USAID/Armenia Advanced Science & Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project – ME&A

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USAID/Armenia Advanced Science & Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project

Project Snapshot

CLIENT: U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Armenia

COUNTRY: Armenia

PRACTICE AREA: Water and Natural Resource Management

SUBCONTRACTOR: CADI

TIME PERIOD: 2015 to 2021

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Overview

The Advanced Science & Partnerships for Integrated Resource Development (ASPIRED) Project is designed to support sustainable water resource management and sustainable practices of water users at the core of the water-energy nexus through the use of science, technology, innovation and partnerships approaches. The goal is to reduce the rate of groundwater extraction in Armenia’s Ararat Valley to sustainable levels.

Activities

Under ASPIRED, ME&A collaborates with the USAID/U.S. Global Development Lab/Center for Data, Analysis, and Research (DAR), the U.S. Geological Survey, and other relevant institutions to pilot innovative technologies for water conservation and fish farms; establish transformational partnerships; and promote evidence- and science-based water resource monitoring, planning and management. In addition, ME&A also works with the private sector, academia, and other donors to leverage their resources and expertise in the Armenian water and energy sector.

ASPIRED is a follow on to the Clean Energy and Water Program (CEWP), which ME&A implemented for USAID/Armenia from the fall of 2011 to its completion in September 2015.

Funding

USAID/Armenia awarded ASPIRED to ME&A as an $4.9 million dollar task order under the Water and Development IDIQ (WADI) providing the USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment with services and technical support to assist USAID’s Missions, Bureaus, and Offices worldwide in the implementation of the Agency’s Water and Development Strategy.