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Arka News Agency, Armenia
July 28, 2006
PRESENTATION OF VOLUNTARY WEB-SITE HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. The presentation of a voluntary web-site
(www.volunteer.am) has been held in Yerevan. During the presentation,
Chairwoman of the "Professionals for Civil Society" NGO Tsovinar
Sukiasyan stated that the goal of the web-site is facilitating the
formation and development of volunteers, informing the public of
voluntarism and creating favorable conditions for involving NGOs and
citizens in voluntary activities.
Sukiasyan pointed out that the web-site contains the information and
news about voluntary organizations, laws, legal acts and
international conventions on their activities. She said that the
web-site also has a forum for discussing topical issues, and all
those wishing can get registered. "In Armenia voluntary activities
evokes negative associations, and I hope that this project will help
peo9ple overcome this stereotype," she said.
The web-site was designed by the "Professionals for Civil Society"
NGO with the assistance of the US Embassy in Armenia, under the
program of encouraging voluntarism and reforming legislation
regulating voluntary activities. P.T. -0--
July 28, 2006
PRESENTATION OF VOLUNTARY WEB-SITE HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. The presentation of a voluntary web-site
(www.volunteer.am) has been held in Yerevan. During the presentation,
Chairwoman of the "Professionals for Civil Society" NGO Tsovinar
Sukiasyan stated that the goal of the web-site is facilitating the
formation and development of volunteers, informing the public of
voluntarism and creating favorable conditions for involving NGOs and
citizens in voluntary activities.
Sukiasyan pointed out that the web-site contains the information and
news about voluntary organizations, laws, legal acts and
international conventions on their activities. She said that the
web-site also has a forum for discussing topical issues, and all
those wishing can get registered. "In Armenia voluntary activities
evokes negative associations, and I hope that this project will help
peo9ple overcome this stereotype," she said.
The web-site was designed by the "Professionals for Civil Society"
NGO with the assistance of the US Embassy in Armenia, under the
program of encouraging voluntarism and reforming legislation
regulating voluntary activities. P.T. -0--