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The
next THM on SPPRED was arranged in Nakhichevan on April 15-16, 2004
The next Town Hall Meeting (THM) on Public Education and Outreach Program within the framework of the State Program on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development (SPPRED) was arranged on April 15-16, 2004 in Nakhichevan region.
The THM was held under the support of USAID, World Learning, UNDP, GTZ and SPPRED Secretariat by local NGOs of “Umid” Humanitarian and Social Support Center (“Umid” HSSC) and “Simurg” Association of Azerbaijan Culture (“Simurg” AAC).
The aim of the THM was to provide information about the progress of the Program, to organize opinion sharing in a direction of improvement of the implementation and efficiency of events put forward by the Government on various sectors envisaged in the Program, generally, to organize effective dialog between civil society and central Implementation Agencies.
Head and experts of SPPRED Secretariat provided information about education campaign and monitoring process in SPPRED implementation stage, as well as Millennium Development Goals (MDG) within the framework of SPPRED and answered questions in which public representatives are interested in.
Meeting participants arranged discussions on 4 sectors – Municipality, Economic
Development, Energy, Ecology and Tourism. Leaders of Sector Working Groups provided information to participants about events envisaged in and conducted within the framework of the
Program on various sectors and took part at the discussions.
During 2-day discussions, meeting participants presented their suggestions on events envisaged in the Program.
85 people took part at the meeting including public representatives from Nakhichevan, Sharur, Ordubad, Julfa and Babek.
Besides, the Country Director of USAID, representatives of World Learning, UNDP, CRS, ADB,
as well as the head and experts of SPPRED Secretariat took part at the meeting.
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