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On March 30-31, 2022, the first stakeholder hybrid meeting under “Armenia KIP Preparation'' Project took place in Tsakhkadzor. The meeting was personally attended by Mr. Halvart Koeppen, Coordinator of the Montreal Protocol Network for Europe and Central Asia, OzonAction, who  introduced the participants to the Kigali Amendment, and goals, capacity and topicality of the project in his opening remarks.
On March 26-27, 2022,  a training of RAC specialists was organized on the topic of “Manual Dismantling of Refrigerators and Air Conditioners” jointly with the Educational Center NGO «For Equal Rights»  within the framework of the «Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building» Project.
The National Ozone Unit of the Ministry of Environment, with the support of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, launched a series of activities on March 17, 2022, in Hrazdan, Kotayk province, aimed at data collection on HFCs and HFC-based equipment.
On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, within the framework of international commitments under the Montreal Protocol, initiated a comparative analysis of the actual imports, exports and transit shipments of ODSs and HFCs, and import and export licenses issued by the Ministry in 2021.
The Republic of Armenia ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol in 2019, undertaking a commitment to phase down the use of HFCs (F-gases) in Armenia.
On 16-17 December 2021 the Stakeholder Meeting of the National Ozone Unit of Armenia was held.
Within the framework of the second phase of the non-investment component of the HPMP stage II since September 2021, the subject «Green Customs» has been included in the «Customs Administration» master's course of Yerevan State University of Economics.
On October 14, the world celebrates World Standards Day, which provides an opportunity to evaluate the work of thousands of experts in the development of voluntary technical agreements around the world, which is published as an international standard.
To implement the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer,  on August 20, 2020, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the list of hydrofluorocarbons («F» gases) which were included in the scope of legal regulations of the mentioned Protocol due to that change.
A panel discussion «Protection of the Ozone Layer» took place at the American University of Armenia, bringing together over 70 young people from various universities on September 16, marking  the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the European Youth Parliament-Armenia NGO, and the Hagopian Environmental Center of the American University of Armenia (AUA).