On February 25,2018, semifinals of the competition „ Niko Ketskhoveli 2018“ took place at Iakob Gogebashvili conference hall for school children of Shida Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tbilisi. Mr. Giorgi Sosiashvili attended the event and in his opening speech, the rector pointed out that university is always willing to support students active involvement in educational and environment protection projects. At the end of the event, he gave winners his bookს as gifts.

Project involves environment protection implementation in community, municipality and regional level. Participant schools competed on research and advocacy, drawing out developing programs, introducing new technologies, popularization of social accountability and healthy way of living ,promoting environmentally friendly methods and programs . Public schools from Shida kartli and Boarder villages actively participated in the process.

The scholarship is implemented by CENN and financially supported by ADC. Co- organizers of the project are: the ministry of education and science, the parliament and the ministry or Environment and Natural Resources of Georgia. This year’s slogan is „Discover Georgia“. More then 700 schools applied and only 128 succeeded to semifinals.