APRA OFFERS MASS MEDIA COOPERATION FOR ENHANCING CIVIL SOCIETY’S ROLE IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

Arka News Agency, Armenia
May 21 2007

YEREVAN. May 21. /ARKA/. Armenian Public Relations Association (APRA)
offers mass media representatives cooperation in implementing a project
aimed at enhancing civil society’s role in democratic governance.

The project includes creation of conditions for establishing an
effective dialogue between beneficiaries – representatives of the
public and private sectors, which in its turn will contribute to
strengthening and increase activity of the public’s role in the
country governance.

Within the frameworks of the abovementioned initiative, APRA cooperates
with public administration authorities, coordinating the sectors of
justice, social security, and environmental protection, as well as
with private organizations in order to make the activity of public
administration authorities transparent and understandable for the
public in order to ensure public participation in decision making.

Mass media is also expected to participate in the project
implementation in order to gain more effectiveness.