UNDER THE US STATE DEPARTMENT AND AMERICAN COUNCILS LEGISLATIVE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
ROUND-TABLE ON THE LAND MANAGMENT
ISSUES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AGENDA
05 SEPTEMBER, 2013
Time allocated |
Topic/Item |
Presenting |
10:00-10:30 |
Opening |
Aida Iskoyan / Head of ELRC Gagik Ghazinyan /Dean of the Law Faculty Representative from the US embassy in Armenia |
10:30-10:50 |
“Land use management and regional governance in the Portland, Oregon, USA metropolitan area”
|
Randy Tucker/ Oregon Metro Council |
10:50:11:00 |
Q/A |
Participants |
11:00-11:10 |
The current trends of Environmental Law in Armenia with the emphasize on land legislations |
Aida Iskoyan/ Head of ELRC |
11:10-11:30 |
The experience of Lewis and Clark law school in the legal matters of land management |
Erica Lyman/ Lewis and Clark law school |
11:30-11:40 |
Q/A |
Participants |
11:40-12:00 |
Coffee break |
|
12:00-12:20 |
The short presentation of web source on US environmental legislation and case law |
Gor Movsisyan/Legislative Fellow |
12:20-12:30 |
Q/A |
Participants |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
13:30-13:50 |
The case on land management issues in Oregon (Lewis and Clark law school experience) |
Erica Lyman/ Lewis and Clark law school |
13:50-14:00 |
Q/A |
Participants |
14:00-14:20 |
The challenges of the land management in the Republic of Armenia |
Ashot Vardevanyan/ Ministry of nature protection |
14:20-14:30 |
Q/A |
Participants |
14:30-14:50 |
Involvement of Armenia in the regional land protection programs under the auspicious of Regional Environmental Center for Caucasus. |
Dshkhui Sahakyan/ Head of REC Caucasus Armenia |
14:50-15:00 |
Q/A |
Participants |
15:50-15:20 |
“Willamette Falls Legacy Project” |
Randy Tucker/ Oregon Metro Council |
15:20-15:30 |
Closing Session |
Moderator Aida Iskoayn |
Today, the candle lighting in memory of the 1.5 million innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide was organized in the foyer of YSU main building.
25 higher educational institutions founded in Yekaterinburg the University League of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
April 22 is The Earth Day, so the environmentalists once again raised the environmental issues.
The presentation of the book “If we remain silent, the stones would cry out” was held at YSU today. It is based on the memories of the Genocide survivor Hrachya Gevorgyan.
On April 6-12 YSU students participated in the International Youth Forum “Lomonosov 2014”.