14 November 2007
MCA-Armenia: Successes and Failures
Social Policy and Development Center, Yerevan, Armenia
Executive Director
Arman
Vardanyan
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http://www.cspda.org
A policy brief of the Social Policy and Development Center, Armenia.
(In English and Armenian)
This policy brief covers the issue of public participation during the second half of 2007 under the auspices of the Millennium Challenge Account-Armenia (MCA-Armenia). It mostly covers the elections for the Stakeholders' Committee and also reflects the progress of schemes to restore rural roads and the irrigation of agricultural land under the MCA-Armenia project.
MCA-Armenia, is a state-owned foundation established by the Government of Armenia. It is responsible for overseeing the transparent implementation of the compact signed between the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. Government entity, which aims at providing assistance for global development, and the Government of Armenia.
The Stakeholders' Committee is a key consulting body that is representing civil society during the implementation of the MCA-Armenia project.
