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UNDP organized a concert and public outreach event on unemployment in
Kotayk region
On 3 April 2009 a concert and a public awareness campaign was held at
the Charentsavan Music School named after Aram Khachaturian dedicated
to issues of unemployment in Kotayk region. The performance was given
by the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA) led by maestro
Aram Gharabekian.
This cultural event was jointly organized by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and NCOA in the scope of an
eight-month project "Music and Public Outreach in the Regions:
Highlighting the Needs of the Regions through a Cultural Lens." The
goal of the project is to activate cultural life in the regions and to
visualize the regional disparities and raise public awareness on the
needs of communities using culture and, particularly, music as an
effective communication tool.
The project has established an important partnership with "Shoghakat"
TV Company, which will produce documentary films highlighting the most
pertinent needs in each region. UNDP, together with its partners, will
officially launch these films after the completion of concerts in the
beginning of May.
Welcoming the audience in Charentsavan, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy
Resident Representative said, "We anticipate that these events will
broaden the public awareness throughout Armenia on development
challenges in the country and will ensure that the commitments by
national and international decision makers to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals remain on the public and political agenda."
The concert in Charentsavan was the fourth in the series. This spring
a total of four concerts and public awareness campaigns will take
place in different regions. This month two more cultural events are
scheduled to be held in Sevan and Gyumri cities of Gegharkunik and
Shirak regions addressing gender issues, and human rights and
tolerance respectively.