On 24 August 2018, at 11։00-14։00, an LSG-CSO seminar-discussion will be held at the Gyumri Technology Centre in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project funded by the European Union. The topic is: “New Opportunities of Cooperation between Local Authorities and Civil Society Organisations (CSO), CSOs’ Participation in Local Self-Government in the Context of Local Governance and Territorial Administration Reforms in the RA.”
The “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project was launched in December 2016. The project duration is 34 months. The project is funded by the European Union and is implemented by a consortium of civil society organizations, which are the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO (lead organisation), 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 on the public policy process, and the specific objectives are to strengthen the ability of CSOs to build coalitions and focus on constructive and strategic policy engagement with local and central government partners.
