“THE ROLE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN NA-CIVIL SOCIETY IN FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN YEREVAN
National Assembly of RA, Armenia
April 5 2006
On April 6-7, the works will begin “The Role of Cooperation between
National Assembly-Civil Society in Fighting Against Corruption”
International Conference in the National Assembly, which on the
initiative of Artur Baghdasaryan, Speaker of the National Assembly
(according to the agreement reached during the visit in the USA)
organized the National Assembly, OSCE, Eurasia fund, USAID and UNDP
program.
On April 6 the conference will be opened with the speeches of Artur
Baghdasaryan, RA NA Speaker, Andrea Harris, Eurasia Foundation Regional
Vice President for the South Caucasus, John Evans, U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia, Consuelo Vidal, UN Resident Coordinator,
Vladimir Pryakhin, OSCE Ambassador to Armenia.
Then the discussions will continue on the themes: “Parliament-Civil
Society Cooperation Models and Experience of GOPAC,” “Cooperation
between Parliament and Civil Society in the Fight Against Corruption,”
“Experience of State-NGO Partnership,” “Legislative Activity as an
Effective Tool against ‘Shadow Law,'” “The Role of Public Monitoring
Institutions in Fighting Corruption,” “The Role of Control Chamber in
the Fight against Corruption: New Opportunities and New Perspectives
in the Context of the Constitutional Reforms,” “Cooperation of the
Control Chamber with Media and Civil Society,” “The Role of Public
Monitoring Institutions in Fight Against Corruption,” “The Role of
Media in Fighting Corruption,” “The Correlation between Corruption
and Freedom of the Press,””How Armenia Media Legislation and its
Implementation Affect the Role of Journalists in Fighting Corruption.”
On April 7 there will be discussions in groups on the themes
“Cooperation between the National Assembly and Civil Society in
Fighting Corruption,” “The Role of Public Monitoring Institutions in
Fighting Corruption,” “The Role of Media in Fighting Corruption.”
Representatives of a number of international organizations and ten
countries (USA, Canada, Germany, Poland, Romania, SAR and other
countries) will attend the conference.
Within the framework of the conference it is designed to establish an
Armenian institution of GOPAC (Global Organization of Parliamentarians
Against Corruption). The conference will be wrapped up with a press
conference after the adoption of the statement.