{"id":5351,"date":"2019-06-10T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T06:03:16","slug":"workshop-on-protecting-the-interests-of-beneficiary-families-and-issues-of-beneficiaries-awareness-in-tsaghkadzor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/5351.html","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on \u201cAdvocacy for Beneficiary Families and Beneficiaries\u2019 Awareness\u201d in Tsaghkadzor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On June 8-9, Tsaghkadzor hosted a two-day, outreach workshop \u201cAdvocacy for Beneficiary Families and Beneficiaries\u2019 Awareness\u201d.\u00a0It was conducted by the \u201cLocal Democracy Development and Research Centre\u201d NGO\u00a0within the framework of a small sub-grant project \u201cProtected Beneficiary Family and Informed Citizen\u201d Project,&#8221; which is implemented in the scope of the EU funded \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project implemented by a consortium of NGOs led by the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The objectives of the project are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>assessment of the role of employers, social sector representatives in protecting the rights of beneficiary families, their members\u2019 rights, and overcoming the problems related to the employment of beneficiary family members,<\/li>\n<li>elaboration of basic proposals to raise the awareness of beneficiary families\u2019 interests and the rights of beneficiary citizens;<\/li>\n<li>elaboration of targeted proposals to improve the benefits system and presentation to relevant authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The main reports of the workshop were compiled according to the comprehensive analytical reference based on the results of the study entitled &#8220;Protecting the Interests of Beneficiary Families and Issues of Beneficiaries\u2019 Awareness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The main objective of the survey was to study opportunities of employment and problems of beneficiary families, in the context of their knowledge and interests.\u00a0The research was conducted in March and April 2019, in Yerevan and Gyumri.\u00a0In-depth interviews with the representatives of social sector, experts and employers, as well as focus group discussions with beneficiary families were held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">MPs, representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Social Support Officers, representatives of civil society organizations, experts of the sector and social workers attended the workshop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The problems in the system of benefits were in the core of the workshop discussions.\u00a0Based on the results of the survey, the participants assessed the effectiveness of the system as well as their approaches in terms of the realistic recommendations for the improvement of the system mentioned in the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The participants generally agreed that the existing system of benefits was not sufficiently flexible and efficient.\u00a0It puts more dependency on beneficiary families and is not aimed at addressing the problem of having a stable job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Highlighting the presented recommendations, the participants emphasized the active cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the National Assembly and civil society organizations aimed at making the expected legislative amendments more targeted in the framework of benefits.\u00a0The first step in this regard has already been done.\u00a0On 6 June, the experts of the \u201cProtected Beneficiary Family and Informed Citizen\u201d Project in the National Assembly have met with MPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8-9, Tsaghkadzor hosted a two-day, outreach workshop \u201cAdvocacy for Beneficiary Families and Beneficiaries\u2019 Awareness\u201d.\u00a0It was conducted by the \u201cLocal Democracy Development and Research Centre\u201d NGO\u00a0within the framework of a small sub-grant project \u201cProtected Beneficiary Family and Informed Citizen\u201d Project,&#8221; 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