The “Partnership for Open Society” Initiative, which represents more than 60 civil society organizations, organizes a discussion on the status of the city of Yerevan on November 14, in Congress Hotel.

As a result of amendments to RA Constitution, the city of Yerevan is regarded as a community where local self-governance should be practiced. Up to day, several concept papers on the status of the capital city and ways to govern it have been developed and have triggered numerous contradicting opinions and publications. According to the information we possess, a draft law on the status of the city of Yerevan is now being developed.

Taking into consideration the importance of the status of Yerevan and the day-by-day growing public demand on transparency of decision-making processes, we consider it urgent to organize an open discussion with participation of all stakeholders.

The main discussion will focus on the concept of the draft law “On the city of Yerevan,” which will be presented by Vache Terteryan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration. Government officials, representatives of international and Armenian organizations, as well as mass media representatives have been invited to participate in the discussion.