The Minister of Agriculture Also Participated in the Discussion on Agricultural Issues at the Workshop Held in Yeghegnadzor

On 24 August 2018, a Town Hall meeting took place in Yeghegnadzor in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project funded by the European Union. 

The workshop was initiated by the Agricultural Alliance of Armenia in cooperation with the International Centre for Human Development. It was organised in the scope of the “Participatory Policies: Sustainable Agriculture” sub-grant project which is implemented in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project funded by the European Union. 

Arthur Khachatryan, the Minister of Agriculture, also met with the workshop participants. The latter asked him questions, voicing important issues concerning irrigation water, medication, agricultural credits, agricultural machinery, and cooperatives. 

As a result of the workshop, around 400 recommendations regulating the sector were voiced by more than 100 farmers of Vayots Dzor, as well as entities and individuals involved in various agricultural value chains. 

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 (networks) on the public policy process. This will enable the organizations (that already work in target coalitions) to gain new resources, unite civil society experts and encourage them to participate in the formation of local and national policy agenda, identify the common problems and priorities and to apply to the government with constructive and strategic policy initiatives. 

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