This Readiness Programme is aimed at supporting the enabling regulatory and investment framework for sustained climate action in the energy and transport sectors in line with the sectoral development visions, updated NDC and LT-LEDS, and the national priority readiness needs (identified in the current version of the “GCF-Armenia Country Cooperation Programme”) by addressing the following capacity constraints and regulatory gaps pertaining to e-waste:

1. No assessment of environmental and economic risks from e-waste generated from end-of-life solar panels and electric-vehicle batteries

2. No policy, legislative framework and regulations in place for management of e-waste from end-of-life solar panels and electric vehicle batteries

3. No assessment of socio-economic opportunities and benefits from recovering, reusing and recycling end-of-life solar panels and electric vehicle batteries

4. Low level of awareness, lack of technical capacity and coordination among national stakeholders on e-waste management practices