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World Bank, OSIAF Award Grants to Six Armenian Non-Profit Organizations
YEREVAN, May 7. /ARKA/. The World Bank (WB) and the Open Society
Institute Assistance Foundation (OSIAF) have granted $70,000 to six
Armenian NGOs under a Small Grants Program jointly implemented by the
WB office in Armenia and the OSI-AF.
The results of the grant allocation competition were made public on May
5, said Vigen Sargsian, External Affairs Officer, WB Country Office in
Yerevan.
According to him, 49 NGOs participated in the competition. Among the
winners are Menk Plus (We+), Krtutyan Asparez (Education Field), the
Armenian-French Development Fund, the Sustainable Aquatic Environment
NGO, SKARP Health Centre and the Lawyers for Human Rights NGO.
Sargsian said that the WB and OSI-AF Yerevan offices will monitor the
program implementation in Armenia. Depending on the success of the
programs, WB plans to cooperate with Armenian non-profit organizations
in developing the fields involved.
Fifty-three local NGOs have received $491,000 grants under the Small
Grants Program, with $303,000 allocated by the WB Country Office in
Yerevan and $188,000 by OSI-AF. `0'
YEREVAN, May 7. /ARKA/. The World Bank (WB) and the Open Society
Institute Assistance Foundation (OSIAF) have granted $70,000 to six
Armenian NGOs under a Small Grants Program jointly implemented by the
WB office in Armenia and the OSI-AF.
The results of the grant allocation competition were made public on May
5, said Vigen Sargsian, External Affairs Officer, WB Country Office in
Yerevan.
According to him, 49 NGOs participated in the competition. Among the
winners are Menk Plus (We+), Krtutyan Asparez (Education Field), the
Armenian-French Development Fund, the Sustainable Aquatic Environment
NGO, SKARP Health Centre and the Lawyers for Human Rights NGO.
Sargsian said that the WB and OSI-AF Yerevan offices will monitor the
program implementation in Armenia. Depending on the success of the
programs, WB plans to cooperate with Armenian non-profit organizations
in developing the fields involved.
Fifty-three local NGOs have received $491,000 grants under the Small
Grants Program, with $303,000 allocated by the WB Country Office in
Yerevan and $188,000 by OSI-AF. `0'