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NEW ARMENIA BORDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LAUNCHES
15:20, 18.03.2015
Region:World News, Armenia, Russia
Theme: Politics
YEREVAN. - Over the next five years, 45 border communities in
Armenia's Tavush region, with an overall population of 62,000, will
have the opportunity to develop their own community plans, prioritizing
activities - such as infrastructure and income generating activities
- for financing within the framework of "Integrated Support to Rural
Development: Building Resilient Communities" project.
The project is funded by the Government of the Russian Federation
and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
in Armenia, in close partnership with the Ministry of Territorial
Administration and Emergency Situations of Armenia. The project budget
is over USD 5 million.
Bradley Busetto, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative
in Armenia, Armen Yeritsyan, Minister of Territorial Administration
and Emergency Situations, and Ivan Volynkin, Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Armenia, on Wednesday signed the relevant documents to
launch the project.
Representatives of government agencies responsible for rural and
community development, as well as international organizations,
diplomatic corps, and media attended the event.
"UNDP, as a global development organization, tries to reach remote
communities in Armenia with the support needed not to provide short
term emergency aid, but sustained development support. Our added value
has several facets - neutrality, impartiality, flexibility, as well
as innovation, which makes UNDP special as a development partner for
Armenia. For more than two decades UNDP has worked closely with the
government and other development partners to make Armenia a better
place to live and work. In this context, I would like to express my
gratitude to the Governments of Russian Federation and Armenia for
the excellent collaboration and for this important partnership to
support vulnerable communities. By working together, we can make a
difference to peoples lives," said Busetto, in his welcoming remarks.
"We have 915 communities in Armenia and they have unique problems and
challenges. In order to make the country's territorial administration
more efficient, it is necessary to engage in each community and
village, especially in bordering regions. Bordering communities are
always in the focus of the Government of Armenia, which carries
out various measures aimed at their support and development. We
are confident that this project will be an invaluable investment to
mitigate the burden felt in bordering communities," noted Yeritsyan,.
"Russia consistently builds up its efforts in providing support to
its foreign partners in achieving sustainable development. Priority
recipients of the Russian international development assistance are CIS
countries and its partners in Eurasian integration. The importance
of this UNDP programme is its focus on complex development of the
vulnerable bordering communities in Tavush region and the positive
experience of its realization could be transferred to other communities
of the country. It should be noted that UNDP is a reliable partner
of the Russian Federation which has an excellent reputation and huge
experience accumulated within years of work globally," said Volynkin.
http://news.am/eng/news/257600.html
15:20, 18.03.2015
Region:World News, Armenia, Russia
Theme: Politics
YEREVAN. - Over the next five years, 45 border communities in
Armenia's Tavush region, with an overall population of 62,000, will
have the opportunity to develop their own community plans, prioritizing
activities - such as infrastructure and income generating activities
- for financing within the framework of "Integrated Support to Rural
Development: Building Resilient Communities" project.
The project is funded by the Government of the Russian Federation
and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
in Armenia, in close partnership with the Ministry of Territorial
Administration and Emergency Situations of Armenia. The project budget
is over USD 5 million.
Bradley Busetto, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative
in Armenia, Armen Yeritsyan, Minister of Territorial Administration
and Emergency Situations, and Ivan Volynkin, Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Armenia, on Wednesday signed the relevant documents to
launch the project.
Representatives of government agencies responsible for rural and
community development, as well as international organizations,
diplomatic corps, and media attended the event.
"UNDP, as a global development organization, tries to reach remote
communities in Armenia with the support needed not to provide short
term emergency aid, but sustained development support. Our added value
has several facets - neutrality, impartiality, flexibility, as well
as innovation, which makes UNDP special as a development partner for
Armenia. For more than two decades UNDP has worked closely with the
government and other development partners to make Armenia a better
place to live and work. In this context, I would like to express my
gratitude to the Governments of Russian Federation and Armenia for
the excellent collaboration and for this important partnership to
support vulnerable communities. By working together, we can make a
difference to peoples lives," said Busetto, in his welcoming remarks.
"We have 915 communities in Armenia and they have unique problems and
challenges. In order to make the country's territorial administration
more efficient, it is necessary to engage in each community and
village, especially in bordering regions. Bordering communities are
always in the focus of the Government of Armenia, which carries
out various measures aimed at their support and development. We
are confident that this project will be an invaluable investment to
mitigate the burden felt in bordering communities," noted Yeritsyan,.
"Russia consistently builds up its efforts in providing support to
its foreign partners in achieving sustainable development. Priority
recipients of the Russian international development assistance are CIS
countries and its partners in Eurasian integration. The importance
of this UNDP programme is its focus on complex development of the
vulnerable bordering communities in Tavush region and the positive
experience of its realization could be transferred to other communities
of the country. It should be noted that UNDP is a reliable partner
of the Russian Federation which has an excellent reputation and huge
experience accumulated within years of work globally," said Volynkin.
http://news.am/eng/news/257600.html