  Armenia gets $20 mln grant for energy-efficient buildings July 8, 2016 - 17:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will allocate $20 million for improving energy efficiency of Armenia’s buildings. A corresponding decision was adopted at a conference in the South Korean city of Songdo. The program was developed and unveiled by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Armenia Bradley Busetto said that Armenia became the 1st country in the CIS to get a major GCF grant. The project will contribute to creating favorable conditions for energy efficiency investments in public and private buildings of Armenia and will be implemented in partnership with Yerevan Municipality. The proposal from Armenia is the first project to be approved by the Board from Central and Eastern Europe. Eight new public sector project proposals were discussed at the thirteenth meeting of the GCF overall.  Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
