On July 28 a public hearing and discussion was held in Gyumri community in order to present the local government and public ABC. GoV Project transportation strategy and action plan in Gyumri community. 

"Alliance for Better City Governance” project is funded by European Union and implemented by Vanadzor Municipality, Armenia in partnership with Gyumri Municipality, Armenia and Pila Municipality, Poland. One of the components of the project is the improvement of the public transport system in the cities of Vanadzor and Gyumri, in order to achieve this, a draft transport strategy and action plan has been developed. The purpose of the mentioned document is to implement an effective and highly productive intra-community regular passenger transportation route network in Gyumri and Vanadzor communities, based on the need for safe, environmentally clean and high-quality service vehicles, as well as to introduce an electronic ticket validation system in accordance with international standards for intra-community regular passenger transportation.

Davit Melkonyan, an expert on transportation issues of the program "ALLIANCE FOR BETTER CITY GOVERNANCE" ("ABC.GoV") was a speaker at the public discussion.

Mayor of Gyumri Vardges Samsonyan, Gyumri Council of Elders members, the head of the transport department and employees of the community hall, representatives of non-governmental organizations, representatives of "Yutong" company, a large producer of the transport sector, head of the ABC. GoV Project Natalpa Lapauri, project staff and citizens attended the public hearing.

The results of the public hearings will be announced soon.