On 18 April, 11 civil society representatives in Armavir region were informed about the opportunity to submit grant applications for the development and monitoring of public policies for CSO coalitions (networks) within the framework of the EU funded “Commitment Constructive Dialogue” project.
Project representative Miss Haykuhi Alaverdyan and Mr. Carl Ulbrikh International Expert of the project informed the media representatives that CSO should form coalitions that must consist of at least 4 organizations to apply for sub-grants. The submitted project proposals should be targeted at 9 target areas: Justice, Human Rights, Public finance management, business, education, social sphere: social inclusion of children with disabilities, agriculture, economy, and energy.
Notably, the deadline for applications is April 30.
The main objective of the Project is to enhance the influence of CSOs on the public policy process, and the specific objectives are to strengthen the ability of CSOs to build coalitions and to strengthen the ability of CSOs to focus on constructive and strategic policy engagement with local and central government partners.
The “Commitment Constructive Dialogue” Project is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a Consortium of civil society organisations, which are the Armenian Lawyers’ Association (lead organisation), Agora Central Europe (NGO based in the Czech Republic), the Armenian Centre for Democratic Education-CIVITAS, the International Centre for Human Development, the SME Cooperation Association and the Union of Communities of Armenia.