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Armen Gevorgyan says Council of Europe support is helping democracy to progress in Armenia  [21/10/2011]

Considerable progress has been made towards establishing the necessary institutions for an effective democracy, including ones at regional and local level, Armen Gevorgyan, Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister, has told the 21st session of the Congress. He spoke of the importance of co-operation with the various Council of Europe bodies, in particular the Congress, for the continued development of local self-government in his country. Armenia was now celebrating its 15th anniversary of local self-government, he said, and they were pleased to see that the system was now well established in the country. However, they still needed to strengthen local authorities' capacity to provide public services worthy of the name. This could only serve to increase public confidence in local government.  
 

Armen Gevorgyan: ''Le soutien du Conseil de l�Europe contribue aux progr�s de la d�mocratie en Arm�nie''  [21/10/2011]

''De nombreux progr�s ont �t� r�alis�s pour mettre en place des institutions garantissant une d�mocratie efficace, y compris au niveau territorial'' a d�clar� Armen Gevorgyan, Premier Ministre adjoint de l�Arm�nie en s�adressant � la 21�me Session du Congr�s. Il a soulign�, � cet �gard, l�importance de la coop�ration avec les diff�rentes instances du Conseil de l�Europe, en particulier le Congr�s, pour la poursuite des d�veloppements de l�autonomie locale dans son pays. ''Cette ann�e, nous c�l�brons le 15�me anniversaire de la mise en place de l�autonomie locale en Arm�nie et c�est avec satisfaction que nous constatons que ce syst�me est bien assis dans notre pays''. Il a toutefois soulign� la n�cessit� de renforcer les capacit�s des pouvoirs locaux pour qu�ils puissent fournir des services publics digne de ce nom. ''La confiance dans les gouvernements locaux en sortira renforc�e aupr�s de l�opinion publique.'' a-t-il ajout�.