On November 15, 2013 PH International Armenia Country Director Mariam Martirosyan and Hounan Poghosyan, First Deputy Minister of RA Police, Major General, signed an Agreement to reinforce the cooperative implementation of PHI's Community Action and Linkages for Legal Socialization Program (AM CALLS) which supports many components of the Child Rights Protection National Plan.
Per the Agreement, PHI will develop a training manual and design a workshop for 40 juvenile police officers and teachers on interactive methodologies and event planning which will help them in future to initiate joint educational-social-cultural activities in and out-of-school settings. The Parties will also initiate inter-agency meetings and discussions in 2013-2014 towards the strengthening of the existing Community Justice Centers and extending the services for juvenile offenders in the centers.
The signing ceremony was attended by Aram Zakaryan, Head of Criminal Investigation of RA Police, Major General, and Nelly Duryan, Head of the “Department of Child Rights Protection and against Domestic Violence”.
Hounan Poghosyan highly appreciated cooperation between the PH International and RA police, particularly focusing on the success of the projects developed for juveniles. Mariam Martirosyan also expressed her gratitude to the RA police for the on-going support in the process of project implementation. Both parties confirmed the scope of jointed activities soon to be implementd in support of legal-judicial reforms in Armenia.
The meeting was broadcasted on national TV channels, via the
Police Daily News Program