On October 4-6 in Yerevan a training seminar for non-governmental organizations
representing various society groups and minorities and for journalists of Armenia
was held. The training on NGO relations with media was organized by the London-based
Media Diversity Institute under “Minority Empowerment and Media Development
in South Caucasus” project, implemented with the financial assistance of the
European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The practical
activation of relations of the “third sector” and the “fourth estate” were discussed
in the mode of interactive communication, moderated by Tim Grout-Smith and Lily
Poberezhska (“Media Player International” consultancy partnership, UK) and Elina
Poghosbekian (Yerevan Press Club).