Grand opening of the painter workshop at the Regional Vocational Training Center for Construction Technologies of the Kharkiv Region

In October we are able to celebrate the official opening of the workshop for the modernized painter/restorer trade at our project site in Kharkiv (Regional Vocational Training Center for Construction Technologies of the Kharkiv Region), Ukraine together with the GIZ. The festivities were attended by high-ranking representatives and project partners from politics and business. Anatoly Babichev, the Vice-Governor of the Kharkiv region, and the German Vice-Consul Peter Schmahl from the General Consulate in Donetsk with headquarters in Dnipro congratulated the project team on the successful workshop renovation and emphasized the importance of promoting training in the construction trades for the city of Kharkiv, especially for young people. Special thanks also went to the project sponsors KnaufCaparolStorch and Dinova, whose Ukrainian representatives were very pleased with the results of the modernization efforts. The conversion of the workshops and their equipment with materials and tools were led by master painter Andreas Tobias, who works on our behalf. He was also responsible for modernizing the content of the painter profession as well as training the instructors and teachers at the Kharkiv Vocational Training Center. Foto: Мария Зайцева