The Governing Board of the Constructive Dialogue Network of Armenian CSOs reports that in November 2017, the Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. A Civil Society Platform will be created by virtue of Article 366 of the Agreement, which will serve as a platform for meetings and exchange of opinions and will be composed of representatives of the European Union’s civil society, including members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and the representatives of civil society organizations, networks and platforms of the Republic of Armenia.
In this process, the structure attaches particular importance to strict adherence to the principles that will shape the civil society platform, namely transparency, inclusiveness and rotation principles. Of course, providing the above principles is not an end in itself; they involve the pooling of forces in the process of formation of the platform and the involvement of key civil society organizations in conditions co-operation and solidarity.
The Constructive Dialogue Network of Armenian CSOs announces that it has decided to actively participate and be involved in the Civil Society Platform to be created in the framework of CEPA, to support the Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, committing itself to providing expert assistance in developing/improving public policies in individual areas of CEPA, aimed at implementation of their public monitoring and evaluation.
Governing Board of the Constructive Dialogue Network of Armenian CSOs
- “HamaZark” (“Community Development and Participatory Governance Union”) Coalition
- Agricultural Alliance of Armenia
- “CSOs for Sustainable and Transparent Energy Development” Coalition
- “Armenian Educational Network” Coalition
- Armenian Business Coalition
- “Support for Probation” National Network
- Coalition For Equal Rights
- “WINNET Armenia” Network of Women Resource Centers
- Inter-Regional Coalition dealing with the problems of Children with Disabilities
- CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia
- Public Coalition for the Protection of Workers’ Rights
- Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for the Development of Institutionalization of Social Advertising in Armenia.
- Coalition for the Development of Local Self-Government System and Strengthening of Local Democracy in the Republic of Armenia
- Multi-Stakeholder Social Protection Network
- Armenian Lawyers’ Association, Secretariat of the Network
The application was accepted at a distance meeting of the Governing Board of the Constructive Dialogue Network of Armenian CSOs on 19-20 March, 2020.
Note: The Constructive Dialogue Network of Armenian CSOs, which was created in February 2019, in the framework of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project (https://ccd.armla.am/en), which was one of the major actions funded by the European Union. The network currently unites 14 sectoral coalitions with approximately 250 CSOs. These Coalitions are multi-profile and represent a variety of areas, such as justice, human rights, energy, agriculture, public finance management, economics, business and so on.
