The Democracy Development Foundation and the Education and Solidarity Trade Union are implementing a project on “Social Justice and Ethical Norms in Schools” supported by the Embassy of Estonia in Armenia. The goal of the project is to examine ethical issues in the schools from the social justice perspective and to promote the application of appropriate integrity norms in general
On 22 December 2023, under the “Integrity of Justice Reforms” project, the Democracy Development Foundation and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office organized a Workshop for the Development of the Republic of Armenia Police New Reform Strategy and 2024-2026 Action Plan. The discussion was attended by Arpine Sargsyan, Deputy Interior Minister, advocates, and representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Office
Last week, the Democracy Development Foundation organized jointly with the Republic of Armenia Interior Ministry, and with the participation of civil society and stakeholders representatives, a workshop on The Activities of Civilian Oversight Mechanisms and Public Observer Groups in Places for Holding Arrested Persons. The goal of the event was to discuss issues related to the activities of public observers
On November 28 and 29, 2023, the prosecutors and economists of the Department for confiscation of profit of illicit origin of the Prosecutor General’s Office participated in the training on “Obtaining operative information from open sources”. The training implemented in the scope of “Integrity of justice reforms” project organized by the Democracy development foundation aimed to support the development of
On 27 November, the “European Media Facility in Armenia – Building Sustainable and Professional Media in Armenia” project’s achievements were presented at the project closing event and award ceremony the students participating in the project. The three-year project was implemented by the Deutsche Welle Akademie, BBC Media Action, the Democracy Development Foundation, Hetq Investigative Journalists NGO, and Factor TV, with
On November 24 the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF) and its partner On Think Tanks (OTT) organized a specialist-led forum discussion on the role think tanks in policy development in Armenia. The purpose of the forum was to shed light on how expert communities, especially established research centers, can acquire more prevalence in generating policy-oriented and evidence-driven discourses concerning highly topical
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
A group of civil society organizations of Armenia presented a parallel report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding the fulfillment of the obligations undertaken by Armenia. The report was prepared and submitted by the following organizations: Democracy Development Foundation, Disability Rights Agenda NGO, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly – Vanadzor NGO, Protection of Rights without Borders NGO, Real
Dear Representatives of States – Members of the UN Security Council, Following our previous communications from 26 May and 28 July, 2023, with a view of the upcoming session of the UN Security Council to be convened upon the request of the Armenian government we, representatives of the active civil society organizations in Armenia, appeal again to the States –