine.

Unlike the previous three groups, which had studied by the Programme from 2007 to 2009 and represented companies in various industries, this time almost all the students are the experts of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Kherson city. Participation of this company in the Program was made possible thanks to the active position of its new leader Igor Kazakov and leadership of the executive committee of Kherson city council.

The training session began with congratulations of the first deputy mayor of Kherson Vyacheslav Yaremenko. He stressed the importance and necessity for new knowledge of clean production and energy efficiency for the employees of municipal sector, which today remains one of the most energy-intensive sectors of the economy of Ukraine. Pleasant is also the fact that another company housing and communal services of the city - Kherson Central Heating and Power Plant - represented among the participants of the program.

In the first session of the program participants could get acquainted with Dmitry Ruschak, head of the UNDP/GEF for improving the ecological situation of the Dnieper basin. Kherson is a city of cross-border monitoring of the Dnieper water. That is why the GEF is supporting the implementation of «Cleaner Production and Energy Efficiency» Program to Kherson  Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Kherson Chamber of Commerce & Industry as the initiator of introduction of the Ukrainian-Norwegian «Cleaner Production and Energy Efficiency» Program in Ukraine wishes participants success and successful projects.