CONFERENCE IN STEPANAVAN TO DISCUSS BENEFITS OF TERRITORIAL COOPERATION FOR ARMENIA AND GEORGIA

ENPI Info Centre, Europe
Oct 8 2013

08-10-2013

The benefits of territorial cooperation between Armenia and Georgia
for public and civil society organizations in both countries will
be the focus of a regional conference on 11 October in Stepanavan,
Armenia, organized under the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Territorial
Cooperation Programme (EaPTC).

The conference titled Advancing Territorial Cooperation in Eastern
Partnership Countries: Armenia – Georgia Territorial Cooperation
Programme will bring together senior government officials from Armenia
and Georgia, representatives of the regional and local authorities,
civil society organisations and European experts.

Participants will discuss priorities and prospects of territorial
cooperation at local level, ways of boosting social and economic
development, and fostering people to people contacts in education,
culture and sport, a press release said.

The Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation Programme (EaPTC)
aims to promote and strengthen cross-border cooperation between
regional and local state authorities, communities and civil society
organisations over developing joint solutions to common social
and economic development challenges in the participating boarder
regions.(EU Neighbourhood Info)

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress