New one-stop-shop Citizen Office opens its doors to the community of Spitak

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Government and donor organizations representatives inaugurate the Spitak community Citizen Office © GIZ

The Official Opening Ceremony of the Spitak community Citizen Office took place on November 6 2021 and was attended Vache Terteryan, RA Deputy Minister of Administration and Infrastructure MTAI, Werner Thut, Deputy Regional Director of the Swiss Cooperation for the South Caucasus and equally the Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy in Armenia, Santiago Alonso-Rodriguez, Head of the Department of Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gor Asryan, RA Lori Deputy Governor, Kajayr Nikoghosyan, Mayor of Spitak, as well as members of the delegation of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the GIZ Armenia Office, and civil society representatives.

Werner Thut delivers his opening remarks at the opening ceremony of the Spitak community Citizen Office © GIZ

As Werner Thut, Deputy Regional Director of the Swiss Cooperation for the South Caucasus pointed out in his opening remarks, the Swiss engagement in the Lori region dates more than 30 years back. Immediately after the devastating earthquake of the 7th of December 1988, Swiss experts were sent to the region to assist the survivors. In fact, the assistance activities in Spitak marked the starting point for the Swiss humanitarian and developmental cooperation in Armenia, and even the greater region, the South Caucasus. In fact, Switzerland was in Spitak long before it was in Yerevan. It was only in 2011 that the Swiss Embassy was opened.

Spitak community Citizen Offcie, Lori, Armenia © GIZ

Now, more than three decades after the first Swiss development project, we open the Spitak Citizen Office, which is a result of a collective effort of Switzerland, Germany and the Armenian authorities. It is equipped with modern technology, dedicated to support the local citizenry and generate an animated public life. And for the 70’000 inhabitants of the municipality, it is also a gateway to the future.