The International Eurasia Press Fund -IEPF established the vocational training center to benefit the war victims, retirees deminers and the community people who needs upliftment in their living conditions. The VTC is constructed in the Tartar region of Azerbaijan, but it is intended to be a regional center covering several regions in proximity with Tartar.
The project was financed by the United States Department of States, through the Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of Weapon Removal and Abatement. (PM/WRA). The duration of the project is for 1 and a half years beginning from July 01, 2010, and within the period, IEPF is to construct a 2 decked building that would have training rooms, lodging spaces, and a sizable conference hall.
March 30, the Grant Officer Representative -Ms. Katherine Baker participated in the opening ceremony of the VTC in Tartar. She was accompanied by the US Embassy in Azerbaijan Attachee, Mr. Micheal Guant. The event was well covered in the media both in the local language Azeri and in English; see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
The primary goal of the Tartar Regional Vocational Training Center is to reintegrate war victims and mine clearance retirees into society by fostering employment opportunities in the Tartar District. The main objectives are: Develop income generating skills of mine victim families and retired humanitarian mine action personnel; and Integrate trained personnel into mainstream society.
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