Grant Amount: 358,511 AMD Purpose: The project aims to improve access of children with Type 1 diabetes to preventive and treatment services through training 18 doctors from 9 regions of Armenia on pediatric endocrinology (Tavush, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Lori, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik), and raising awareness of public on the rights of children with Type 1 diabetes to access
On November 9 and 10, the EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility organized a Communication Labs kick-off event in Yerevan as part of their dedicated capacity-building program for civil society organizations. The event aimed to help Armenian civil society organizations to work jointly on creating communication campaigns. 12 civil society organizations from Alaverdi, Dilijan, Vanadzor, Chambarak, and Yerevan were selected
The Democracy Development Foundation is continuing its exclusive mission of uniting Armenia’s civil society organizations and coordinating their activities and efforts aimed at public reforms. On November 9 the Democracy Development Foundation hosted a discussion on the topic of Public administration reforms (PAR) with representatives of the Republic of Armenia government and partner civil society organizations. Viktoria Aydinyan, advisor to
Grant Amount: 3,872,100 AMD Purpose: The project will support the Dovegh Football Club, NGO to invest in the social inclusion, healthy lifestyle and team building skills of around 80 children (boys and girls) in Tavush and Lori regions via engaging them in football trainings coached by professionals. The project also plans to enhance the knowledge of the beneficiary children around
The recent military aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, launched on 19 September 2023 by Azerbaijan, followed the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the ten-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh. This aggression was obviously intended at the eventual depopulation of ethnic Armenians. Consequently, within a matter of days more than 100 600 were forced to leave their homes[1] and seek refuge in Armenia, resulting in the
To Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs To Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs We, the undersigned civil society organizations from Armenia, are writing to once again express our deep concern about Azerbaijan’s unjustified and unprovoked attack on Nagorno-Karabakh on 19 September 2023, which resulted in
Grant Amount: 2,515,370 AMD Purpose: The project aims to encourage civic activism and promote the idea of equality and rule of law. For this end, the Union of Informed Citizens, NGO campaign will implement public campaign “Equal citizen”, which will focus on encouraging citizens to raise awareness about violations of traffic rules by high-level officials, mobilization of supporters base, as
Grant Amount: 15,488,400 AMD Purpose: The grant aims to support the Media Center platform to discuss critical issues in Armenia through open panels, interviews, press-conferences, and other live public events. The project will illustrate the position of civil society on the urgent reforms, as well as provide deeper insight into the need of protection of human rights, security, democratic values,
Grant Amount: 2,515,370 AMD Purpose: The project aims to promote public participation, particularly participation of young people in the decision-making process of a distribution of state resources on community level. For this end, Transparency International Anticorruption Center (TIAC) will implement “Shelter in my community: We come together to solve our problems” public campaign in community of Vardenis, Gegharkunik marz, to
Grant Amount: 7,546,111 AMD Purpose: The project aims to raise public awareness and understanding about the main issues and challenges in reform process of Ministry of Internal Affairs, particularly Police reforms, present solutions, proposed by civil society organizations, and form public demand for more transparent and accountable Ministry and Police. For this end, Public Journalism Club, together with Helsinki Citizens’