In this video, we take you around the globe, stopping by nine countries to hear more about what DRI and its partners are doing to help promote human and labour rights, why it's important and what impact it has all had so far! Find out how we work to support civil society and social partners to become effective advocates and drivers of change. This change is ultimately intended to be that the beneficiary countries of the European Union's Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) meet their commitments to effectively implement core international human and labour rights conventions, in exchange for the removal of tariffs on a range of products exported to the EU. This work is part of the EU-funded programme 'Promoting Human and Labour Rights through GSP+’.

On February 8, 2020, at 17:30, an opening of the exhibition “Consequence: Artefact” took place in the Artists Union of Armenia. The exhibition was preceded by a private screening of the film “Consequence: Artefact” in the Cinema Moscow. The exhibition and the film are part of the “Consequence: Artefact” project which was implemented by the photographer Areg Balayan and the visual artist Edik Boghosian during 2019.

The EU has released its biennial GSP report and the GSP+ assessments for participating countries, including Armenia. The report states that during 2018-219 Armenia continued to address shortcomings identified under the GSP+ related conventions.

The research should be in English and based on the desk review. The deliverables provided by the international expert shall be consolidated by national experts, the consistency of the recommendations shall be ensured through cooperation of the national expert team and the international expert.

EPF North sends its holiday greetings from Ijevan and wishes you and your families a year full of joy and happiness!

On December 19, the presentation of the book entitled “Fragments of Armenia’s Soviet Past: Tracing the Armenian-Azerbaijani Coexistence,” published by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of RA took place at Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) office.