development process adequate environmental plans and period 2009-2012. No update has been done. strategies Additionally, the ADS do not have the environment as part of its four priorities. The The environmental planning and process relies mostly on thematic plans and strategy development process does strategies such as the NBSAP (biodiversity) produce adequate environmental plans 1 and the NAP (land degradation). There is and strategies but there are not also limited environmental implemented/used assessment/analysis, including capacity gaps Adequate environmental plans and and capacity needs. strategies are produced but there are only partially implemented because of 2 funding constraints and/or other problems The environmental planning and strategy development process is well coordinated by the lead environmental organizations and produces the 3 required environmental plans and strategies; which are being implemented Indicator 10 The environmental policy and – Existence of an regulatory frameworks are insufficient; 0 adequate they do not provide an enabling environmental policy environment The project will address the and regulatory Some relevant environmental policies capacity gaps of the existing 1. Enhanced legal, frameworks and laws exist but few are 1 There are environmental policies and enabling environment (policy policy, institutional and implemented and enforced legislation in place in Armenia but there is a and legislation frameworks) strategic frameworks to Adequate environmental policy and need to revise/upgrade some of these that is preventing strengthen environmental legislation frameworks exist but there 2 instruments, including the need to strengthen environmental education education and raising 2 are problems in implementing and inter-sectorial coordination mechanisms to being effectively used as a awareness of stakeholder facilitate the implementation of these enforcing them tool by stakeholders involved as natural resource policies. Adequate policy and legislation in natural resource management tools. frameworks are implemented and management. provide an adequate enabling 3 environment; a compliance and enforcement mechanism is established and functions Indicator 11 The availability of environmental 2. Improved capacity of – Adequacy of the information for decision-making is 0 relevant government and Project resources will be used environmental lacking educational entities to Environmental information exists but the to develop environmental information available Some environmental information integrate environmental quality is uneven and do not cover all MEAs education programmes as for decision-making exists but it is not sufficient to support education and awareness 2 1 reporting obligations. It is also not much well as sustainable delivery environmental decision-making raising into programmes used by policy-makers and decision-makers. mechanisms targeting staff in processes and projects as tools for the public sector. natural resource Relevant environmental information is 2 management. made available to environmental
development process adequate environmental plans and strategies period 2009-2012. No update has been done. Additionally, the ADS do not have the environment as part of its four priorities. The process relies mostly on thematic plans and strategies such as the NBSAP (biodiversity) and the NAP (land degradation). There is also limited environmental assessment/analysis, including capacity gaps and capacity needs. The environmental planning and strategy development process does produce adequate environmental plans and strategies but there are not implemented/used 1 Adequate environmental plans and strategies are produced but there are only partially implemented because of funding constraints and/or other problems 2 The environmental planning and strategy development process is well coordinated by the lead environmental organizations and produces the required environmental plans and strategies; which are being implemented 3 Indicator 10 – Existence of an adequate environmental policy and regulatory frameworks The environmental policy and regulatory frameworks are insufficient; they do not provide an enabling environment 0 2 There are environmental policies and legislation in place in Armenia but there is a need to revise/upgrade some of these instruments, including the need to strengthen inter-sectorial coordination mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of these policies. The project will address the capacity gaps of the existing enabling environment (policy and legislation frameworks) that is preventing environmental education being effectively used as a tool by stakeholders involved in natural resource management. 1. Enhanced legal, policy, institutional and strategic frameworks to strengthen environmental education and raising awareness of stakeholder as natural resource management tools. Some relevant environmental policies and laws exist but few are implemented and enforced 1 Adequate environmental policy and legislation frameworks exist but there are problems in implementing and enforcing them 2 Adequate policy and legislation frameworks are implemented and provide an adequate enabling environment; a compliance and enforcement mechanism is established and functions 3 Indicator 11 – Adequacy of the environmental information available for decision-making The availability of environmental information for decision-making is lacking 0 2 Environmental information exists but the quality is uneven and do not cover all MEAs reporting obligations. It is also not much used by policy-makers and decision-makers. Project resources will be used to develop environmental education programmes as well as sustainable delivery mechanisms targeting staff in the public sector. 2. Improved capacity of relevant government and educational entities to integrate environmental education and awareness raising into programmes and projects as tools for natural resource management. Some environmental information exists but it is not sufficient to support environmental decision-making processes 1 Relevant environmental information is made available to environmental 2
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