The project “Take the Power from the Sun”, developed by the school No. 22 of the Almazar district inTashkent with the support of the Innovation, Technology and Strategy Center under the Ministry of Public Education, became the finalist of the United Arab Emirates’ Zayed Sustainability Prize from Europe and Central Asia.

2373 applications were received from 129 countries in five areas of the competition. Finalists, including school № 22 in Tashkent, were invited to the gala ceremony in Abu Dhabi, which will be held in January 2020. The winners will be announced during this ceremony and awarded a prize of $ 100,000 for the implementation of the project.

The Zayed Sustainability Prize was established in 2008 in memory of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the United Arab Emirates. This prize with a total fund of $ 3 million is annually awarded to the best sustainable development projects in the categories of Health, Food, Water, Energy and Global High Schools.