Programme

3rd meeting of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

10.00 Opening session

Welcome words by co-chairs of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform

  • Mr Simo Tiainen, EU co-chair
  • Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Armenian co-chair

Assessment of the state of play in the implementation of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement

  • Mr Ara Margaryan, Head of the Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
  • Mr Nikolay Sahakov, Counsellor, Mission of Armenia to the EU
  • Ms Dorota Suliga - Dlouchy, Head of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia Division, EEAS
  • Mr David Cullen, Head of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus & Eastern Partnership Coordination Unit, DG NEAR, European Commission

Discussion

11.30 Blockade of the Lachin corridor

  • Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association
  • Mr Daniel Ioannisyan, Union of Informed Citizens

12.00 State of Play of the Justice Sector Reform

  • Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Europe in Law Association
  • Ms Marat Atovmyan, Armenian Lawyers' Association
  • Marie Delplace, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumer Protection (DG JUST), European Commission

Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.30 The Impact of Industrial Development on Climate Change and Promotion of Circular Economy

  • Mr Gagik Makaryan, Republican Union of Employers of Armenia
  • Ms Karen Martirosyan, Export Armenia
  • Mr Pietro Francesco de Lotto, Consultative Commission on industrial Change, EESC
  • Mr Cillian Lohan, European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform - EESC Permanent Task Force

Discussion

15.30 Coffee break

15.45 Occupational Safety 

  • Ms Anna Barikyan, Confederation of Trade Unions
  • Mr Arsen Igityan, Public Sector Labor Union
  • Ms Isaline Ossieur, Social affairs department, BusinessEurope

Discussion

16.45 Adoption of joint declaration