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04/05/2011 From May 3 to May 5, Millennium Challenge Account-Armenia hosted the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Daniel Yohannes. The MCC CEO visited Armenia to review the outcomes and results of the projects implemented, as well as to evaluate their effectiveness and further sustainability. A brief description of the MCC CEO three-day visit is more...
03/05/2011 From May 3 to May 5, Millennium Challenge Account-Armenia hosted the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Daniel Yohannes. The MCC CEO visited Armenia to review the outcomes and results of the projects implemented, as well as to evaluate their effectiveness and further sustainability. A brief description of the MCC CEO three-day visit is more...
29/04/2011 From April 25- 30, the MCA-Mongolia Environmental and Social Impact Assessment team, led by Mr. Batsaikhan, visited Armenia. Unlike the Armenian Program, which is coming to its end on September 29, 2011, the Mongolian Program is in the first stage of implementation. Given that MCC demands and approaches are the same for all the Compact countries, MCA-Mongolia's team had a study tour to Armenia more...
28/04/2011 On April 27-28 the MCA-Armenia Program held the last workshop with participation of the management of Armenia's 44 Water User Associations (WUAs) and 3 Water Supply Agencies (WSAs). One of the key objectives of the workshop was to present the results of the Institutional Strengthening of Irrigation Management Entities Sub-Activity. The Workshop also highlighted legal reforms in the more...
27/04/2011 It is the second year that Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets takes a unique initiative to organize the gathering of the April 24th flowers for recycling at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial. The project was initiated by FPWC in order to introduce a more creative, symbolic and environmentally friendly handling of the flowers deposed at Tsitsernakaberd in remembrance of the more...
22/04/2011 On Earth Day, April 22, staff from MCC, MCA-Armenia, World Food Program and the Deputy Mayor of the community visited a tree nursery in Lenughi Community, Armavir Marz. Farmer Sargis Hovsepyan's orchard is one of eight nursery sites around the country in which MCA-Armenia has invested. MCA-Armenia provided the nurseries with imported dwarf rootstocks as well new varieties of stone fruit trees, more...
20/04/2011 Millennium Challenge Account-Armenia will be planting 1500 trees in the next ten days, timed to coincide with Earth Day. The first tree-planting event took place on April 20 in Gay community of Armavir Marz, where MCA-Armenia has built a drainage system in Gay. As some trees were removed during the construction these trees have been replaced and new ones added. Pine trees were planted more...
15/04/2011 On April 15, 2011 RA Prime Minister, head of the MCA-Armen Governing Council Tigran Sargsyan and U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch paid a site visit to Aragatsotn region, where MCA-Armenia is rehabilitating a number of irrigation infrastructures and providing assistance to thousands of farmers. This visit announced the completion of three programmatic components, such as the rehabilitation more...