Relationships a Challenge in Approving Armenian Legislation

Relationships of organizations are important in this week as Laura seeks to obtain approval of changes to assist farmers in Armenia. The organizational chart provides that once Laura’s work with Armenian’s attorneys in completed and implementation legislation is ready for government adoption, it must be approved first by Armenia’s Governing Council of the Millennium Challenge Account-Armenia (GC).

Friday’s highlights at the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) office included confirmation that the contractor developing the agricultural policy and legislation, AVAG Solutions, would indeed complete a further draft of its interim strategy in time for consideration by the GC at its meeting scheduled for next Friday, September 8, 2010.

The GC is chaired by the Republic of Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. It’s Chief Executive Officer is Laura’s in-country MCA contact, Ara Hovhannisyan who is head of the MCA. The GC’s scheduled meeting on September 10th will consider AVAG’s proposed agricultural water strategy document and the implementing legislation that Laura has been working on during this summer’s trips to Armenia for the Millennium Challenge Corporation.