Etchmaidzin Mayor participates in OWHC-World Congress
A delegation from the Armenian city of Etchmaidzin led by Mayor Karen Grigoryan participated in the 11th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities on the theme World Heritage Cities and Climate Change. The event held in Sintra (Portugal), from 22 to 25 November 2011.
Karen Grigoryan held a number of meetings with the organization's administration, UNESCO representatives and heads of Portugal, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Poland and Argentina. They discussed the opportunities of collaboration in a number of spheres.
The fact that the delegation participated in the congress is beneficial not only for Etchmiadzin but for Armenia in general, the organizers said underlying that it would help strengthen Armenia's reputation worldwide.
The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) was founded on September 8, 1993 in Fez, Morocco. As of December 31, 2007, the organization was made up of 233 cities in which are located sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Etchmiadzin became a member of the OWHC in 2007 under the aegis of Canada-based Armenian Azat Vardanyan, President of the International Informatization Academy.
