NGOs FINDING PLACE IN MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES
Support A1+!Today Armenian non-governmental organizations organized a discussion to find out their role in the Millennium Challenge Account.
For already three months representatives of three NGOs were taking part in the elaboration and implementation of the program. “We participate in all the discussions and secure feedback. NGOs can play an important role for monitoring and awareness. Presently we do not have the vote but later we will elect 5 representatives, who will have the vote on the board of trustees. 50-60 proposals were put forth and a part of them was adopted,” Armenian Forests NGO Chairman Nazeli Vardanyan said.
Today the representatives of the NGOs marked the principal directions the sums received via the Millennium Challenge Account will be spent in part, on the repair of country roads ($57 million) and irrigation system($118 million) as one of the preconditions for poverty reduction.
When asked how the roads to be repaired are chosen Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Tigran Khachatryan said, “Each community should have at least one normal road.”
