Programme

2nd meeting of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

(Yerevan time)

12.00 Opening session

Welcome words by co-chairs of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

  • Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Armenian co-chair
  • Mr Ionut Sibian, EU co-chair

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

  • Mr Ara Margaryan, Head of the European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
  • Mr David Cullen, Head of Unit – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus & Eastern Partnership Coordination, DG NEAR, European Commission
  • Ms Dorota Dlouchy-Suliga, Head of Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus Division, European External Action Service

Steps taken by the Platform in Monitoring the Implementation of CEPA by the Armenian Authorities

  • Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association
  • Mr Gagik Makaryan, Republican Union of Employers
  • Ms Tiruhi Nazaretyan, Deputy-President of the Armenian Trade Unions Confederation

Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.00 The Impact of the Security Challenges faced by Armenia on the implementation of CEPA

Panel moderated by Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association

  • H. E. Ms Andrea Wiktorin, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia
  • Mr Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
  • Mr Mikayel Hovhannisyan, Eurasia Partnership Foundation

Discussion

15.45 Coffee break

16.00 Adoption of the joint declaration