On 28 November 2018, a Government-Civil Society Forum will be held in Ani Hotel in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project. The forum is entitled “The Possibility of Introducing Mechanisms of Transitional Justice in the RA in the Light of International Experience.” Representatives of state agencies, local CSOs and international organisations, as well as independent experts and lawyers, will participate. First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will open the event. H.E. Piotr Antoni Switalski, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, will also offer his remarks.
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.
