2ndWORKING MEETING OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTARY ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES

PROGRAMME

6-7 December 2018

YEREVAN, REPUBLIC OF

Meeting Venue: National Assembly, Golden Hall Working Language: English and Russian /with respective simultaneous interpretation/ Accommodation: “” hotel, 72 Dzorapi str., , 0015, RA

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Arrival of participants Transfers between the airport and hotel organized by the National Assembly

11.45 Departure for - Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

12.00 Visit to Matenadaran

13.30 Lunch «Pandok Yerevan» Restaurant

15.15 Departure for Visit to

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 Memorial Complex

15.45-16.45 Visit to the Memorial Complex to the victims of the 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