Today, the 3rd day of the training entitled “Cooperation of non-profit non-governmental organisations and government in the Czech Republic. Development of public policies and dialogue. Lessons learned from the operation of the incubators facility” continued in Aghveran. The training is held in the in the scope of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project funded by the European Union.
As we reported the day before, Vojtěch Černý, an expert from the Czech “Agora” NGO, had presented the RAPID mapping approach (ROMA approach – RAPID OUTCOME MAPPING APPROACH), as well as the successful policy making engagement methodology and its influence measurement method.
Today, he continued practical exercises, in order to deepen the knowledge through use of the ROMA methodology.
Today, the “Participatory Monitoring for the Creation of Smart Communities in Armenia” project and the Armenian Business Coalition newly formed in the scope of the project were presented to the training participants.
The “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a Consortium of civil society organisations, which are the Armenian Lawyers’ Association (lead organisation), Agora Central Europe (NGO based in the Czech Republic), the Armenian Centre for Democratic Education-CIVITAS, the International Centre for Human Development, the SME Cooperation Association and the Union of Communities of Armenia.
The project aims to enhance the influence of civil society organisations (CSOs) and CSO coalitions/networks on public policies in Armenia. This will allow organisations that are already working in sectoral coalitions to access additional resources, new groups of civil society experts to come together and encourage place their causes on the local and national policy agenda, to identify common concerns and priorities and approach government bodies with constructive and strategic policy engagement initiatives.
The project will provide sub-grants to CSOs and CSO coalitions for developing public policies and bringing significant changes in the 9 target sectors selected within the project, including those of justice, human rights, public finance management, business, education, and the social sector: social inclusion of children with disabilities, agriculture, economy, and energy.
