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On 3 April 2009 a concert and a public awareness campaign was held at the Charentsavan Music School named after Aram Khachaturian dedicated to issues of unemployment in Kotayk region. The performance was given by the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia
03.04.2009
On 3 April 2009 a concert and a public awareness campaign was held at the Charentsavan Music School named after Aram Khachaturian dedicated to issues of unemployment in Kotayk region. The performance was given by the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA) led by maestro Aram Gharabekian.
This cultural event was jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and NCOA in the scope of an eight-month project “Music and Public Outreach in the Regions: Highlighting the Needs of the Regions through a Cultural Lens.” The goal of the project is to activate cultural life in the regions and to visualize the regional disparities and raise public awareness on the needs of communities using culture and, particularly, music as an effective communication tool.
The project has established an important partnership with “Shoghakat” TV Company, which will produce documentary films highlighting the most pertinent needs in each region. UNDP, together with its partners, will officially launch these films after the completion of concerts in the beginning of May.
Welcoming the audience in Charentsavan, Mr. Dirk Boberg, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative said, “We anticipate that these events will broaden the public awareness throughout Armenia on development challenges in the country and will ensure that the commitments by national and international decision makers to achieve the Millennium Development Goals remain on the public and political agenda.”
The concert in Charentsavan was the fourth in the series. This spring a total of four concerts and public awareness campaigns will take place in different regions. This month two more cultural events are scheduled to be held in Sevan and Gyumri cities of Gegharkunik and Shirak regions addressing gender issues, and human rights and tolerance respectively.
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