2023 annual summary report by the EaP CSF National Facilitator
for Armenia Hovsep Khurshudyan on ANP activities
- ANP Assemblies
- Participation of the ANP delegation in the EaP CSF Annual Assembly held in Brussels on November 14-16, as well as in the working groups online meetings held in June-July.
- Conferences of democratic forces, working discussions
- February 23 – Forum of democratic forces
- April 18 – “THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN A SITUATION OF URGENT CHALLENGES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF ARMENIA”, WORKSHOP organised in partnership with Forum CIV (Sweden)
- September 30 – Independence Forum
- November 9-10, 2023, Brussels – Armenia-Europe Conference STRATEGIC FUTURE of ARMENIA, /broadcastings/
- Public awareness about the ANP More than 100 interviews with more than 3 million total views as the facilitator of the EaP CSF ANP, including presenting the ANP activities, its position on various issues of public interest, influencing the formation of public opinion in the direction of the European integration of Armenia.
- Forming the Staff configuration, and resolution of personnel issues /including the competition announced on August 13 for the ANP Secretariat Program Coordinator and as a result hiring the new PC/
- International activity. Promotion of the democratic values and human rights, the RA national interests, in the EU state bodies and in the Steering Committee of the EaP CSF, meetings with EU officials (including online) mainly on the issues of the siege of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Artsakh.
- Statements
- February 3 – STATEMENT ՕF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ARMENIAN NATIONAL FACILITATOR HOVSEP KHURSHUDYAN ON THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
- March 10 – STATEMENT OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM’S ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM REGARDING THE 3-MONTH-LONG BLOCKADE OF THE LACHIN CORRIDOR, KILLING OF THREE ARTSAKH POLICE OFFICERS, AND ON THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA
- March 30 – ANP Statement: THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOMINATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF ARMENIA BY THE RA AUTHORITIES
- March 30 – THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM CALLS ON THE RA AUTHORITIES TO RATIFY THE ROME STATUTE
- August 16 – GENOCIDE ALERT!․ ANP Calls the UN Security Council to Stop the Genocide of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, to Recognize it as a Sub-Mandate Territory of the United Nations, and to Send International Peacemaking Forces
- September 2 – SUPPORTIVE CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM TO THE PEOPLE OF ARTSAKH
- September 21, Brussels – STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE STOP OF ETHNIC CLEANSINGS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
- September 30 – STATEMENT BY THE CIVIC AND POLITICAL FORCES ON THE NEED OF PROTECTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
- November 9-10 – DECLARATION OF THE ARMENIA-EUROPE CONFERENCE
- November 25 – FREEZING THE ACCOUNTS OF UNION OF INFORMED CITIZENS NGO CONSTITUTES A DEPARTURE FROM DEMOCRATIC VALUES: EAP CSF ANP STATEMENT
- November 26 – STATEMENT OF THE ANP ON THE ARMENIAN QUARTER OF JERUSALEM
- Re-granting Call was launched in May with a deadline June 7. The deadline was prolonged till June 25. 14 Applications were received and 11 were awarded and got financial support.
- Visits to the regions
- 20 October – THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM AND THE EU-ARMENIA CIVIL SOCIETY PLATFORM VISITED GYUMRI, Joint press conference and interviews
- 28 December – THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM AND THE EU-ARMENIA CIVIL SOCIETY PLATFORM WILL VISIT ARARAT CITY
- Formation of the Ethics Council
- Organization of work on development of ANP strategy and ANP communication strategy
- ANP Newsletters published
- Structured dialogue with the RA Government:
- Work has begun to coordinate the sporadic uncoordinated dialogue meetings with various government departments in the EaP CSF ANP – RA Government unified structured dialogue platform.
- In June 2022, the issue of ratifying the Rome Statute, which was raised before the Prime Minister of Armenia by the EaP CSF National Facilitator for Armenia Hovsep Khurshiudyan, was processed and in 2023 September 1 was sent by the Government to the National Assembly of Armenia and was finally ratified on October 3.
Participation in events:
- March 14 – THE SECOND MEETING OF THE EU-ARMENIA CIVIL SOCIETY PLATFORM
- Մայիսի 13 – PRESENTATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC MONITORING OF THE ACTIONS OF THE 4TH ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY OF THE RA TO BE PERFORMED IN 2022 TOOK PLACE
- July 20 – ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF THE EUROPEAN WAY FOR BELARUS: WHAT IS OUR GOAL AND HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE IT? – Online workshop
- July 20 – THE ADVISORY OPINION OF THE EU-ARMENIA CIVIL SOCIETY PLATFORM WAS DISCUSSED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
- July 24-27 – EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL FACILITATOR HOVSEP KHURSHUDYAN PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE ՙՙDEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS: LESSONS FROM VISEGRAD FOUR’S EXPERIENCE՚՚
- August 24 – A GROUP OF ARMENIAN PUBLIC AND POLITICAL FIGURES VISITED THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE IN ARMENIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF UKRAINE
- August 30 – PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT OF THE 5TH ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY WAS HELD
- September 3 – EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM’S DELEGATION SUPPORTIVE VISIT TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH IN ARMENIA
- September 3 – ONLINE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ARTSAKH. SPEAKER STYOPA SAFARYAN
- October 25 – EQUITABLE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN ARMENIA, GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA, Workshop
- November 19 – EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM REPRESENTATIVES’ TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS WHO DIED DURING THE HOLODOMOR