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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BE CREATED IN ARMENIA FOR EXERCISING OF CULTURAL RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES
arminfo
Friday, April 13, 14:09
A program "Wealth Through Diversity: equal opportunities for exercising
cultural rights of national minorities and vulnerable groups" kicked
off in Yerevan on April 13.
This is a 3-year program. Maria Poghosyan, program coordinator,
says meetings, seminars and master- classes will be held in all the
10 regions of Armenia. In addition, concerts and exhibitions will
be organized to introduce the culture of national minorities. In
2013 mutual visits are expected to Poland and Ukraine to boost the
cultural dialogue.
Shushanik Saratikyan, expert at the Armenian Government's Department
for National Minorities and Religion, hopes the program will awaken the
cultural life in the regions. "There are problems that need solution,
specifically there are limited material resources, culture houses
and national instruments," she says.
The program is implemented by NGO "Centre for the Development of Civil
Society", Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development,
GURT Resource Center (Ukraine) with the financial assistance of the EU.
National minorities make up 2.2% of total population of Armenia. The
Yezidi are the largest ethnic group - 40500 people.
arminfo
Friday, April 13, 14:09
A program "Wealth Through Diversity: equal opportunities for exercising
cultural rights of national minorities and vulnerable groups" kicked
off in Yerevan on April 13.
This is a 3-year program. Maria Poghosyan, program coordinator,
says meetings, seminars and master- classes will be held in all the
10 regions of Armenia. In addition, concerts and exhibitions will
be organized to introduce the culture of national minorities. In
2013 mutual visits are expected to Poland and Ukraine to boost the
cultural dialogue.
Shushanik Saratikyan, expert at the Armenian Government's Department
for National Minorities and Religion, hopes the program will awaken the
cultural life in the regions. "There are problems that need solution,
specifically there are limited material resources, culture houses
and national instruments," she says.
The program is implemented by NGO "Centre for the Development of Civil
Society", Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development,
GURT Resource Center (Ukraine) with the financial assistance of the EU.
National minorities make up 2.2% of total population of Armenia. The
Yezidi are the largest ethnic group - 40500 people.