Narrative Description of the Project:

The work covers not less than 32 watersheds with about 81 associated village communities in Tavush and Gegharkunik Marzes. The objective is to prepare watershed management plans for selected villages. Currently, 16 watershed plans are prepared, which include activity plan and time schedule for each of the participant village. These documents are the basic guidelines for PIU during the Implementation Phase.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Collection of existing data sets and data obtained during the Rural Rapid Assessment on selected watersheds and related villages
• Raising awareness and capacity building in selected villages
• Conducting participatory resource appraisal (PRA) including mental mapping and transect walks
• Undertaking natural resource, environmental and social inventory of selected villages
• conducting problem census meetings to identify priority needs of participants
• Identifying overlapping needs between participants priorities and the project menu of options
• Working with Project Marz Coordinators to solve priority problems that overlap with project mandate by using the project’s action planning and action scheduling frameworks to enable the PIU to prepare a phased budget for watershed activities
• Other functions and duties stated in the Terms of References of the Watershed Management Component