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    The Eurasia Foundation
    Representative Office in Armenia
    4 Demirchyan Str., Yerevan 375019, Armenia
    Contact: Alisa Alaverdyan, Outreach Coordinator
    Tel: (374 10) 565478, 586059, 586159
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: www.eurasia.am

    PRESS RELEASE

    Eurasia Foundation supports alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

    Yerevan, Armenia- The Eurasia Foundation Representative Office in
    Armenia recently awarded about $70,000 to three local organizations
    for the advancement of alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
    mechanisms. Professional ADR mechanisms would provide businesses
    with a range of arbitration services and ease the caseload on the
    emergent court system. The grant recipients are the Armenian Young
    Lawyers Association, the Defender of Rights Union and the Union of
    Builders of Armenia. The organizations will:

    Create a mediation institute and improve the abilities of facilitators
    to establish mediation services throughout the country (Armenian
    Young Lawyers Association).

    Create an arbitration institute and introduce a learning course on
    arbitration in higher education institutions (Defender of Rights
    Union).

    Establish a commercial disputes resolution center to provide mediation
    services for the construction industry of Armenia (Union of Builders
    of Armenia).

    These organizations were selected through an open competition that
    was publicly announced in April. The competition and three awards
    were a follow-through on ADR research, which was initiated by the
    Eurasia Foundation and conducted by the Advanced Social Technologies
    NGO. The research results were presented at a round-table event to
    officials, lawyers, businesspeople and other local and international
    organizations.

    "In many countries, professional mediation services are recognized
    as effective mechanisms able to resolve a range of commercial disputes.

    The Eurasia Foundation is encouraging ADR in Armenia in a way
    that combines the traditional court system with alternative
    dispute resolution methods. Through tolerance, mutual compromise
    and professional facilitation, many commercial disagreements can
    be solved efficiently, even amicably. Businesses can move forward
    and a degree of overload in the court systems can be alleviated,"
    said EF Armenia Country Director Ara Nazinyan.

    Many individuals and companies in Armenia will benefit from
    these projects, specifically businessmen of small- and medium-size
    enterprises, entrepreneurs involved in the rapidly growing construction
    industry and those involved in the field of law.

    ***

    __________________________________________________ __________________________

    Privately managed with support from USAID and other donors, the
    Eurasia Foundation has made more than 7,500 grants totaling over $153
    million in 12 countries of the former Soviet Union since 1993. The
    Eurasia Foundation has operated in Armenia since 1995 encouraging
    the development of civil society, public administration and private
    enterprise. For additional information about Eurasia Foundation
    activities in Armenia and a list of our independent advisory board
    members, please visit www.eurasia.am or www.eurasia.org

    __________________________________________________ __________________________

    This press release was made possible through support provided by the
    Office of Economic Growth, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency
    for International Development, under the terms of Award No.

    EMT-G-00-02-00008-00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the
    author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency
    for International Development.
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