The objective of the Project is to improve access to gas and heating services for Eligible Households in urban multi-apartment buildings. The Project consists of the following parts:

Part A: Individual Gas Heater Solutions Improving access to gas and heating services for Eligible Households living in urban multi-residential apartment buildings by subsidizing connections to the local gas network and/or installing individual gas heaters.

Part B: Local Boiler Solutions 1. Improving access to heating services for Eligible Households living in urban multi-residential apartment buildings by installing gas-based local boiler systems to serve entire apartment complexes.

2. Improving access to heating services for Eligible Households living in urban multi-residential apartment buildings (which have already selected and/or installed a gas-based local boiler system without connecting to individual Eligible Households apartment units), by connecting individual apartment units to the existing local boiler system.

Part C: Implementation Support Provision of goods, works and services for the effective implementation, monitoring and supervision of the Project.

(for more information please see: http://go.worldbank.org/SJUJBCFVL0)

A Grant Agreement was signed on April 28, 2006.

This project will subsidize new service connections to 17,000 poor Armenian households.

GPOBA’s effort will serve as a pilot for the upcoming IDA-financed Urban Heating Project. Lessons learnt through this program may help justify increased use of OBA in other IDA projects.

"F" - for more information, see http://go.worldbank.org/SJUJBCFVL0

Ani Balabanyan