MCA-Armenia organizes workshop in Yerevan

PanARMENIAN.Net - On December 3-4, a Workshop on Quality Control, Health and Safety, Environmental and Social Aspects of MCA-Armenia’s Irrigated Agriculture Project was conducted under the MCA-Armenia Program.

Construction Supervisor/Project Manager Consultant presented its activities targeted at quality control, and health and safety aspects of construction works, sharing lessons learnt and combining the presentations with practical demonstrations. Some topics of interest during this part of the workshop included factory tests of imported pumps, use of geomembranes in rehabilitation of main canals or use of rubbers gaskets in gravity and tertiary systems.

The Environmental and Social Assessment and Oversight Consultant presented a summary report of its annual activities, which included results of environmental/social oversight and monitoring. Separate presentations focused on such important issues as guidelines for handling asbestos containing materials or water quality monitoring under Ararat Valley Drainage Program and highlighted such important issues as guidelines for handling asbestos containing materials or water quality monitoring under Ararat Valley Drainage Program.

MCA-Armenia emphasizes the importance of the issues discussed during the workshop not only throughout the Program implementation, but also as a way of introducing best international experience of construction quality and environmentally sound practices to Armenia.

MCC’s total investment into the agricultural and water sector in Armenia, through the MCA-Armenia Program, should amount to about 180 million USD by the time the program ends in September 2011, the press service of MCA-Armenia reported.