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    UN Development Programme (UNDP) Armenia

    14, Petros Adamyan St., Yerevan 375010, Armenia
    Tel: +374 10 56 60 73 + 121
    Mob: +374 91 43 63 12
    Fax: +374 10 54 38 11
    E-mail: [email protected]
    URLs: http://www.undp.am

    PRESS RELEASE

    CONTACT: Aramazd Ghalamkaryan
    E-mail: [email protected]

    WHEN COMMUNITIES BECOME FULL PARTNERS: A KINDERGARTEN HEATING SYSTEM
    ESTABLISHED IN ABOVYAN, AND BUILDING ENTRANCES RENOVATED IN MASIS

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    13.12.2006


    Abovyan and Masis - UNDP Armenia continues its advanced cooperation with
    different local communities in Armenia. Today, in the framework of the
    UNDP project on Performance Budgeting, two small-scale projects were
    completed and presented to the heads of communities and UNDP resident
    representative in Armenia.

    In Abovyan city, the Municipality has firstly developed a local
    community budget based on the performance budgeting model, and secondly,
    has co-funded the establishment of a boiler house and heating system in
    a local kindergarten.

    Ms. Consuelo Vidal met with the mayor of Abovyan at hiss residence and
    discussed the results achieved and future prospects for cooperation.

    "It is crucial for us to involve the local community in selecting the
    city's priorities, and we thank the municipality for joining efforts
    with us in achieving a participatory process in this regard.
    Furthermore, we managed to co-finance such an important project. As a
    result, the first kindergarten in the city will have heating the whole
    year round and women will have opportunity to work, while the kids are
    at the kindergarten," - noted Ms. Vidal.

    The next project was completed in Masis town - renovation of 43
    entrances in six multi-apartment buildings. The mayor of the town and
    UNDP representative visited the project sites, spoke to the inhabitants
    and congratulated the community on the completion of another
    participatory project. In Masis, like in Abovyan, a working group
    comprised of representatives of the town chose the project to be carried
    out.

    As the mayor indicated in his speech, he decided not to interfere with
    the work of the group at all, and the group chose even the concrete
    buildings to be renovated.

    Ms. Vidal emphasized: "The projects that UNDP supports in villages and
    urban areas are based on local priorities that citizens themselves come
    up with, so I would like to also congratulate you in this regard."

    Representatives of the community thanked both UNDP and the municipality
    for the fruitful cooperation and expressed their hope that the
    partnership will be maintained next year as well.

    Performance budgeting is a comparatively new methodology for budget
    planning, execution and monitoring that is being introduced in Armenia
    both at the local and national levels. The new methodology is more
    transparent and allows local population to monitor the way the
    taxpayers' money is spent by the municipality.

    Since its inception in 2005, the Performance Budgeting Project has
    generated much interest among local self-governance bodies in Armenia.
    It assists in the implementation of performance budgeting during
    community planning, monitoring, and evaluation processes ensuring
    citizens' participation in the whole process. This is new to not only
    Armenia, but also to the region.

    * * *

    For additional information please visit www.undp.am and/or contact Mr.
    Aramazd Ghalamkaryan at [email protected], tel.: +37491 436
    312, +37410 566 073 + 121:

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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