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United Nations Development Programme Armenia
Performance Budgeting Project
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Contact: Zara Amatuni
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December 4, 2007
Celebration of Completion of the Projects on Town Park Renovation in
Ijevan and Street Reconstruction in Dilijan
On December 3, 2007, the newly renovated Town Park of Ijevan, Tavush
marz was opened before many visitors who came to participate in the
inauguration ceremony. The event was held on the Day of Ijevan and was
attended by honorable guests, among them Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of
Territorial Administration and Deputy Prime Minister, Vardan Vardanyan,
Minister of Urban Development, Armen Ghularyan, Governor of Tavush marz,
representatives of the United Nations Development Programme Armenia
(UNDP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as
well as local officials, community residents and mass media.
Renovation of the Town Park has been acknowledged by the local community
as a top priority activity aimed at preserving the image and cultural
heritage of Ijevan. The park renovation project has been co-sponsored by
UNDP, USAID and Ijevan municipality and implemented within 2006-2007.
Renovation works have entailed mounting of an irrigation network,
drilling of an artesian well for watering the lawns and filling the park
pond, graveling of paths, construction of the lighting network as well
as installation of new benches and refuse bins. An exceptional
collection of stone sculptures exposed at the park has been rearranged
and put on newly built pedestals. The sculptures have been created by
local and foreign craftsmen over the recent two decades during the
international sculpture symposia organized in Ijevan.
The opening event was marked by the presentation of an album titled
Ijevan: Havened Sculptures. Designed and published with UNDP support,
the album introduces all the 68 artworks showcased at the Ijevan Town
Park and is intended for wide distribution among tourists and other
interested parties.
The same day another accomplishment was celebrated in Tavush marz.
Together with the guests, local officials and community, UNDP Armenia
marked the launch of a repaired 330-meter long street of Dilijan town.
Under the joint project of UNDP and Dilijan municipality, the street has
been fully renovated including the construction of lighting network,
installation of railing, asphalting of pavement and building of pavement
edges. The railing at its full length has been decorated with moulded
and wrought statuettes to provide a special look to the newly renovated
street.
The street reconstruction was prioritized by the community of Dilijan
and carried out as a result of applying the performance-based budgeting
methodology at the local level.
Dilijan and Ijevan have been among the first communities to cooperate
with the UNDP’s Performance Budgeting Project on investing this advanced
budgeting model which enables to significantly increase the work
efficiency and transparency of the local governance and to involve
active citizen participation in the whole process of budget planning,
execution and monitoring.
For more information on UNDP activity in Armenia, please visit our
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