Opening of the second round of CSO incubators in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project will be held on May 10 in Yerevan (11:00), Vanadzor (11:30), Gavar (11:00), Gyumri (11:30) and Kapan (11:00).
Civil society organizations (CSO) incubators are aimed at promoting CSO capacity building and enhancing efficiency of their activities.
Here you can find the most important documentation about incubators’ activities, CSO incubators’ activity guidelines, CSO incubator strategy , CSO incubator action plan and schedule.
CSO incubators’ mission is to provide professional and technical assistance to Armenian CSOs to develop their capacities in 9 target sectors and 4 thematic areas listed below:
- Monitoring of Public Budgets and Policies;
- Development of Evidence based policies;
- Creation and/or Development of Coalition,
- Constructive participation/dialogue with the government and local self-governance bodies in public policy development the process.
The 9 target areas of the project are:
- Public Finance Management
- Human Rights:
- Justice
- Business
- Education
- Agriculture
- Economy
- Energy
- Social sphere: Social inclusion of children with disabilities
CSO incubators will be held in two stages in the following five cities: Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Gavar and Kapan. 36 CSOs, which will be selected, from the CSOs that completed the training organised by the American University of Armenia will participate in each phase. Upon completion of the CSO incubators, a total of 33 grants will be provided on a competitive basis. It is planned to provide 16-17 grants in each stage.
CSOs of Tavush Marz will attend the incubator in Vanadzor; Aragatsotn CSOs, based on their geographical location, will participate in the incubators in Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor cities, and Vayots Dzor CSOs, based on their geographical location, will attend the incubators in Kapan or Yerevan.
