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“National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environmental Management” “NATIONAL CAPACITY SELF ASSESSMENT FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT” UNDP/GEF/ARM/02/G31/A/1G/99 YEREVAN 2004 The current report has been prepared under UNDP/GEF “National Capacity Self- Assessment for Global Environmental Management” project, executed by the Ministry of Nature Protection and implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under financial assistance of Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project is aimed at assessment of capacity needs for fulfilment of commitments of Armenia under the United Nations Conventions on Biological Diversity, Climate Change and to Combat Desertification. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop a National Action Plan for capacity building in the cross-cutting areas which can ensure the synergistic effect. Project Coordinator - Diana Harutyunyan Project Assistant - Gayane Simonyan Editor – Mikhail Vermishev Consultants – Simon Papyan, First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection, Aram Gabrielyan UNFCCC Focal Point, Tatyana Danielyan UNCBD Focal Point, Ashot Vardevanyan UNCCD Focal Point The project expresses its special gratitude to Aram Ter-Zakaryan and Georgi Arzumanyan, project National Directors, and Anahit Simonyan, UNDP Environment and Energy Portfolio Manager, for support and professional advice in guiding NCSA process. Project also acknowledges substantive contribution of all organizations and individuals in preparation of the current study. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1. Commitments Towards Convention Objectives and Implementation Issues in Armenia ...... 13 1.2. Convention Issues Relevance to Ongoing Processes in the Country ...................................... 13 1.3. Official Steps after Convention Ratification ........................................................................... 14 1.4. Convention implementation and sustainable development priorities of the country .............. 16 1.5. Sectoral development plans .................................................................................................... 17 1.5.1. Nature Protection ............................................................................................................. 17 1.5.2. Agriculture ....................................................................................................................... 20 1.6. Institutional framework of implementation ............................................................................ 21 1.6.1. Responsible Management Bodies .................................................................................... 21 1.6.2. Other Organizations ......................................................................................................... 24 1.7. Information compiling, analysis, maintenance, application and accessibility ........................ 28 1.8. International Cooperation ....................................................................................................... 29 1.9. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 30 1.10. Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 32 2.1. Commitments of the Government of the Republic of Armenia Towards Convention Objectives....................................................................................................................................... 33 2.2. Convention Issues Relevance to Ongoing Processes in the Country ...................................... 33 2.3. Current legislation and regulative framework for implementation of the convention ............ 35 2.4. Convention implementation and sustainable development priorities of the country .............. 36 2.5. Sectoral development plans .................................................................................................... 37 2.5.1. Nature Protection ............................................................................................................. 37 2.5.2. Water Resources Management ......................................................................................... 38 2.5.3. Energy Sector ................................................................................................................... 39 2.5.4. Transport Sector ............................................................................................................... 40 2.5.5. Municipal wastes.............................................................................................................. 40 2.5.6. Agriculture ....................................................................................................................... 40 2.6. Institutional frameworks of implementation ........................................................................... 40 2.7. Information compiling, analysis, maintenance, application and accessibility ........................ 41 2.8. Reports and publications ......................................................................................................... 42 2.9. Decision making process in the framework of convention implementation and international cooperation ..................................................................................................................................... 42 2.10. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 43 3.1. Commitments of the Government of the Republic of Armenia towards convention objectives ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 3.2. Convention Implementation Issues in Armenia ...................................................................... 46 3.3. Convention issues relevance in regard to ongoing processes in the country .......................... 46 3.4. Official Steps After Convention Ratification .......................................................................... 47 3.5. Brief Summary of Projects Implemented in the Framework of Convention .......................... 48 3.6. Current Legislative and Regulating Framework for Implementation of Convention ............. 48 3.7. Convention Implementation Issues in the Context of Sustainable Development ................... 49 3.7.1. Land management ............................................................................................................ 50 3.7.2. Agriculture ....................................................................................................................... 51 3.7.3. Nature Protection ............................................................................................................. 52 3.8. Institutional framework of implementation ............................................................................ 53 3.8.1. Responsible Authorities ................................................................................................... 53 3.8.2. Other organisations .......................................................................................................... 63 3.9. Information Compiling, Analysis, Maintenance, Application and Accessibility ................... 65 3 UNDP/GEF/ARM/02/G31/A/1G/99 §National Capacity Self Assessment¦ 3.10. Reports and Publications ....................................................................................................... 65 3.11. International Cooperation ..................................................................................................... 66 3.12. Conclusions and recommendations ....................................................................................... 67 1.1. Assessment of Armenia’s current environmental legislation, its application and recommendations for improvement ............................................................................................... 71 1.1.1. Availability of normative-methodological and normative-technical acts for enforcing environmental legislation ........................................................................................................... 75 1.1.2. The process of control and supervision over the implementation of the requirements of the environmental legislation and its legal regulation ............................................................... 76 1.2. Problems of environmental lawmaking activities in the Republic of Armenia ...................... 78 1.3. International cooperation within the framework of environmental lawmaking activities ...... 81 1.4. Action plan for implementation of recommendations on improvement of Armenia’s environmental legislation ............................................................................................................... 81 2.1. Assessment of existing institutional capacities ....................................................................... 84 2.1.1. Central governance .......................................................................................................... 84 2.1.2. Regional governance ........................................................................................................ 88 2.1.4. National coordinating structures and international cooperation ...................................... 92 2.2. Recommendations for improving and developing the institutional framework for the implementation of conventions .....................................................................................................
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