Armenia Validates National Roadmap for Early Warnings for All

The workshop brought together over 70 participants from relevant ministries, agencies, telecommunication operators, UN agencies, NGOs, development partners and international financial institutions.  

“By reinforcing institutional coordination and preparedness mechanisms, we aim to ensure that early warnings lead to timely and effective response across all regions of the country,” said Armine Hayrapetyan, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Operational Management Center. 

“Early warnings ensure, that the people are informed in advance that a flood is coming, that a family can evacuate safely before a landslide occurs, and that emergency services are prepared before a storm strikes.” said Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General in a video message to the workshop. She emphasized that the WMO is ready to assist Armenia in strengthening its detection, observation, monitoring, analysis and forecasting capabilities.

Participants reviewed and validated priority actions under the four EW4All pillars—risk knowledge, detection and forecasting, warning dissemination, and preparedness to respond—building on the national self-assessment conducted in November 2025. It concluded with the endorsement of a Joint Statement on the Implementation of EW4All in Armenia.

Building on this momentum, the process continued on 18 March with a Partnership and Investment Dialogue focused on Pillar 2 (monitoring and forecasting) and the modernization of Armhydromet. The dialogue brought together international partners to discuss investment priorities and cooperation to strengthen observation, forecasting and digital systems.

Levon Azizyan, Director of the Armhydromet noted, that “The early warning systems rely on strong coordination between science, government institutions  and communities, and in this regard, the EW4All roadmap is an important step toward strengthening such cooperation to ensure that risk information leads to timely and coordinated action”. 

Together, these milestones mark an important step toward developing a multi-hazard early warning system in Armenia, in support of the recently adopted Law on Disaster Risk Management and Population Protection.