GIZ Pakistan organizes award ceremony for Master Trainers in Solar PV Systems under Clean Power Purchasing Development Project

LAHORE: A certificate award ceremony was held at a local hotel in Lahore for the Master Trainers in Solar PV Systems trained under the Clean Power Purchasing Development project. The project is being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as part of the DeveloPPP.de Programme of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ).

Chairperson TEVTA Punjab, Mr. Ali Salman Siddiquewas the chief guest at the occasion who distributed the certificates to the master trainers along with Mr. Moazzam Iqbal Sipra, Director General Punjab Skills Development Authority, Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, Chairperson Solar Quality Foundation (SQF), Mr. Faisal Mahmood, Regional Coordinator (Punjab) and DV Clean Power Purchasing Development Project, and Mr. Haseeb Saadat CEO Allied Solar Private Limited& local partner of Power One for One Germany.Other senior officials and heads of institutes from Punjab TEVTA and Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) were also present at the occasion.

The project has trained 37 Master Trainers from TVET institutes in Punjab on design, installation, operation & maintenance of solar PV systems with the help of solar industry experts. A 10-kW grid-connected pilot solar PV plant has also been installed with the support of project partner Power One for One at TEVTA Government Technical Training Institute, Gulberg Lahore for education purpose.

Speaking at the ceremony Mr. Ali Salman appreciated the role of German cooperation for promotion of clean energy in Pakistan and lauded the programme achievements despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic during the last two years.He highlighted the fact that promotion of green skills is inevitable to fight the global climate change and save the environment while also conserving the natural resources.He expressed his resolve that master trainers trained under the project will supportimplementation of solar PV training in Punjab and increase the quality &access to trained human resource for solar companies.