ARMENIA READY TO JOIN CE “STAGE” PROGRAM AND ESTABLISH CULTURAL
CONTACTS WITH AZERBAIJAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 14. ARMINFO. The South Caucasian culture ministers
are to meet in Kyiv Sept 15.
The press service of Armenia’s Culture and Youth Ministry reports that
during the conference Armenia’s Culture Minister Hovik Hoveyan will
speak about introducing the CE “STAGE” project (support of
transitional cultural processes in Big Europe) in the South
Caucasus. Hoveyan will introduce projects to develop culture and
society as well as to establish cultural cooperation between Armenia,
Georgia and Azerbaijan. CE experts have already visited Armenia and
have presented the STAGE. The period of the project will be specified
during the conference.
The enlarged conference will last till Sept 16. The key topic will be
Culture and Cultural Policy for Development.
The STAGE was launched in Dec 2000 to help the South Caucasus to
develop effective transitional cultural policies and to encourage
contacts between the region and Europe.
Attending the conference will also be observers and donors from
Greece, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as
delegates from all 48 signatories to European Cultural Convention.
Opening the event will be Ukraine’s Culture and Tourism Minister Oxana
Bilozir and CE Deputy Secretary General Maud de Boer-Buquicchio.