Program background

Waste Policy Armenia is a 4-year Program aimed at improving Armenia’s waste management sectorcapacity to implement more environmentally sound waste management practices through:

1. Providing technical assistance to RA Government in developing and adopting Extended ProducerResponsibility (EPR) legislation for several specific waste streams in line with EU Waste legislationand best practices (Program Component 1);
2. Providing technical assistance to RA Government in developing a national model on waste sourceseparation and introducing it as a system in a pilot municipality (Program Component 2);
3. Building sector capacities to implement Component 1 and Component 2, as well as to scale up theachieved results (Program Component 3).

The Program supports the implementation of several provisions set in the Comprehensive and EnhancedPartnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between EU and RA, as well as several provisions regarding“Waste management strategy and its implementation action plan” of the RA Government Program for2021-2026.

The Program’s principal partners and beneficiaries are the RA Ministry of Environment (MoE), RAMinistry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure (MTAI), and a target municipality to be selectedfrom Kotayk or Gegharkunik provinces.

Objective

To strengthen the advocacy and lobby efforts around the development and adoption of ExtendedProducer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, with a particular focus on building political support amongparliamentarians, key ministries, and other relevant stakeholders in government.