Overview
What We Do
UNDP in Armenia, as a strategic partner to the government and other stakeholders, assists their efforts to improve the quality of life and the well-being of Armenian people. Fighting poverty and unemployment, supporting decentralization and ensuring equal access to basic social and economic services, and education for vulnerable groups is in the center of UNDP activities in Armenia. We also support Armenia to have a more empowered civil society, accountable and responsive public institutions, as well as help Armenian people to manage the environment in a sustainable manner.
Our Goals
UNDP strives to promote people-centered sustainable development through realization of Millennium Development Goals by 2015, as well as takes active participation in development of post-2015 development agenda.
To improve agricultural effectiveness, UNDP distributed high quality wheat seeds to 5 communities in the Tavush, Shirak and Syunik regions.
Give us this day our daily breadmore
Our Stories
UNDP Focuses on Sustainable Livelihood for the Socially Vulnerable
Geghamasar and Pambak communities are located on the southeastern shore of the Lake Sevan and are bordering with Azerbaijan. Until 1988 Geghamasar was fully inhabited bymore
From journalist to local official: an Armenian woman destined for the public good
A journalist, and an active citizen of Sisian in southern Armenia, Srbuhi Grigoryan used to report on the news, covering many local government meetings. She gotmore
In Armenia, energy efficiency is heating homes and warming lives
Arev Shirikchyan used to come home to a cold and dark apartment after working two shifts to support her family. In winter, getting proper heat wasmore
Preparing airports for disasters
Swamped officials, back-logged visa requests, mountains of lifesaving supplies and throngs of people with nowhere to go - in the face of disaster, most airports lookmore
Projects and Initiatives
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Elimination of Obsolete Pesticide Stockpiles and Addressing POPs Contaminated Sites
Armenia still suffers from the legacy of a centralized command economy. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, an Union-wide program was initiated to collect the accumulated banned and expired pesticides from the distribution system and dispose them in landfills or burial sites. In 1990, it was estimated that 600 storehouses existed in Armenia.more