Archive - NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS:
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14.09.2011:
“Protection of Consumers’ Rights†NGO has launched a new project aimed to improve meat safety in Armenia through raising the level of awareness and consumer protection. To achieve this goal, PCR is carrying out a multimedia campaign within the frames of the project “Support to Abattoir development in Armenia†(supported by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and financed by the government of Greece).
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2.06.2011:
News published by Armtown.com
The website of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia was again recognized as the least transparent among official websites of state bodies of Armenia during research held by the Freedom of Speech Defence Committee in February-April, 2011.
The transparency of the website was estimated to be 4,17 percent.
Ashot Melikyan, head of the Freedom of Speech Defence Committee, says the monitoring focused on four criteria - existence of information, its completeness, availability and urgency.
The websites of Ministry of Justice and Armenian Police go before the SRC website.
"The website of the Ministry of Transport and Communication is in the top position with 46,96% of transparency. The Ministry of Labor and Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture are respectively in the second and third places, with 45,85% and 41,67% of transparency.
The National Security Council was not included in the list, since it is a close structure. The Ministry of Emergency Situations was not studied due to lack of website.
The Freedom of Speech Defence Committee also monitored ten provincial websites, which, according to Ashot Melikyan, have the same structure as the capital websites.
The studies revealed that the website of Armavir marz has the highest position (30%), followed by Syunik (29.01%) and Aragatsotn (27,17%). The websites of Ararat and Gegharkunik marzes cannot be visited at all, while the others provide little information.
Five website, according to their importance, were estimated separately: the websites of the Prosecutor's Office, the Constitutional Court, the Government, the National Assembly, and the President of Armenia. The website of the Prosecutor's Office proved to have the highest rating (56,88%).
The others were considered to be transparent in descending order: President's website (33,03%), National Assembly ((48,39%), Government (42,65%), Constitutional Court (43,22%).
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15.02.2011:
Regional training course in GMO Risk Communication, public awareness and public participation was held on 1-4 February 2011, in Tbilisi, Georgia as an activity in the frame of the regional (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova) FAO project for Capacity building in agricultural biotechnologies and biosafety.
Facilitated by Nevena Alexandrova, Agricultural Research and Biotechnology Officer, FAO REU, the training provided necessary platform to:
- enhance knowledge of the overall principles in Risk analysis: risk assessment, risk management and risk communication with respect to agricultural biotechnologies with focus on risk communication;
- create awareness on the international treaties dealing with GMO risk communication, public awareness and participation in the decision-making;
- develop practical experience in communicating biosafety issues with different stakeholder groups: scientists, policy-makers, farmers and media;
- increase the capability of the biosafety regulatory authorities in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova to plan and design a public awareness campaign on biosafety; hold public hearings before releasing into environment a product of the modern agricultural biotechnologies and recombinant DNA plants; implement public participation procedures;
- train trainers, able to use and spread different communication approaches for biosafety related issues taking in consideration local societal specificities.
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12.02.2011:
On February 8, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Jutta Krause, the Regional Coordinator for Central Asia and Eastern Europe of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian mentioned that good traditions of effective cooperation between Armenia and FAO have been formed for years.
The sides underlined the successful passing and good organization of the 36th Session of FAO’s European Commission on Agriculture and the 27th European Regional Conference held in Yerevan on May 10-14, 2010.
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18.01.2011:
An apparent wine press (in front of sign) and fermentation vat (right) emerge during a dig in Armenia.
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8.01.2011:
On December 31, 2010, President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Sergo Karapetyan,a graduate of the Yerevan Agricultural Institute and the President of Artashat Cannery, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia. Mr. Karapetyan had been nominated for this post by the Political Council of the "Orinats Yerkir" ("Rule of Law") Party.
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16.12.2010:
On December 16, 2010, the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Gerasim Alaverdyan held a meeting with a group of international and Armenian specialists involved in the FAO Project for Establishment of a Virtual Extension and Research Information and Communication Network in Armenia.
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11.12.2010:
The objective of the (FIN) is to support and satisfy the increasing demand for prompt finding professional information about the fishery and aquaculture sector and its stakeholders both nationally and internationally in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
The national interest of having and maintaining a central internet portal of the fishery and aquaculture sector is triple;
1) to present a concise overview of the sector,
2) publish information on legal regulations regarding marketing fishery products abroad (European Union, etc)
3) to facilitate easy access to, and communicate between, the registered sector stakeholders, and
4) to provide free of charge internet presence of interested organizations, institutes, enterprises and professionals.
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