We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the start of the visa liberalization dialogue between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. This important step underscores the deepening cooperation between Armenia and the European Union, reflecting the willingness of both sides to foster closer ties, expand mobility and advance universal values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We express our willingness to support the implementation of commitments arising from this process through monitoring, policy development, public oversight, inclusive participation, and capacity building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We propose that the Armenian government initiate broad discussions with active public participation in the near future to develop the priorities of the visa liberalization process. This will provide an opportunity to promote reforms in such priority areas as the fight against discrimination and gender-based violence, social justice, prevention of torture and ill-treatment, protection of environmental rights, increasing police accountability, access to health services for vulnerable groups, in accordance with Armenia\u2019s international obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the smooth and effective implementation of the visa liberalization process, it is important for the state to organize and implement effective public communication to increase awareness of Armenia\u2019s obligations, to effectively counter misinformation, as well as to foster public support for the reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are ready to cooperate with the government, European institutions and other partners to ensure that the reforms are effective, inclusive and align with the aspirations of the Armenian people to build a more open and resilient society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We call on all relevant parties to maintain a transparent and participatory approach throughout the visa liberalization process. Working together, we can ensure that this dialogue promotes free movement, fosters cooperation and lays the groundwork for a more prosperous and democratic Armenia within the European family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Undersigned organizations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Partnership for Open Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democracy Development Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Center on Security Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n Journalists\u2019 Club \u201cAsparez\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Union of Informed Citizens<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dReal world, real people\u201d NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Center for Rights Development NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Law Development and Protection Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Protection of Rights Without Borderd NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peace Dialogue NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Resource Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Journalism Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor Equal Rights\u201d NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dDisability rights agenda\u201d NGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Helsinki Citizens\u2019 Assembly-Vanadzor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the start of the visa liberalization dialogue between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. This important step underscores the deepening cooperation between Armenia and the European Union, reflecting the willingness of both sides to foster closer ties, expand mobility and advance universal values. We express our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,188,22],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42743,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42742\/revisions\/42743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prwb.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}