From the collapse of the Soviet Union has recovered Armenia economically never. A third of the population has left since 1991 the country. Environmental protection has been on the Agenda at the very bottom. The changes now.
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Armenia: The rocky road to a green economy
The objective of the project: Small and medium-sized enterprises in Armenia, helping the environment to produce. You will be trained in the areas of energy and resource efficiency, as they produce less waste and use of chemicals can reduce.
Project implementation: the project “Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production” (RECP) in Armenia
Project partner: organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD), economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), the United Nations organization for industrial development (UNIDO)
Project funding: Funded by the International climate initiative of the BMUB in the framework of the project “improvement of the framework conditions and capacities for green, climate-relevant investments in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia”
Project Country: Armenia
Project duration: 2014 – 2020
The Armenians love their apricots. The Golden, almost orange-colored fruits are an integral part of many typical dishes. Their color adorns even the national flag. But the production of the apricot is often not sustainable and is damaging to the fragile soils of the country. The fruit is usually dried with the use of environmentally harmful sulphur. Now, some companies are discovering the advantage of drying by steam. The sale of dried organic numbers-fruits go through the ceiling.
So far, Armenian firms had the protection of the environment is hardly in view. Now the project “Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production” (RECP) small and medium-sized entrepreneurs such as farmers, bakers, but also factories to save energy and to produce environmentally friendly helps.
The economy in Armenia has never recovered properly from the collapse of the Soviet Union. A Million Armenians, equivalent to about one-third of the total population – have left the country since 1991. Today, young people migrate in droves, in search of better educational and job opportunities. The project aims to boost the local economy, create jobs, and so the Armenians to Remain to move.
A Film by Claudia laszczak reports