The beneficiaries of the project G-STAR have shared the knowledge and experience during a workshop organized in Tokmok
On June 8, a workshop organized by G-STAR partners. A project coordinator and construction bri-gades participated in the workshop. During the workshop the participants discussed the following three topics, (i) skills development trainings; (ii) challenges and success stories; and (iii) apprenticeship in con-struction brigades. In the first hour, the partners of the project AMETiS and CEEBA shared the information about EE skills development trainings in rural areas. In addition, they also shared the challenges that oc-curred during organization of trainings. Then the participants discussed their success stories, in particular brigades that significantly affected the daily life. Lessons learned from success stories have helped partici-pants better organize their work onwards.
A brigade leader told that nowadays it is difficult to compete in energy-efficient construction mar-ket, in particular, in the field of insulation of houses and construction of stoves. He said: “The advantage in market competition is that I have been using knowledge which I gained from marketing trainings organized by G-STAR”.
Moreover participants expressed their interest to improve the skills on marketing their services, through the social web-pages and the internet. The project coordinator has noted their request and in-formed that he will pay attention on this topic in the future.
In the final hours, the workshop participants have agreed that next step of the focus will be improving graduates` apprenticeship in current construction brigades.
