“Housing insecurity, poor access to drinking water and irrigation, overflowing sewage, isolation from schools, work and health care – these are just a few of the problems highlighted by an EU-funded project tackling the problem of eco-migration in the Southern Caucasus.

“The project ‘Eco-migration: dialogue and cooperation in the South Caucasus countries for better life’ is being implemented by the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) in the three South Caucasus countries [i.e., Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan], with the financial assistance of the EU.

“The project aims to support the implementation of systemic reform in the field of eco-migration in the South Caucasus countries, by strengthening the capacities of civil society actors and enhancing dialogue at national and regional levels.

“In the Armenian capital Yerevan, the project held the first meeting of its local Steering Committee on November 14. During the meeting, the project team presented its goals, objectives and planned activities, and also discussed a report on eco-migration in Armenia,” informs the EU Neighbourhood Info Centre website.