Commitment to Constructive Dialogue

Problems Related to Protection of Labour Rights Were Discussed with CSO Representatives in Gyumri

On August 1st, Narek Yenokyan, a Lawyer/Expert of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project, delivered a lecture at the Gyumri CSO incubator titled “Human Rights: Gaps in the RA Labour Code and the Need for Making Changes and Additions in the RA Law on Trade Unions.” The lecture will be followed by provision of personal advice to Gyumri incubator CSOs working in the sectors of justice, human rights, public finance management, education, and the social sector, as well as in other sectors not targeted by the project. 

The lecture was followed by provision of personal advice to Gyumri incubator CSOs working in the sectors of justice, human rights, public finance management, education, and the social sector, as well as in other sectors not targeted by the project. 

Civil society organisations (CSO) incubators are aimed at promoting CSO capacity building and enhancing productivity.

The “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a consortium of civil society organizations, which are the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO, Agora Central Europe o.p.s (an NGO from the Czech Republic), the “Armenian Center for Democratic Education-CIVITAS” NGO, the “International Center for Human Development” Public Organization, the “SME Cooperation Association” NGO and the Union of Communities of Armenia.

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the influence of CSOs and their coalitions on the public policy process. This will enable the organisations (those that already work in target coalitions) to gain new resources, unite civil society experts and encourage their participation in the formation of local and national policy agenda, identify common issues and priorities and go to the government with constructive and strategic policy initiatives.  

In the scope of the project sub-grants are/will be allocated to CSOs and CSO coalitions. They will be targeted at public policy development and will have tangible results in the 9 project target sectors: justice, human rights, public finance management, business, education, social sector: social inclusion of children with disabilities, agriculture, economy, energy.