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    PRESS RELEASE
    United Nations Development Programme / Armenia
    14 Petros Adamyan St., Yerevan 0010
    Contact: Mr. Hovhannes Sarajyan, Communications Associate
    Tel: +37410 566 073
    E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:hovhannes.sa [email protected]>
    Web site: http://www.undp.am http://www.un.am


    UNDP organized a concert and public outreach event on unemployment in
    Kotayk region

    On 3 April 2009 a concert and a public awareness campaign was held at
    the Charentsavan Music School named after Aram Khachaturian dedicated
    to issues of unemployment in Kotayk region. The performance was given
    by the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA) led by maestro
    Aram Gharabekian.

    This cultural event was jointly organized by the United Nations
    Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and NCOA in the scope of an
    eight-month project "Music and Public Outreach in the Regions:
    Highlighting the Needs of the Regions through a Cultural Lens." The
    goal of the project is to activate cultural life in the regions and to
    visualize the regional disparities and raise public awareness on the
    needs of communities using culture and, particularly, music as an
    effective communication tool.

    The project has established an important partnership with "Shoghakat"
    TV Company, which will produce documentary films highlighting the most
    pertinent needs in each region. UNDP, together with its partners, will
    officially launch these films after the completion of concerts in the
    beginning of May.

    Welcoming the audience in Charentsavan, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy
    Resident Representative said, "We anticipate that these events will
    broaden the public awareness throughout Armenia on development
    challenges in the country and will ensure that the commitments by
    national and international decision makers to achieve the Millennium
    Development Goals remain on the public and political agenda."

    The concert in Charentsavan was the fourth in the series. This spring
    a total of four concerts and public awareness campaigns will take
    place in different regions. This month two more cultural events are
    scheduled to be held in Sevan and Gyumri cities of Gegharkunik and
    Shirak regions addressing gender issues, and human rights and
    tolerance respectively.
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