2ndWORKING MEETING OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTARY ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES
PROGRAMME
6-7 December 2018
YEREVAN, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Meeting Venue: National Assembly, Golden Hall Working Language: English and Russian /with respective simultaneous interpretation/ Accommodation: “Hrazdan” hotel, 72 Dzorapi str., Yerevan, 0015, RA
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Arrival of participants Transfers between the airport and hotel organized by the National Assembly
11.45 Departure for Matenadaran - Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
12.00 Visit to Matenadaran
13.30 Lunch «Pandok Yerevan» Restaurant
15.15 Departure for Visit to Sergei Parajanov Museum
15.30-16.30 Visit to Sergei Parajanov Museum
Return to hotel, free time
19.00 Dinner at “Hrazdan” Hotel
Thursday, 6 December 2018
09.50 Departure to the National Assembly
10.00–10.15 Opening of the meeting National Assembly, Golden Hall
Mr. Ara BABLOYAN - President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Ara. SAGHATELYAN - Chief of Staff-Secretary General of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia H.E. Mr. Bernhard Matthias KIESLER - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia
Speeches of the Secretaries General
10.15 – 10.30 Information on preparations of the “Winter Academy” Speaker: Mr. Hrachik YARMALOYAN, National Coordinator in GIZ Project “Strengthening the Parliamentary Administration in the Eastern Partnership”
Speeches/Discussions
10.30 – 11.30 Information on the planned activities for January-June 2019 Speaker: Mr. Hrachik YARMALOYAN, National Coordinator in GIZ Project “Strengthening the Parliamentary Administration in the Eastern Partnership”
Speeches/Discussions on activities to be implemented in the second half of 2019
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 Discussion on cooperation management under the newly established “Tbilisi Memorandum” framework
13.15– 14.45 Lunch /in the building of the National Assembly/
14.45 – 15.30 Tour of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
15.30 Departure for Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
15.45-16.45 Visit to the Memorial Complex to the victims of the Armenian Genocide and the Museum of the Armenian Genocide, flower-laying ceremony
16.50 Departure for the “Yerevan Brandy Factory”
17.00-18.00 Tour of the “Yerevan Brandy Factory”
18.00 Departure for hotel
19.00 Official dinner on behalf of Mr. Ara SAGHATELYAN, Chief of Staff of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia «Tsirani» Restaurant
Friday, 7 December 2018
09.50 Departure to the National Assembly
10.00 – 11.45 Discussion on the introducing the Eastern Partnership Parliaments’ Research Network (EPPRN) and the appropriate procedures of cooperation Speaker: Mr. Givi MIKANADZE, Secretary General of the Parliament of Georgia
Presentations:
Ms. Tetiana Topolianska, chief consultant of the Central Judicial Office - "Functioning of the information-analytical network in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine"
Discussions
Closing of the meeting Concluding remarks by Mr. Ara SAGHATELYAN - Chief of Staff-Secretary General of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
11.45 – 12.15 Coffee break
12.15 – 12.45 Official ceremony of signing the Yerevan Annex to the Tbilisi Memorandum
Family photo
13.00 Departure for Garni
13.30-14.15 Tour of Garni Temple
14.30 -16.00 Lunch
16.00 Departure for Geghard
16.15 – 17.00 Tour of Geghard Monastery
19.00 Dinner «Elen» Restaurant
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Departure of the participants Transfers between the hotel and airport organized by the National Assembly