EaP CSF ANP Newsletter May-June 2023
Memo on the lack of legal bases for the so-called removal of the EaP CSF National Facilitator for Armenia
26 June 2023, Yerevan On 25 May, during the ANP Assembly, 14 member organizations of the Armenian National Platform (ANP) of the EaP CSF, including 8 current delegates led by Ashot Melikyan, Mikayel Hovhannisyan, and Gayane Abrahamyan put forward a written demand for my removal from the position of the National Facilitator of the Armenian [...]
Eastern Partnership CSF Armenian National Platform Assembly hosted Republic of Armenia Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan, approved code of ethics and selected an ethics board
Yerevan, 23 June 2023 The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Armenian National Platform has held an ordinary Assembly attended by SCP ANP 23 members out of the total number of 42, while 17 more members were represented at the event through their proxies. The Assembly hosted the Secretary of the RA Security Council Armen Grigoryan. [...]
The decision of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform on the removal of Mikayel Hovhannisyan from the Platform
19 June 2023, Yerevan The regular online meeting of the Armenian members of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform was held. Included in the agenda were 2 questions: Discussion of the issue of incompatibility of Mikayel Hovhannisyan (nominated by Eurasia Partnership Foundation) with the Platform membership. The format of discussion and dissemination of the 3 advisory opinions [...]
EaP-CSF Armenian National Platform Conference/ Meeting of delegates rejected the motion on no-confidence in ANP Coordinator and declined to terminate his powers
Yerevan, 9 June 2023 Armenian National Platform's (ANP) 44 members, including 30 members of the Civil Society Forum (SCF) took part in the Conference/Meeting of delegates. Taking into consideration that the deliberations on the issue of terminating the ANP Coordinator's powers with subsequent voting was scheduled and the matter was within the competence of the [...]
Open Letter to Eurasia Partnership Foundation
Yerevan, 6 June 2023 Eurasia Partnership Foundation Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, director Open Letter Dear Mr. Ter-Gabrielyan, A guiding principle of donor organizations’ functioning in the civil society sector is transparency and accountability. That is also a preventive measure against possible conflict of interests, corruption risks and partisanship. Such kind of transparency is provided even by such [...]
EaP-CSF Armenian National Platform Conference/Meeting of Delegates rejected the motion on discussing and voting on the same day a non-confidence resolution against the ANP Coordinator
Yerevan, 25 May 2023 29 members of the Armenian National Platform, including 24 delegates from the Civil Society Forum were taking part in the Conference. 12 more delegates in accordance with the ANP’s accepted practice had transferred their votes to other members of the Conference. The Conference was chaired by ANP Coordinator Hovsep Khurshudyan. In [...]
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
“Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO, “Europe in Law Association” NGO, and the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia, in cooperation with the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia, have carried out the alternative public monitoring of the Actions of the Republic of Armenia Anti-Corruption Strategy and its Implementation Action Plan for 2019-2022 to be performed in [...]