The 52nd Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee, Yerevan, 16-17 April 2019

The 52nd Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee was held in Yerevan, on 16-17 April 2019, upon the invitation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

Mrs. Lena Nazaryan, Vice-President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Mr.  Metin Gundogdu, Chairman of the Committee and Member of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General addressed the gathering at the Opening Ceremony.

The Meeting was attended by the national delegations from Armenia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and it was chaired by Mr. Metin Gundogdu, Chairman of the Committee (Turkey). The Committee discussed the Draft Report and Draft Recommendation on “Pension Systems in the BSEC Member States”. It was noted that the discussed documents will be adopted at the Supplementary meeting of the Committee in Baku on 19 June on the day prior to the 53rd Plenary Session of the General Assembly.

The main item on the agenda of the next 53rd Meeting of the Committee will be “Unemployment in the BSEC Member States. The Role of the State in Facilitating Job Creation”. The Rapporteur on the Report will be Mrs. Anush Begloian, Member of the Committee from the Armenian Delegation.

In conformity with the Calendar 2019 the next 53rd Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee will be held in Serbia on 23-24 October 2019.