TWINING PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY IN ARMENIA
Aysor
Oct 26 2009
Armenia
Today Yerevan hosts the opening ceremony of the Twining Project
dedicated to "Contributing to the Office of Human Rights Defender
in Armenia."
The Twining project is implemented by Armenia’s Office of the Ombudsman
alongside with the Ombudsmen of France and Spain within the European
Neighborhood Policy.
"Representatives from France and Spain will stay in Armenia on an
ongoing basis. The chief objectives are to establish representative
offices, to study human resources and the facilitating public
awareness," said Human Rights Defender, Armen Harutyunyan.
The Twining Project will also contribute to technical and
organizational aspects. This is the very first program which is
implemented in Armenia within the European Neighborhood Policy and
will last 18 months and has a budget of 1 million euro.