YEREVAN, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the British Council's program "The Role of Mass Media in Coverage of Government", the international conference "Dialog without Borders" will be held in Yerevan on March 17. Narek Tovmasian, representative of the British Council Armenia Office, the program head, told reporters on March 16 that the purpose of the conference held with the assistance of the British government and the UNDP Yerevan Office is to discuss efficient mechanisms of possible cooperation with international experts and representatives of state bodies, mass media and NGOs. According to him, this year, regional mass media will be provided grants through open competitions by this program. "Instructive trips of Armenian reporters to European countries will be organized with the aim of studying experience of countries which have overcome a transitional period," BC respresentative noted.

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