MoU signed to boost Tatev area economic developmentMay 25, 2015 - 15:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center of Armenia (SME DNC of Armenia) and World Wide Fund for Nature – Armenia (WWF-Armenia) will support the diversification of income opportunities for the village of Tatev and neighboring communities (Tandzatap, Svarants). According to a press release, Memorandum of Understanding to kick-off the cooperation between two organizations was signed Monday, May 25, by Gegham Petrosyan, Executive Director of SME DNC of Armenia and Karen Manvelyan, Director of WWF-Armenia. In the framework of the USAID funded Partnerships for Rural Prosperity (USAID/PRP) program, SME DNC of Armenia provide a comprehensive product marketing consultancy for producer groups of the villages and sector-specific training for the producers. SME DNC will also provide financial support via loan guarantees and small grants (in a form of equipment) to selected producers of Tatev cluster. WWF-Armenia will construct a collection point in Tatev cluster and supply it with supplementary equipment for drying, packaging and storing of locally made products. Besides, WWF-Armenia will provide development of touristic small infrastructure, including information boards, trail signs. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |