Environmental Project Implementation Unit, State Agency of the Ministry of Environment, Armenia (EPIU)

Type Direct (National)
Date of accreditation 28 Feb 2019

The Environmental Project Implementation Unit of the State Agency of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia (EPIU) is a national entity established by the government of the Republic of Armenia with the main objective of ensuring efficient implementation of the governmental environmental sector projects. The main spheres of the EPIU’s activities include implementing projects/programmes by the Ministry of Nature Protection of and territorial administration bodies in environmental sector, including implementation of state-wide sector-based projects on the sustainable usage of natural resources, lithosphere, soil, water, atmosphere, fauna and flora, and the preservation of specially protected areas, as well as those developed using funding from international financial organisations.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

28 Sep 2021 - 27 Sep 2026

Accreditation date

28 Feb 2019

AMA execution date

17 Aug 2020

AMA effectiveness

28 Sep 2021

Term end date

27 Sep 2026

Entity details

Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Environmental and social risk category
- Category C
- Category B
- Category A
- Intermediation 3
- Intermediation 2
- Intermediation 1
Fiduciary standards
- Basic
- Project management
- Grant award
- On-lending/blending:
- Loan
- Equity
- Guarantee
- Blending

Documents

Title	Type	Date
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities EPIU	Approved project preparation funding application	12 Jul 2024
Fueling Green Recovery in Armenia – advancing forest infrastructure and creating sustainable jobs for rural communities EPIU	Concept note	25 Sep 2023
Scaling up national adaptive capacities for climate change-driven natural hazards through strengthening monitoring and early warning systems EPIU	Concept note	25 Sep 2023
Advancing programming and partnership framework with GCF and matching with country’s long-term low- carbon development strategies EPIU	Approved readiness proposal	22 Dec 2022
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and EPIU EPIU	Accreditation Master Agreement	17 Aug 2020

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Contacts

Mrs. Margarita Gasparyan

Primary

Head of Cooperation with Donors Department
129 A.Armenakyan str., Yerevan, Armenia

Phone +37410 651631
margarita.gasparyan@epiu.am

Ms. Lia Apikyan

Secondary

Chief Specialist of Cooperation with Donors Department
129 A.Armenakyan str., Yerevan, Armenia

Phone +37410 651631
lia.apikyan@epiu.am