ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN DECEMBER 15

armradio.am
11.12.2008 13:35

A conference dedicated to the results and lessons learned during
Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s two-year Anticorruption Program will
take place in Yerevan on December 15. The Program, entitled The Role
of Government, Non-Governmental Organizations and Media in the Fight
against Corruption, was implemented by Eurasia Partnership Foundation
in Armenia and funded by the United Nations Democracy Endowment Fund
and the United States Agency for International Development.

The one-day Conference will bring together representatives of civil
society organizations active in fighting corruption, government
authorities, top-ranking delegates of international organizations,
and media. US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch, Ombudsman
Armen Harutyunyan and other high-ranking officials are expected
to participate.

EPF’s two year program, an investment of over $400,000 in all,
was implemented in eight Marzes. The program has strengthened the
capacities of journalists and media organizations in anti-corruption
reporting, civil society organizations in monitoring government
programs and spending, and public offices at the local, regional
and national levels to promote accountability and transparency. The
program has also sought to establish cooperation and information
exchange between media, civil society and government.

As a result of the program, 10 Communities in two r egions are
now implementing anticorruption strategies, four Media outlets and
four NGOs implemented anticorruption projects, 10 cases were won
in administrative court, 40 TV debates and talk-shows broadcast,
and 300 articles published in print and online.