On 22 June at 10:00, Mr. Norik Tunyan, Expert of the Armenian Centre for Democratic Education-CIVITAS, will deliver a lecture on “Education Sector: Modernization of secondary vocational education and training, development of state education (qualification) standards and relevant curricula and implementation in vocational education and training.” The lecture will be delivered for the Participants of Kapan CSOs Incubator in the framework of the EU-funded funded “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project.
Civil society organizations (CSO) incubators are aimed at promoting CSO capacity building and enhancing productivity.
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 proven policies;
- Creation and / or Development of Coalition,
- Constructive participation / dialogue with the government and local self-governance bodies in the process of public policy development.
The 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 run in two stages in the following five cities: Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Gavar and Kapan. In each phase, 36 CSOs will be selected, who will be selected from the series of CSOs who completed their training organized by the American University of Armenia. Upon completion of CSO incubators, a total of 33 grants will be provided on a competitive basis, envisaging 16-17 grants for each stage.
CSOs of Tavush Marz will have the opportunity to benefit from the Vanadzor incubator, Aragatsotn CSOs, Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor incubators, according to CSO locations, Vayots Dzor CSOs from the Yerevan Incubator.
