An Armenian delegation sponsored by Millennium Challenge Corporation will tour selected California irrigation sites beginning August 12, 2010.
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Laura Schroeder left the USA on Thursday, July 22, 2010 arriving in Yerevan, Armenia over 24 hours later. Her mission is to review the priorities for the development of agricultural policy legislation to meet the priority goal of the Millennium Challenge: to end poverty and hunger. The United States worked with the Republic of Armenia
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The first goal of the Millennium Challenge adopted by United Nations declaration in 2000 is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml The three targets for this goal are: (1) halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day; (2) achieve full and productive employment and decent
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At Schroeder Law Offices, P.C., we routinely work with our clients to develop efficient water use and management systems. Upon reviewing the competition offered below, we thought of you! Thus, if you are an innovative and efficient water user, or perhaps want to share your ideas with others then you might check out this competition!
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Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) has suggested that new operator contracts with Yerevan Water require provisions requiring audit controls. Given some commentator’s thoughts on the management failures of the present agreements this request is not surprising. Providing contract requirements for audits is not uncommon. However, determining what audit level is appropriate for a domestic
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The government of Armenia is inaugurating a new president on Wednesday, April 9, at 2 in the afternoon. Large crowds are expected in the downtown area in connection with the official events, which will include a military procession through Freedom Square and evening festivities at Republic Square. It is not expected that much dramatic change
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Armenia’s current water code requires a water system use permit (WSUP) without exception for any system of facilities. The WSUP is issued by the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC). It has been suggested municipalities and small community water associations that own and operate their own domestic water delivery system should be exempt from the requirement
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Development of public owner-private operator contracts in the water sector is largely a reflection of the extent of private sector participation. International literature on the subject generally describes the various forms of these Private Sector Participation Contracts (“PSP contracts”) as (1) Service contracts; (2) Management contracts; (3) Leasing contracts; (4) BOT type contracts; (5) Concessions;
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In Armenia, domestic water supply and sewer services are supplied either by local municipalities or State owned stock companies. There are five State owned stock companies in Armenia, the State owns 100% of the shares in Armenian Water, Nor Akung and Yerevan. The State owns 51% of the stock in Lori and Shirak while the
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Like most former soviet countries, Armenia continues to confront law and regulation of its natural resources from the top down. USAID through PA Consulting requested my consulting assistance approximately 16 months ago to assist it in redrafting and de-centralizing the approach to water management. I am currently on my fourth “mission.” Many important laws and
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Our work in Armenia involves reviewing contracts between the State and a couple of the largest water purveying companies in the world, Veolia and Suez, which are headquartered in France. Interestingly, we have found that these French companies, through their subsidiaries Veolia Water North America and United Water, also have contracts in Oregon, Washington, and
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Armenia’s Presidential election unrest may delay our next mission to assist the government in a review and updating of contracts between the State and the French contractors now purveying water to Yerevan and a few other cities in Armenia. In preparing for this work, Katherine Thomas has found many cities in the West that also
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