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CoE, EU launch 4mln cooperation projects for post-soviet states
May 6, 2011 - 16:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
On May 6, the Council of Europe and the European Union have officially
started work on a series of projects, worth 4 million over 30 months,
to promote democracy, good governance and stability in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The aim of the cooperation projects, which will be run by the Council
of Europe as part of the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, is to
provide support to reform processes in the six countries involved and
to help them move closer towards Council of Europe and EU standards in
areas such as electoral standards and judicial reform, as well as
fighting cybercrime and corruption.
The agreement will also provide a multilateral framework for
addressing issues raised by the Council of Europe's different
monitoring and advisory bodies, including the European Court of Human
Rights, and for enabling the participating countries to exchange
information and best practices, the Council of Europe said on its
official website.
The Council of Europe's Director of Political Advice and Cooperation,
Claudia Luciani, said: `This joint endeavor in key areas of our
expertise is a further demonstration of the excellent cooperation
between the Council of Europe and the EU in promoting common European
values across the whole continent.'
From: A. Papazian
May 6, 2011 - 16:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
On May 6, the Council of Europe and the European Union have officially
started work on a series of projects, worth 4 million over 30 months,
to promote democracy, good governance and stability in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The aim of the cooperation projects, which will be run by the Council
of Europe as part of the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, is to
provide support to reform processes in the six countries involved and
to help them move closer towards Council of Europe and EU standards in
areas such as electoral standards and judicial reform, as well as
fighting cybercrime and corruption.
The agreement will also provide a multilateral framework for
addressing issues raised by the Council of Europe's different
monitoring and advisory bodies, including the European Court of Human
Rights, and for enabling the participating countries to exchange
information and best practices, the Council of Europe said on its
official website.
The Council of Europe's Director of Political Advice and Cooperation,
Claudia Luciani, said: `This joint endeavor in key areas of our
expertise is a further demonstration of the excellent cooperation
between the Council of Europe and the EU in promoting common European
values across the whole continent.'
From: A. Papazian