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Council of Europe Press Division
Ref: 509a05
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President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities visits
Armenia
Yerevan, 05.10.2005 - Giovanni Di Stasi, President of the Congress of
Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, is paying an
official visit to Armenia from 4 to 6 October. He has met President of
the Republic Robert Kocharyan, Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan,
Speaker of the National Assembly Artur Baghdasaryan, Minister of the
Territorial Administration Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vardan Oskanyan, and Mayor of Yerevan Evand Zakharyan..
During the visit, the Congress President proposed to create a Network of
Local and Regional Authorities from the Caucasian countries. Mr Di Stasi
also confirmed the readiness of the Council of Europe Congress to assist
the Armenian authorities in implementing the amendments to the Armenian
Constitution, in particular concerning the status of the city of
Yerevan.
On 5 October, Mr Di Stasi participated in the opening of the 18th Annual
Seminar of the European Network of Training Institutions for Local and
Regional Authorities (ENTO), organised in co-operation with the Congress
and the Communities Association of Armenia. The aim of the seminar is to
provide a forum for in-depth debate and exchange of information,
experiences, best practices on the theme "Training and Transborder
Cooperation in Europe". The sub-themes of the seminar are
"Transcaucasian co-operation" and "Training for Emergency Planning".
The seminar is targeted at directors of training centres, training
project managers, senior executive officers responsible for training and
local public services, decision-makers, local and regional elected
representatives, practitioners and academics involved in the subject.
The seminar format places special emphasis on innovative working
methods, such as the open space method, presentation of national
examples and the best practices and networking.
President Di Stasi, Minister of Territorial Administration Abrahamyan
and the ENTO President Gert Fieguth will give a press conference on
Thursday 6 October at 10.00 a.m. in the building of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
During the visit, the President was accompanied by Deputy Chief
Executive of the Congress Antonella Cagniolati and Congress Secretariat
member Vyacheslav Tolkovanov.
For further information please contact
Natalia Lapauri, Communities Association of Armenia (Tel. +374 91404853)
or
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (Tel. +374
10544041)
To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact :
[email protected]
A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 46
member states.
Council of Europe Press Division
Ref: 509a05
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 25 60
Fax:+33 (0)3 88 41 39 11
[email protected]
internet: www.coe.int/press
President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities visits
Armenia
Yerevan, 05.10.2005 - Giovanni Di Stasi, President of the Congress of
Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, is paying an
official visit to Armenia from 4 to 6 October. He has met President of
the Republic Robert Kocharyan, Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan,
Speaker of the National Assembly Artur Baghdasaryan, Minister of the
Territorial Administration Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vardan Oskanyan, and Mayor of Yerevan Evand Zakharyan..
During the visit, the Congress President proposed to create a Network of
Local and Regional Authorities from the Caucasian countries. Mr Di Stasi
also confirmed the readiness of the Council of Europe Congress to assist
the Armenian authorities in implementing the amendments to the Armenian
Constitution, in particular concerning the status of the city of
Yerevan.
On 5 October, Mr Di Stasi participated in the opening of the 18th Annual
Seminar of the European Network of Training Institutions for Local and
Regional Authorities (ENTO), organised in co-operation with the Congress
and the Communities Association of Armenia. The aim of the seminar is to
provide a forum for in-depth debate and exchange of information,
experiences, best practices on the theme "Training and Transborder
Cooperation in Europe". The sub-themes of the seminar are
"Transcaucasian co-operation" and "Training for Emergency Planning".
The seminar is targeted at directors of training centres, training
project managers, senior executive officers responsible for training and
local public services, decision-makers, local and regional elected
representatives, practitioners and academics involved in the subject.
The seminar format places special emphasis on innovative working
methods, such as the open space method, presentation of national
examples and the best practices and networking.
President Di Stasi, Minister of Territorial Administration Abrahamyan
and the ENTO President Gert Fieguth will give a press conference on
Thursday 6 October at 10.00 a.m. in the building of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
During the visit, the President was accompanied by Deputy Chief
Executive of the Congress Antonella Cagniolati and Congress Secretariat
member Vyacheslav Tolkovanov.
For further information please contact
Natalia Lapauri, Communities Association of Armenia (Tel. +374 91404853)
or
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (Tel. +374
10544041)
To receive our press releases by e-mail, contact :
[email protected]
A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to
promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops
common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 46
member states.