Armenia gets $20 mln grant for energy-efficient buildingsJuly 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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |