decision-makers but the process to update this information is not functioning properly Political and administrative obtain and use updated 3 environmental information to make environmental decisions CR 4: Capacities for management and implementation Indicator 12 The environmental organizations – don’t Existence and have adequate resources for their 0 mobilization of programmes and projects and the resources requirements have not been assessed There are not enough financial resources to The resource requirements are known support the environmental governance 1 but are not being addressed framework in place in Armenia. No direct contribution The funding sources for these resource Additionally, environment is not a top from the project to 2 priority of the government, which renders improve this capacity. requirements are partially identified 2 and the resource requirements are allocation of national budget to this area partially addressed more difficult. Adequate resources are mobilized and available for the functioning of the 3 lead environmental organizations Indicator 13 The necessary required skills and – Availability of technology are not available and the 0 required technical needs are not identified 2. Improved capacity of skills and technology The required skills and technologies relevant government and transfer needs are identified as well as their 1 Consideration of environmental issues in Project resources will be used educational entities to sources sectoral planning and programming is not to develop environmental integrate environmental systematic. Some training is provided to education programmes as The required skills and technologies 1 education and awareness government staff, but none on integration of well as sustainable delivery are obtained but their access depend 2 raising into programmes Rio Convention provisions into sectoral mechanisms targeting staff in on foreign sources and projects as tools for planning and programming the public sector. The required skills and technologies natural resource are available and there is a management. mechanism for updating the 3 required skills and for upgrading the technologies CR 5: Capacities to monitor and evaluate Indicator 14 Irregular project monitoring is being Limited monitoring of projects and – Adequacy of the done without an adequate monitoring programmes is happening besides project/programme framework detailing what and how to 0 monitoring mandated on donor funded No direct contribution monitoring process monitor the particular project or 2 projects and programmes. This information from the project to programme is not really communicated/collected into the improve this capacity. national body of knowledge on environment. An adequate resourced monitoring 1 framework is in place but project
decision-makers but the process to update this information is not functioning properly Political and administrative obtain and use updated environmental information to make environmental decisions 3 CR 4: Capacities for management and implementation Indicator 12 – Existence and mobilization of resources The environmental organizations don’t have adequate resources for their programmes and projects and the requirements have not been assessed 0 2 There are not enough financial resources to support the environmental governance framework in place in Armenia. Additionally, environment is not a top priority of the government, which renders allocation of national budget to this area more difficult. No direct contribution from the project to improve this capacity. The resource requirements are known but are not being addressed 1 The funding sources for these resource requirements are partially identified and the resource requirements are partially addressed 2 Adequate resources are mobilized and available for the functioning of the lead environmental organizations 3 Indicator 13 – Availability of required technical skills and technology transfer The necessary required skills and technology are not available and the needs are not identified 0 1 Consideration of environmental issues in sectoral planning and programming is not systematic. Some training is provided to government staff, but none on integration of Rio Convention provisions into sectoral planning and programming 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. The required skills and technologies needs are identified as well as their sources 1 The required skills and technologies are obtained but their access depend on foreign sources 2 The required skills and technologies are available and there is a mechanism for updating the required skills and for upgrading the technologies 3 CR 5: Capacities to monitor and evaluate Indicator 14 – Adequacy of the project/programme monitoring process Irregular project monitoring is being done without an adequate monitoring framework detailing what and how to monitor the particular project or programme 0 2 Limited monitoring of projects and programmes is happening besides monitoring mandated on donor funded projects and programmes. This information is not really communicated/collected into the national body of knowledge on environment. No direct contribution from the project to improve this capacity. An adequate resourced monitoring framework is in place but project 1
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