ARMENIA-DIASPORA COOPERATION IN THE PROCESS
By Marieta Nakarian, translated by L.H.

AZG Armenian Daily #204
07/11/2007

On November 5, Head of the UNDP Armenia office Consuella Vidal ,
Italian Ambassador to Armenia Masimo Lavetso Kasineli and his spouse
and Executive Director of "Armenia" All-Armenian Foundation Vahe
Aghabekiants paid an official visit to Lusadzor village (province of
Tavush). The aim of the visit was to see the performance of the local
programs of Lusadzor and also to re-affirm the readiness of the sides
to widen the cooperation circle in the village.

The guests were received by the leader of Tavush province Armen
Ghulian, Head of the village Suren Kocharian, representatives of
local governance and the population of the village.

UNDP entered the village on May. Most of the programs aim to recover
the social-economic substructures of the village. The program will
end on December. An inner-community gas net of 4,8 km length is going
to be built. UNDP has already finished the project of the water and
irrigation net.

Lusadzor is also involved in the villages’ development program of
"Armenia" All-Armenian Foundation. The program is being carried out
in the framework of the Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry initiative,
as a result of Armenia-Diaspora Second Conference.

All the above-mentioned programs are being carried out in the framework
of UNDP Community Development Programs, in virtue of the Italian
Government and UNDP financing 500.000 and 34.000 Euros accordingly.