On 23 August 2018 a Town Hall workshop was held in Armavir 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 Center for Human Development. It was organised in the frames 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.
During the workshop, more than 100 participants representing different agricultural value chains identified with experts’ help the main agricultural problems typical of Armavir.
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 sphere: social inclusion of children with disabilities, agriculture, economy, and energy.
