 Armenia to focus on local democracy during CoE chairmanship December 19, 2012 - 20:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met today, Dec 19 with the outgoing head of the Council of Europe Office in Armenia Silvia Zehe. Minister Gevorgyan voiced confidence for the new office head to continue cooperation with similar efficiency. Issues related to the reforms in the territorial administration sector in the framework of 2011-2014 cooperation program were further discussed. Minister Gevorgyan noted that Armenia will focus on strengthening of local democracy and boosting the efficiency of the IT sector during its chairmanship of Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. The two officials noted that exchange of experience with other Council of Europe member countries will contribute to strengthening of local democratic values and fulfillment of new ideas. Dwelling on the USAID-elaborated document on “Strategic Approaches of Further Development of the Local Self-Government (LSG) and Decentralization of Power of the Republic of Armenia”, Minister Gevorgyan noted that it is in line with the cooperation program with the Council of Europe, press service of RA Ministry of Territorial Administration reported.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
