Tag: Armenia
Capacity Building of Armenian Advocacy (NGO Center)
This EPD-supported project comprised three partner organizations, the "NGO Center" Civil Society Development Organization, the Civic Development and Partnership Foundation (CDPF), and the "Partnership and Teaching" (GUM) NGO. The project partners were pursuing of a mission of "capacity-building of advocacy-oriented Armenian NGOs to increase dialogue among civil society and governmental bodies." The main strategy of the project was to improve the capacity-building of selected civil society organizations (CSOs) through the institutionalization of advocacy capacities, the establishment of advocacy resource centers, the launch of a dialogue among CSOs and the government, and an "experience exchange" between local CSOs with European organizations.
Asparez Journalist Club
This project aimed at raising awareness of the people living in 12 cities of Shirak, Lori and Tavush regions (marzes), the officials of the institutions of the public, community and state importance, the lawyers, the workers of judicial system, the journalists working in the above mentioned territories and NGOs about the content of the Freedom of Information law and about the responsibilities and rights that they gain in the framework of this law. The main goal of the project was that all the officials recognize their responsibilities towards the population in the frames provided by this law, be available for the people and become more accountable towards the society.
ARMENIA MONTHLY APRIL 2010
Following on from the EPD's Moldova Weekly newsletter, we are launching a monthly briefing on the situation in Armenia. Click here to read.
REPORT - Armenia on the Threshold of Change
As part of the European Partnership for Democracy's series of Working Papers on democracy assistance, Richard Giragosian and Marine Manucharyan report on the state of political affairs in the Republic of Armenia after the local elections for the city of Yerevan held in May 2009. The report shows that the Armenian society remains polarised after contested parliamentary elections of last year which were followed by demonstrations and violently suppressed leaving at least 10 people dead. The Armenian government handles the political and economic crisis with even more oppression and intimidation of anyone in disagreement. The last part of the report explains the current development in Turkey-Armenia relations which are going through unprecedented period of thawing. Read the report here.
Armenian Opposition Vows To Continue Probe Of Postelection Violence
Levon Zurabian, who is a leading member of former President Levon Ter-Petrossian's Armenian National Congress (HAK), announced on June 25 that the HAK intends to form a committee that will continue to investigate the circumstances of the violent clashes in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008, Noyan Tapan reported on June 29. President Serzh Sarkisian last month dissolved the five-person independent group of experts he established last fall and tasked with assessing the findings of the ad hoc parliamentary commission set up under pressure from international human rights bodies to review the events that culminated in the Yerevan violence.
Armenian Political Prisoners Released In Amnesty
Armenian authorities have begun releasing dozens of political prisoners more than 15 months after suppressing massive opposition demonstrations against the official results of a disputed presidential election. They have ensured, however, that not all jailed supporters of the top opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian are set free under a general amnesty declared on June 19. President Serzh Sarksyan's intention to keep more than a dozen of them behind bars is a measure of his self-confidence, resulting from opposition setbacks and Western support for his foreign policy.