OSCE OFFICE HELPS DEVELOP RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
17.07.2009 18:11

A presentation on the OSCE Office in Yerevan’s work to help introduce
and develop Clean Development Mechanisms in Armenia’s Syunik region
was held today in Yerevan.

The presentation focused on the OSCE’s Programme Implementation
Presence in Syunik’s work to help a group of selected small-scale
hydropower plants start Clean Development Mechanisms. Such mechanisms
based on the Kyoto Protocol, seeks to promote investments in greenhouse
gas reduction with the principle of economic acceptability and
environmental security.

"To develop and use new and renewable sources of energy helps promote
a higher level of energy security. The work of the OSCE Presence in
Syunik aims to stimulate and encourage more efficient use of energy
resources. Such work also promotes overall economic sustainability
in the country," said Christoph Opfermann, Economic and Environmental
programmes Officer at the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

Representatives from the government, the private sector and the
international community attended the presentation and discussed
projects that aim to reduce emissions in Armenia.