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YEREVAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CAPITAL CITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES
European Union News
October 10, 2013 Thursday
Brussels
European Commission has issued the following press release:
On 11 October 2013 an International Conference of capital cities of
the Council of Europe member states will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.
The conference is co-organised by the Armenian Chairmanship of the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities, in close co-operation with the
municipality of Yerevan.
It will address the issues related to the particular role of capital
cities and metropolises in the overall development of local democracy
and in political, economic, social and cultural life. The Conference
will also be an opportunity for an exchange of good practice and the
progress achieved in member States of the Council of Europe.
Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the capital cities of the Council of Europe
member states, the representatives of municipalities, of relevant state
structures, local self-government bodies and the civil society, as well
as international and local experts will participate in the Conference.
John Warmisham, Vice-President of the Congress, Armen Gevorgyan, Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Territorial Administration of Armenia,
and Taron Margaryan, Mayor of Yerevan, will open the conference.
The discussions will be organised around following main topics:
the growing role of capital cities and the quality of life; the
institutional capacity of capital cities to address the challenges
of the quality of life.
For more information please visit: http://europa.eu/
European Union News
October 10, 2013 Thursday
Brussels
European Commission has issued the following press release:
On 11 October 2013 an International Conference of capital cities of
the Council of Europe member states will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.
The conference is co-organised by the Armenian Chairmanship of the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities, in close co-operation with the
municipality of Yerevan.
It will address the issues related to the particular role of capital
cities and metropolises in the overall development of local democracy
and in political, economic, social and cultural life. The Conference
will also be an opportunity for an exchange of good practice and the
progress achieved in member States of the Council of Europe.
Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the capital cities of the Council of Europe
member states, the representatives of municipalities, of relevant state
structures, local self-government bodies and the civil society, as well
as international and local experts will participate in the Conference.
John Warmisham, Vice-President of the Congress, Armen Gevorgyan, Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Territorial Administration of Armenia,
and Taron Margaryan, Mayor of Yerevan, will open the conference.
The discussions will be organised around following main topics:
the growing role of capital cities and the quality of life; the
institutional capacity of capital cities to address the challenges
of the quality of life.
For more information please visit: http://europa.eu/