{"id":16228,"date":"2019-08-15T05:45:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T05:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=16228"},"modified":"2019-08-15T05:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T05:45:03","slug":"anca-again-presses-for-new-140-million-millennium-challenge-corporation-compact-with-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=16228","title":{"rendered":"ANCA Again Presses for New $140 Million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact with Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is renewing its call on U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to support a new Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant that would empower Armenia\u2019s youth through a $140 million Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) education program for the country\u2019s public schools.<\/p>\n

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In a letter sent today to Secretary Pompeo, who chairs the MCC Board of Directors, ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian asked the Secretary of State to review a financial analysis conducted by the World Bank that classified Armenia as an \u201cupper middle income\u201d country. \u201cThis highly contentious determination \u2013 made in the face of the vast and persistent poverty outside of Yerevan and across the Armenian countryside \u2013 makes Armenia ineligible for MCC grants,\u201d explained Hamparian.<\/p>\n

The ANCA Chairman and Secretary Pompeo last\u00a0exchanged correspondence on the matter in May of 2018<\/strong><\/a>, when the Secretary of State stated: \u201cWe appreciate your idea of a new MCC compact focused on STEAM education for Armenia. [\u2026] We hope to see the Armenian government make progress on MCC\u2019s eligibility criteria (\u2018scorecard\u2019) this year so that the MCC Board of Directors may consider Armenia for a compact during the annual selection process.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ANCA is advocating for a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) MCC grant for Armenia \u2013 that would \u2013 similar to the MCC compact recently concluded in neighboring Georgia \u2013 deliver over $75 million for school infrastructure improvements, $30 million for STEAM education projects, $15 million for vocational educational programs to meet the growing demand for information technology professionals, among other investments. The MCC grant would likely be apportioned over a 5-year period and would be subject to strict oversight by the MCC to ensure the program is benefiting students across Armenia.<\/p>\n

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an innovative and independent U.S. foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty. Created by the U.S. Congress in January 2004 with strong bipartisan support, MCC has changed the conversation on how best to deliver smart U.S. foreign assistance by focusing on good policies, country ownership, and results. MCC provides time-limited grants promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, and strengthening institutions.<\/p>\n

The full text of the ANCA letter to Secretary Pompeo is below and\u00a0available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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TEXT OF ANCA LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO<\/p>\n

August 15, 2019<\/p>\n

Hon. Michael Pompeo
\nSecretary of State
\nU.S. Department of State
\n2201 C Street, N.W.
\nWashington, DC 20230<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Secretary:<\/p>\n

I am writing to follow up on your correspondence to me last year expressing appreciation for the Armenian National Committee of America\u2019s (ANCA) proposal that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) explore a new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) focused compact with the Republic of Armenia. We very much appreciated the enthusiasm you expressed, in your May 17, 2018 letter to the ANCA, to \u201cadvance the many shared interests\u201d between the United States and the Republic of Armenia.<\/p>\n

With the Millennium Challenge Corporation welcoming a talented new Chief Executive Officer, Sean Cairncross, we believe the time is ripe to take the first concrete steps towards a STEAM focused MCC compact for public schools across Armenia. Similar to the very successful Science, Technology, Engineering and Math focused MCC compact that was recently concluded in the Republic of Georgia, a new compact for Armenia, focused on education, would help strengthen and sustain political and economic progress in the wake of its recent democratic transition.<\/p>\n

With respect to moving forward with a new MCC compact for Armenia, the ANCA would respectfully request that the U.S. Department of State, in cooperation with other appropriate federal agencies, formally ask that the World Bank transparently review and, as warranted, revise its classification of Armenia as an upper middle income country. This highly contentious determination \u2013 made in the face of the vast and persistent poverty outside of Yerevan and across the Armenian countryside \u2013 makes Armenia ineligible for MCC grants.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the ANCA, I want to thank you for your past correspondence citing the enduring friendship between the American and Armenian peoples. We look forward to working with you, in your capacity as Chair of the MCC Board of Directors, to advance this friendship by initiating a constructive dialogue with respect to a new STEAM focused MCC compact for Armenia\u2019s public schools and the many thousands of promising students that they serve.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Raffi Haig Hamparian
\nChairman<\/p>\n

cc: Sean Cairncross, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation<\/p>\n

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