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7th meeting of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

09h30-11h00 

Opening remarks by Co-Chairs of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

  • Dumitru Fornea, EESC
  • Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association

Welcome words 

  • by Stefano Palmieri, President of the External Relations Section 
    of the European Economic and Social Committee

Assessment of the state of play in the implementation of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement

  • H.E. Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia
  • H.E. Tigran Balayan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Kingdom of Belgium, Head of Mission of Armenia to the European Union
  • MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor, Lead Member for Armenia within the European Parliament's Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) (tbc)
  • Isabelle Richard, Deputy Head of Unit Georgia, South Caucasus, East, European Commission, DG ENEST

Debate

11h00-12h00 State of Play of CEPA: Implementation Articles 12 and 16

Rule of Law, Respect for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Moderator: Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association

  • Anna Karapetyan, Deputy Minister of Justice (tbc)
  • Armen Ghazaryan, Deputy Minister of the Interior (tbc)
  • Syuzanna Soghomonyan, Armenian Lawyers' Association
  • Hasmik Harutyunyan, Protection of Rights without Borders
  • Marie Delplace, International Relations Officer, External aspects of rule of law and judicial cooperation, DG JUST

Debate

 

12h00-13h00 State of Play of CEPA: Implementation Title 5 Chapters 1; 2; 8
Transport, Energy Cooperation, Information Society

  • Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and/or Deputy Minister of Economy (tbc)
  • Hovsep Khurshudyan, Free Citizen NGO Armenia
  • Thomas Kattnig, Vice-President TEN Section, EESC
  • Stefano Paci, Head of Unit International Relations, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission (tbc)

13h00-14h30 Lunch offered by the EESC – VIP restaurant 1st floor

14h30-15h30  State of Play of CEPA: Implementation Chapter 15
Employment, Social Policy and Equal Opportunities

Moderator: Dumitru Fornea, European Economic and Social Committee

  • Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (tbc)
  • Artur Martirosyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
  • Anna Barikyan, Member of the Platform from the Confederation of the Trade Unions of Armenia
  • Arsen Igityan, Member of the Platform from the Confederation of the Trade Unions of Armenia

Debate

15h30-15h40  Break

15h40-16h30  Adoption of joint declaration