EU Programmes for Armenia

Transport, Environment and Climate, Energy and Energy Efficiency

Andrea BAGGIOLI, Cooperation Officer Connectivity, Agriculture, M&E, Environment and Climate Action Cooperation Section, Delegation of the European Union to Armenia

High-level awareness-raising meeting in Armenia 25 September 2019 Instruments in support of the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy's implementation

•Partnership Priorities, •Regional programmes Single Support •Policy dialogue with the Frameworks and Eastern Partnership, Annual Action Plans thematic actions, •Budget support in implementation of the some countries Northern Dimension and Black Sea Synergy

Bilateral Regional cooperation cooperation

Other Blending instruments

•Neighbourhood •TAIEX Investment •Twinning Facility/Platform •Peer reviews •Participation in multi- •Cross Border donor funds, such as Cooperation E5P or Green for •Horizon 2020 Growth 3

• 17 cities increasing energy efficiency and usage of renewable energy • 6,000 households are receiving support to enhance the energy efficiency • Metsamor NPP is safer and more environment friendly due to €60 million investment • Newly installed LED lighting in Yerevan to improve safety and decrease electricity costs • Newly constructed electrical transmission networks between Armenia and Georgia increases reliability and affordability of electrical supply. • 170km of road between Yerevan and Bavra is reconstructed (part of North – South corridor project (€380.6 million)). • Border crossings points in Bagratashen, Bavra and Gogavan are modernised and access roads in their vicinity reconstructed • Yerevan Metro system has been renovated (€33 million). Works included stock upgrades, track improvements, power supply refurbishment, and fire protection equipment. • 13,000 ha forest sanctuary created in Tavush • Lori & Tavush eco-systems are protected and resilient to climate change • Water quality improved in the Akhurian Basin by combining Akhurian and Metsamor rivers • Air quality monitored and improved in Yerevan • 1.3 million people in Kotayk and Yerevan have improved waste collection and sanitary landfills • 600,000 people from 21 municipalities have access to upgraded water systems • 5 municipalities have enhanced sewage treatment and collection • 1.1 million people in Yerevan have drinking water infrastructure of international quality Ongoing bilateral programmes per Eastern Partnership priority

11 THE COMPREHENSIVE AND ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THEIR MEMBER STATES ROADMAP Deadline for Relation to the Agreement, including Relevant Deadline Provided for by Mode of EU N ON THE IMPLEMENTATION EnvisagedOF THE Measures PROVISONS BEINGImplementati APPLIED PROVISIONALLYCoordinating Body/Responsible Bodies Expected Outcome Directives of Annexes the Agreement Assistance on Air Quality 1. Provisions that shall apply of Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe Proper assessment, prevention and Ministry of Nature reduction of impact of EU4Environment Protection; economic activities in the field of protection Development of a draft law "On Within 4 years following of ambient air. Adoption of national legislation and 94.1 protection of Atmospheric air", in line 2022 the entry into force of designation of competent authorities Reduction of air • with EU Directives the Agreement pollution from volatile Ministry of Health EU High Level Advisor organic compound emissions TAIEX assessment mission 2019 Twinning

Proper assessment, Development of a sub-legislative prevention and (regulation) act deriving from the draft Establishment and classification of zones Ministry of Nature reduction of impact of law, which will prescribe the standards EU4Environment and agglomerations Protection; economic activities in for normative and methodological the field of protection assessment and classification of zones Within 7 years following of ambient air. and agglomerations pursuant thereto, 94.2 2025 the entry into force of system for assessing ambient air the Agreement quality in relation to air pollutants, air quality plans for zones and agglomerations where levels of Reduction of air pollutants exceed limit value/target pollution from volatile (ARTICLE 4-5) Ministry of Health EU High Level Advisor value organic compound emissions TAIEX assessment mission 2019 Twinning

Establishment of upper and lower Ministry of Nature EU4Environment assessment thresholds and limit values Development of a package of normative Protection; Proper assessment, and methodological documents for prevention and Within 7 years following assessing ambient air quality, reduction of impact of 94.3 2025 the entry into force of determining the critical levels of economic activities in the Agreement (ARTICLE 5-13) pollution of ambient air and the Ministry of Health EU High Level Advisor the field of protection threshold of critical load TAIEX assessment mission of ambient air. 2023 Twinning

Establishment of a system for assessing Development of a package of normative Ministry of Nature Proper assessment, ambient air quality in relation to air EU4Environment and methodological documents for Protection; prevention and pollutants Within 8 years following assessing ambient air quality, reduction of impact of 94.5 2026 the entry into force of determining the critical levels of economic activities in the Agreement pollution of ambient air and the the field of protection (ARTICLE 5-6-9) Ministry of Health EU High Level Advisor threshold of critical load of ambient air. TAIEX assessment mission 2024 12

Twinning Establishment of air quality plans for zones and agglomerations where levels of EU4Environment Proper assessment, Development, based on the best pollutants exceed limit value/target value prevention and available technologies, of a package Within 8 years following reduction of impact of normative and methodological Ministry of Nature 94.6 2026the entry into force of of economic documents for elaborating technical Protection the Agreement. activities in the field standards for pollution sources having of protection of a high potential for pollution ambient air.

(ARTICLE 23) EU High Level Advisor

TAIEX assessment mission 2023

Twinning

Establishment of short-term action plans for zones and agglomerations in which Ministry of Nature EU4Environment there is a risk that alert thresholds will be Protection Proper assessment, exceeded Review and revision of existing legal prevention and acts, which will establish short-term Within 8 years following reduction of impact 94.7 action plans for zones and 2026 the entry into force of of economic agglomerations in which there is a risk the Agreement. activities in the field that alert thresholds will be exceeded; of protection of ambient air.

(ARTICLE 24) Ministry of Health EU High Level Advisor

TAIEX assessment mission 2024

Twinning

Establishment of a system to provide EU4Environment information to the public Ensuring availability and accessibility of environmental Establishment of a system to provide information, (ARTICLE 26) information to the public, pursuant to EU High Level Advisor Within 6 years following including information the Draft Law on "Provision of Ministry of Nature 94.8 2024 the entry into force of on ambient air to the environmental information" which Protection the Agreement TAIEX assessment mission public, as well as must be developed pursuant to 2023 establishing clear measure 51. procedures for provision of information. Twinning 13 14 STRONGER CONNECTIVITY

Deliverable 15: Deliverable 16: Deliverable 13: Energy efficiency, Deliverable 14: Environment and Transport renewables and Energy supply climate change connectivity climate change adaptation mitigation Efficiency and Extension of TEN-T Investment grants for Water resources transparency of core networks energy efficiency management energy markets

Governance of Sustainable Energy Update and review of Green economy and transport and logistics and Climate Action key priority projects green infrastructure systems Plans

Common Aviation Area Moldova-Romania gas SME support for Better environmental Agreements interconnection sustainable efficiency governance

Climate policies, National road safety Southern Gas Corridor Climate adaptation financing, and action plans operational planning emissions MRV Ongoing projects: Neighbourhood Investment Platform (NIP), Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P)

16 1. EU Regional Support to Transport

Project: Supporting the implementation of Project: 'Maritime safety, security and marine aviation agreements in the EaP environmental protection in the Black and Caspian Sea Regions' Duration: 2016-2020 Implementing body: European Aviation Safety Duration: 2016-2021 Agency (EASA) Implementing Body: European Maritime Safety Beneficiaries: All EaP countries and 4 Central Agency (EMSA) Asian countries Beneficiaries: AZ,GE,MD,UA and IR, KZ,TR,TM Budget: EUR 5 m Budget: EUR 4 m

Project: Technical Support to the Eastern Partnership Transport Panel and Road Safety WGs

Duration: 2017-2019 Implementing Body: World Bank Beneficiaries: All EaP Countries

Budget: EUR 1 m • EaP Priority 1: Economic Development and Market Opportunities • EU Annual Action Programme 2018 (AAP18) – Sub- component Green Agriculture, EU contribution: EUR 9.7 million

• Sector-wide and specific policies, regulations and instruments for green agriculture have been developed / enhanced • Increased capacities of the public sector and non-state actors in green agriculture • Agribusinesses have increased capacities to apply green technologies and effective agricultural practices (through demo sites) • Agribusinesses have improved access to post-harvest (PH) and quality infrastructure • Agribusinesses have improved access to local, national and international markets • Pipeline of investable and high added value agribusinesses created • Organic agribusinesses have improved access to inputs, services, equipment, and quality infrastructure 18 • EaP Priority 3: Stronger Connectivity • EU Annual Action Programme 2019 (AAP19) – EU contribution: EUR 65 million

• EU4 Energy Efficiency and Environment • The main objective is to support initiatives aimed at energy efficiency and environmental protection. In particular, this programme aims to increase energy efficiency in existing buildings, in particular in multi-apartment residential buildings (MAB) as well as public buildings, non-gasified communities, low- income households and aims to reduce water contamination in Armenia’s largest lake.

• The Programme supports CEPA implementation, contributes to the Deliverables 2020 as well as towards commitments taken under Paris Agreement. 19 • EU Annual Action Programme 2019 (AAP19)

• Comprehensive Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Facility Reform • Support the implementation of the CEPA through strengthening the institutions and enhancing their capacity

• Local Empowerment of Actors for Development (LEAD) • Setting up Local Action Groups built on the European LEADER and Community Led Local Development (CLLD) programme approach. which will be formed to lead the process of developing territory community driven strategies and keep community members engaged. Community members will be encouraged to seek for effective solutions in joint efforts, and to propose fundable and implementable initiatives contributing to improvement of their immediate environment, public services, living standards as well as diversification of community activities. 20 1. EU Regional Support to Transport

Project: Technical Support to the Eastern Partnership Transport Panel and Road Safety WGs

Duration: 2017-2019 Implementing Body: World Bank Beneficiaries: All EaP Countries

Budget: EUR 1 m 2. EU Regional Support to Environment and Climate Change Greening economies and improving governance EU4Climate EU4Environment (2018-2022, €19.5M) (EUR 8 million; 2019-2022) Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) East Project (2016-2020, €7M) 6 EaP countries European Environment Agency and 5 IOs as Implementing partner: UNDP implementing partners

Water management TAIEX & Twinning Examples EU Water Initiative Plus (2016-2020, €23.5M) Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea -2 TAIEX Expert Mission on Ozone-Depleting Plus (2018-2020, €1.5M) Substances and Fluorinated Gases, expert mission (AZ; 2017) Austria, France, OECD, UNECE, and UNDP as implementing partners On-going twinning projects in Georgia (forestry) and Azerbaijan (monitoring) EU4Climate

EU4Climate will assist the EaP countries with identifying bankable mitigation projects, and mobilize financing for the implementation of such activities. Specifically, trainings for financial institutions and climate investment pipelines contributing for implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) will be delivered for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova. Considering an outcome of at least 8 projects for each country, with annual emissions reduction potential of 20 thousand tons of CO2, the climate investment component of EU4Climate shall deliver an estimated additional reduction of 640 thousand tons of CO2. The combined annual emissions reductions effect of the project (result of both NDC update work and climate investment efforts) is estimated at 1808 thousand tons of CO2. EUWI - World water monitoring day on 18 September 2019: Armenian schoolchildren took up the challenge!

World water monitoring day on 18 September 2019: Armenian schoolchildren take up the challenge! This summer, around 350 schoolchildren from the Sevan and Hrazdan River Basin communities used special kits to carry out basic monitoring of local waterbodies. The activity followed a series of green events organised in Armenia aimed at raising awareness on water protection. The results of this summer campaign was presented during World Water Monitoring Day on 18 September 2019 in Harsnaqar Hotel in the Sevan Basin. The schoolchildren then entered their data online into the World Water Monitoring Day’s international database. All of these measurements are part of water monitoring activities to help reach a good status of water resources. Organised by EU Water Initiative + (EUWI+) and its partner Country Water Partnership Armenia (CWP), these activities empowered young people to identify and solved water challenges by taking action in their own communities. EUWI+ Facebook announcement EU4Environment

EU4Environment is a new regional action (EUR 19.5 million EU contribution) that aims to help six Eastern Partner countries to preserve and better use their natural capital, increase people's environmental well-being and stimulate economic growth. Five international organisations – OECD, UNECE, UN Environment, UNIDO, and the World Bank are EU4Environment's implementing partners. Working in partnership proved to be effective. EU4Environment will also work closely with other projects. EU4Environment aims to strengthen capacity for preventing environmental damage and making law work. Promoting sustainable forest management and better management of protected areas will also be part of the programme. We count to work more on awareness raising and education and promote public engagement. We will also look at how green transformation could be fair and reduce inequalities. 3. EU Regional Support to Energy EU4Energy (EUR 20 million; 2016-2020) 6 EaP + CA countries 3 implementing partners: International Energy Agency IEA, the Energy Community Secretariat EnCS & Energy Charter. Secretariat ECS 1st meeting of the Task Force on energy efficiency in building Nearly Zero Energy Building and Building Eco-Labelling in Armenia, 17 October 2019 (date and venue to be confirmed) TAIEX & Twinning Examples: -Twinning project on biodiversity. The Cross-Border/ Regional experts are now checking the infrastructure projects approximation process to Directive 92/43/EC and Directive 2009/147/EC under Projects of Common Interest CEPA. Assessment of the legal reform (PCI) & Projects of Eastern process, detailed institutional analysis, Partnership Interest (PEPI) capacity building activities and awareness raising are also envisaged. 4. EU Regional Support to Energy Efficiency

Covenant of Mayors Municipal Project Support 400 signatories Facility (MPSF) 33 demonstration projects TA for municipal project development and implementation €10m technical support to local authorities €12.3m for 18 projects

Green for Growth Fund E5P Fund EU-backed EE investments to SMEs and Municipal EE and environment households investments €23m for EU C shares & technical €89m for 31 projects assistance to LFIs ENI SEIS II East Implementation of the Shared Enviromental Information System (SEIS) principles and practices in the ENP East region

The SEIS II now works to develop an eco-portal in Armenia (https://eni- seis.eionet.europa.eu/east/areas-of- work/communication/newsletter/13- june-2019-kick-off-meeting-on-the- development-of-the-eco-portal-for- armenia ). ENI SEIS II East EU to finance large-scale energy efficiency measures in buildings in Armenia: the High Level Energy Efficiency Initiative

Primary Benefits Secondary benefits Enhances satisfaction with the public Is an effective tools to support the economy service quality Contributes to the global fight against Improving the competitiveness of the climate change economy Helps strengthening energy security Improves the utility affordability Reduces public & private energy expenditures Frees up funds for expenditures in other Extends building lifetime sectors Slows down energy demand growth Boosts indoor comfort Eliminating the needs for new generation capacities Prevents deforestation Is 5 times cheaper new capacity & creates green jobs https://ec.europa.eu/commission/external-investment-plan_en Sectors for possible investments in Armenia

Energy Renewable Efficiency Energy Local Currency Financing

MSME Municipal financing Infrastructure

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