ArmInfo. On February 19, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Tourism Committee under the RA Ministry of Economy and Strategic Development Agency NGO within the framework of "Living Landscapes for Market Development in Armenia" project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by the Armenian Branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Armenia) in cooperation with Strategic Development Agency (SDA).
The established cooperation between the structures is aimed at promoting sustainable and inclusive tourism in the project target settlements of Lori, Tavush, Vayots Dzor and Syunik marzes of RA, as well as protecting the ecosystems.
During the signing of the memorandum, the parties expressed their willingness to continue and strengthen effective cooperation and ensure the involvement of experts from both sides to provide professional consultancy and develop sustainable and indigenous tourism experiences in the target rural areas.
Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO is an Armenian development organization founded in 2002 to contribute to the country's socio-economic development. Its main target is the implementation of innovative community based/participatory operational projects, high professional level research and analysis, trainings, seminars, business and legal advice, exchange/cooperation etc. The organization has been implementing agricultural and community development programs since 2003 in more than 200 communities of Tavush, Shirak, Lori, Syunik and Vayots Dzor marzes.
SDA operates as both a conventional NGO project implementer and business consultancy. The organization offers professional consultancy in development strategies, projects evaluation, feasibility assessment, trainings, marketing and business planning, market research through its consulting arm (3R Strategy Consulting). These two core roles of NGO as project implementer and private sector consultancy effectively put SDA into a unique position of bringing together interests of different groups (farmers, state, private business etc.) to design and practically implement innovative "win-win" schemes in the areas of livestock development, agriculture, community/regional development and business support infrastructure.
