The Armenian National Platform (ANP) of the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) Civil Society Forum (CSF) was established by the initiative of the Armenian delegates to the first Civil Society Forum in 2009. The founding meeting of the ANP took place in June 2010. Currently the ANP is the largest platform uniting the Armenian civil society organizations (CSOs).
Тhe Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum is a network of civil society organizations with non-profit-making, nonpartisan and non-religious purpose. The EaP CSF works in the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The ANP is consistent in implementing EaP projects, harmonizing the solutions of the country’s domestic problems with the EU standards, ensuring participation and awareness of all segments of general public and carrying out democratic reforms consistently. Among the ANP key responsibilities is the monitoring of the commitments undertaken by the RA authorities to the EU, and the provision of efficient consultancy on the fulfillment of these commitments.
• contribute to the establishment of RA national agenda in the frames of the EaP, its implementation, monitoring, evaluation and accountability
As within each CSF national platform, there are 5 Working Groups in ANP.
At the beginning of each ANP two-year cycle, the members of each working group select a WG Coordinator from among their group, whose role is to supervise and facilitate the work of the working group, including by developing priorities for the group discussions, advocacy, and capacity building in close collaboration with its members. Details on the current WG Coordinators for the 2020-2021 cycle can be found below.
Democracy, human rights, good governance and stability
Economic integration and convergence with EU policies
Environment, climate change and energy security
Contacts between people
Social and labour policies and social dialogue