February 14, 2009 - 13:44 AMT
Social Partnership Agreement signed in Yerevan in the framework of Sustainable Development Program
Social Partnership Agreement was signed Saturday in Yerevan in the framework of Sustainable Development Program ratified by RA Government on Oct. 30, 2008. Тhe purpose of social partnership is the involvement of wide sections of the population in program's development, effective realization, monitoring and evaluation.

The signatories of the agreement are: RA government, RA National Assembly, local governing institutions, political parties, civil society and Armenian Apostolic Church.

Within the agreement, civil cooperation network is formed of agreement signatories and representatives of civil society. The participation of civil society in the Agreement will be effected through the election of special representatives to be formed into groups acting in various spheres of society.