Finalists of Green Skills Award 2023 unveiled: Now is your chance to vote!
This year's ten finalists encompass a diverse range of backgrounds and expertise, representing various countries. They were selected from nearly 600 applications from over 60 countries.
Having the opportunity to choose ten finalists out of 600 applicants tells it all: the ETF Green Skills Award 2023 has attracted topical proposals from across the globe.
ETF Director, Pilvi Torsti
The finalists for this year’s Green Skills Award are:
- Armenia: TUMO Labs - Empowering youth to protect the environment through a climate change observatory
- Georgia: Construct2 - Developing a public-private partnership for the provision of training on eco-friendly building materials
- Indonesia: Carbon Addons - Enabling youth to become climate changemakers through a carbon academy
- Kenya: E-waste management - Promoting skills development opportunities for sustainable e-waste management
- Lebanon: Zero waste project - Educating for waste reduction and student environmental empowerment
- Morocco with Spain: Bouregreg Med-O-Med Gardening School by FUNCI - Providing green vocational training for marginalised youth
- Serbia: The Green Art Incubator - Promoting sustainable practices in the culture and arts sector
- Türkiye: Birsen Tanrikulu, teacher - Fostering green skills and sustainability in education
- Ukraine: Taras Shevchenko National University - Equipping future professionals with green competences
- USA with Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe: WeCareSolar - Developing renewable energy solutions for remote communities and women's empowerment
How can you vote?
The winners of the Green Skills Award will be selected by public vote open until 29 September (23:59 CEST) and will be announced at an award ceremony in late 2023. The stories of all finalists and the voting system can be found here.
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The Green Skills Award is a global initiative that was first introduced by the ETF in 2021, providing ideas and inspiration from all over the world about innovation. It is a source of good practices that can inspire people everywhere to make real change happen in creating circular and carbon-neutral economies and societies.
