EU Advisory Group initiates roundtable discussion at National AssemblyMarch 28, 2014 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The EU Advisory Group initiated a Roundtable discussion entitled “Administrative Support for EU Integration Tasks in National Parliaments – Experiences of the Recently Acceded EU Member States” on March 28, at the National Assembly. The purpose of the discussion was to present the main administrative solutions adopted in the parliaments of the EU member states in order to provide a necessary support system for the inter-parliamentary activities related to the EU membership. The cooperation between the administrative units dealing with EU-related issues should be enhanced by proper administrative structures, application of best practices and parliament’s internal regulations. During discussion, the EU advisors presented the experiences of Poland and Latvia on the administrative structures existing in the parliaments during the pre-accession period and provided recommendations for strengthening coordination of administrative support within the National Assembly. The EU Advisory Group policy advisor on EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Kaja Krawczyk said, “The main task of parliamentary administration in the field of inter-parliamentary cooperation is to provide information to the Members of the Parliament on the EU integration process and to coordinate all EU related activities of different parliamentary bodies”. The policy paper on the relevant topic was prepared as a background document and distributed to the participants. The event was attended by the members of the NA Standing Committees dealing with inter-parliamentary cooperation, the members of the NA Delegations of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC) and the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly (PA) as well as relevant parliamentary staff. 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 | 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. |