Yerevan, Armenia - On 15-16 October a Conference “YouthBank: Creating an enabling environment for youth civil society in the Black Sea Region” will gather 40 young people and youth coordinators from the Central and Eastern Europe, USA and South African Republic in Yerevan. The conference is implemented by Foundation for Youth Involvement (FIT) Romania, YouthBank International Foundation; Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Armenia) with the support of Black Sea NGO Forum, FOND Romania, the European Commission and Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation.
In order to facilitate the transaction between business entities from Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli and Armenia’s Tavush regions, the CED project is looking for a qualified trainer or a team of trainers to deliver a two-day training workshop in Public Relations (PR) and Marketing for a group of 15-20 entrepreneurs from Tavush region of Armenia.
Learn about Stonehill College’s field program on global security studies in Armenia and Serbia, and apply for next year’s internship!
A Consortium of eight civil society organisations from Armenia and Turkey announces a Call for Proposals for the Grant Scheme within the framework of the programme Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process: Stage Two funded by the European Union under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP).
On August 9-10, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) has continued the series of movie screenings(http://www.epfarmenia.am/en/current-programs/human-rights/educational-film-on-non-discrimination/) and discussions on human rights, particularly, discrimination and (in)tolerance issues in Armenia facilitated by Anush Margaryan, the manager of the “Towards Adoption of Antidiscrimination Legislation in Armenia” project. This time the movie-screenings and discussions were held in Gyumri and Vanadzor Infotuns, where a number of young activists, school teachers, civil society organizations representatives have gathered.
On July 29, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) held a movie screening of an educational documentary film on anti-discrimination in Ijevan Infotun, followed by a discussion with Ijevan city youth. The discussion was facilitated by Anush Margaryan, the manager of the “Promoting Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Armenia” project, who also provided more detailed information on various types of discrimination, affirmative actions and requirements inherent to a specific work which do not constitute discrimination. The movie screening provoked an active debate among participants, who shared their perceptions of the concept of discrimination, instances where they have been discriminated against, and ways of tackling discriminatory treatment in Armenia, especially against vulnerable groups of society. It is noteworthy that the majority of participants agreed on the approach that every individual needs the chance to flourish and play a part in society no matter how different he/she might be from others.