Forest Ecosystems Adaptation Project Inception Workshop (03/07/2009)

UNDP Armenia and the RA Ministry of Nature Protection organized inception workshop of the “Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Mountain Forest Ecosystems of Armenia” UNDP/GEF/00051202 Medium-sized Project on July 3, 2009.

The objective of the workshop is to ensure organization of the UNDP/GEF Project inception workshop with participation of stakeholders in order to comply with the GEF requirements, present Project implementation process and implementation arrangements to the Project Board members, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, and discuss the project draft annual work plan (2009-2010).

The Project Board members, representatives of governmental stakeholders, scientific and educational institutions, international organisations, NGOs, and students participated in the event.

The Project Board decided to approve the annual work plan (2009-2010) of the Project taking into account recommendations submitted by the Project Board members within the upcoming one week, as well as to extend the Project Board composition and apply to the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the RA National Statistical Service  reguesting to nominate candidacies for the Project Board.