With the support Central Housing and Urban Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) completed a two day workshop on Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project in the state capital on Friday.
In the workshop practical training on capital Investment Planning Model, Energy Auditing, Carbon Emission Forecasting and Life Cycle cost analysis was given to the officers of the corporation.
On the second day of the workshop, Corporation Commissioner KVS Chaudhary launched Climate Smart Investments and Capacity and funds for corporation finance and Rs 10.50 crore for purchasing CNG vehicles.
Appreciating the cooperation of UNIDO on providing grant Unido team members were also felicitated. In the workshop, members of the UNIDO team including Additional Commissioners MP Singh and Gunwant Sewatkar and the mechanical planning of the corporation and Finance department officials were present.
On Friday, the second day of the workshop, Professor Janice of the University of Washington, Professor A Drian Greve of Whittington, California, State Polytechnic, Sujatha Sreekumar, Rajavardhan, Senior Technical Advisor of UNIDO Project Team, NP Singh and GR Mishra trained 40 officers of mechanical and finance departments of the Corporation on capital investment planning model, Energy Auditing, Carbon Emission Forecasting and Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
This project is a global project in Bhopal as well as Mysore, Guntur, Jaipur, Vijayawada. It will be implemented with the funded assistance of Global Environmental Facility (GIF).