NATIONAL CAPACITY NEEDS SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Government Building #3,
Republic Square,
Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: (3741) 583 920
Fax: (3741) 583 932
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Marriott/Armenia Hotel, Yerevan, Armenia
14-15 October 2004

THURSDAY, 14 October 2004 - GEF in Armenia

9:00 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 - 10:00 Opening Session
Mr. Vardan Ayvazyan - Minister of Nature Protection
Ms. Lise Grande - UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative
Ms. Naira Melkumyan - WB Country Manager, a.i.
Mr. Alaa Sarhan - GEF Secretariat

10:00 - 10:30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK, Signing of MOU on Lake Gilli
V. Ayvazyan
L. Grande
S. Barseghyan
V. Mkhitaryan

10:30 -11:00 Introduction of GEF Dialogue initiative
Stephen Gold, GEF Dialogue Initiative

SUMMARY OF THE GEF
Objective: To inform participants and engage in a dialogue about GEF - its mission, strategy, policies and procedures

11:00 - 12:30 Presentation
GEF: History; Governance; Structure; Operational Procedures;
Global Environmental Issues; GEF Focal Areas; Conventions and Linkages
GEF Project cycle
GEF eligibility criteria
Emerging GEF strategic priorities
GEF Operational Programmes
GEF Small Grants Programme
Summary and discussion
Emilia Battaglini - World Bank/GEF
Vladimir Litvak - UNDP/GEF

12:30 - 14.00 LUNCH AT THE HOTEL

THE GEF EXPERIENCE IN ARMENIA
Objective: To share information on, and discuss with participants, Armenia's experience with the GEF

14:00 - 14:30 Overview presentation on country level coordination
Role of national GEF focal points
GEF Support to the OFP
National Coordination mechanisms
Role of non governmental stakeholders in GEF programmes
Discussions
Stephen Gold, GEF Dialogue Initiative

14:30 - 15:30 The GEF experience in Armenia: overview of the GEF-funded projects in Armenia.
UNDP/GEF projects (Climate Change, Biodiversity, Ozone Depletion
WB/GEF project "Poverty and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources"
UNEP/GEF Projects
UNIDO/GEF POPs EAs
A. Gabrielyan
M. Tsarukyan
A. Muradyan
A. Ziroyan
S. Baloyan
A. Alexandryan

15:30 - 16:00 TEA/COFFEE

16:00 - 16:30 NCSA process in Armenia:
UNDP/GEF NCSA Project: main results and findings.
Film: "NCSA process in Armenia"
Discussion
Diana Harutyunyan, UNDP/GEF NCSA Project Coordinator

16:30 - 18:00 Open Discussion on GEF experience in Armenia
Global Convention Focal Points
NGOs

FRIDAY, 15 October 2004 - GEF and Armenia's Environmental Strategy

ARMENIA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES
Objective: To share information on, and discuss with participants, national environmental and development strategies and the link to GEF's strategic priorities

9:30 - 10:30 Overview of Armenia's national environmental strategies:
National Environmental Policy and Legislation (15 min.)
NEAP and its implementation(15 min.)
BSAP and its implementation(15 min.)
NAP and its implementation(15 min.)
Lake Sevan Action Programme(15 min.)
S. Papyan
T. Danielyan
A.Vardevanyan
K. Jenterejyan

10:30-11:00 The Rainbow of Hope (film prepared for Johannesburg WSSD Summit, 2002):
Water of Life
The People and the Land
Wounded Nature

11:00 - 11:30 TEA/COFFEE

11:30 - 12:30 Open discussion on links between GEF and National environment, energy and development strategies, and future cooperation
Areas of convergence
Potential synergies
D. Harutyunyan
A.Gabrielyan
A. Harutyunyan

12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH AT THE HOTEL

14:00 - 14:30 Role of the Private Sector: strategies for private sector involvement in GEF Projects
Vladimir Litvak or Emilia Battaglini

14:30 - 15:30 The road forward, Recommendations of the Seminar
GEF OFP

15:30 Closing remarks
Mr. Vardan Ayvazyan, Minister of Nature Protection
Mr. Alaa Sarhan, GEF Secretariat

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