RECONSTRUCTED "EMPLOYMENT REGIONAL CENTER" OPENS IN GAVAR

ARMENPRESS
Oct 28, 2008

GAVAR, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS: "Employment Regional Center" of Gavar
town reconstructed with the funds of USAID re-opened today.

Armenian Labor and Social Affairs Minister Arsen Hambartsumian,
U.S. ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch, accompanied by
Gegharkunik Governor Nver Poghosian, representatives of USAID and
Gegharkunik governor’s office participated in the opening of the
center.

The U.S. ambassador who visited Gegharkunik province for the first
time said that U.S. government will hence also exert its efforts
towards the decrease of unemployment rate in Armenia and loosening
of social tension.

Minister Arsen Hambartsumian, underscoring the creation of model
center of employment in Gavar, said that with this the problems do
not end but need more developed and flexible approaches, so that the
unemployment in Gegharkunik be reduced and a stable system accommodated
to demands of labor market be established.

Governor of Gegharkunik Nver Poghosian highly underscored the
initiative of the U.S. government, noting that it would have been
good if the opening of the center be followed with the works directed
towards creation of jobs.