PRIORITIES FOR WB PROJECT ON SCM DEFINED

ArmenPress
June 18 2004

YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS: According to Armenian trade and economic
development deputy minister Garnik Badalian, World Bank (WB) technical
assistance for Armenian standardization, certification and measurement
(SCM) in the amount of 1.5 mln dollars will be received this September
which will be provided within the framework of respective credit
project.

Badalian also said that WB representatives have conferred with the
heads of the system for prioritizing the necessary equipment. They
also agree that 1.5 mln is a small sum but some priorities have been
established. “We have decided to establish one very well equipped
laboratory against which other laboratories will be measured,” he said.

The deputy minister said that other donor organizations including
USAID are applied for technical support to SCM.