Study trip is an Exchange Experience for Professional Development (EEPD), besides it is a travel and study tour in Armenia, a program hosted by Eurasia Partnership Foundation
Are you a motivated university professor or a qualified specialist, well-seasoned traveler who needs an outstanding spring, summer or autumn professional break, combined with an abundant experience, skills and knowledge? Are you in search of unique ways to advance your career goals? Travelling to Armenia is exactly what you need for your professional development.
One of the biggest advantages of this type of exchange experience is that we in Armenia have the entire range of topics: education, environment, social processes, entrepreneurship, vibrant IT industry, youth initiatives, migration and reintegration, justice and human rights work, peacebuilding and much more.
Why Armenia:
Armenia is a post-soviet country, independent since 1991, a great facility for studying the rich history, diverse culture and turbulent politics impacted by and impacting upon Europe’s and Asia’s developments. Armenia is situated in the Caucasus – a vibrant region in terms of political and cultural developments, both positive and negative, such as amazingly diverse nature, rich historical and cultural heritage on one hand, and unresolved conflicts among former autonomous states and republics, on the other. At the same time, despite the conflicts, most of it is relatively safe for travel, study and learning processes.
Armenia’s progressive civil society organizations, educated scholars and multi-profile experts, think tanks, universities, and other organizations offer tons of experience which no libraries can compete with.
You will be hosted by Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), a non-governmental civil society organization We provide pre-and-post departure support and accompaniment on the ground. You will feel safe, protected, accompanied and, if needed, mentored throughout the program. And we will be happy to learn from your experience and ideas you will share with us.
Perhaps it is a limited amount of time you can spend here (5-7 days), but it doesn’t mean this new experience can’t have a major impact on your career and life.
What we offer
EPF is experienced in being the contact point between the exchange participants, identify lead experts, suitable site visits to universities, businesses, State and NGOs, resolve any issues that may arise and facilitate the effectiveness of study trip.
For the convenience of the study trip participants and interns, EPF will also provide them with accommodation, orientation and help them with any of their daily needs.
What you gain:
- A program tailored to your needs, experience and objectives of the Study trip.
- The study trip will preliminary adapt to needs, discussed prior and prepared possible structure of the trip.
- Next step is agreement or modification of the initial structure.
- Host organization will work on contracts, detailed agenda, discussion with experts from the related fields.
- The program of the study trip allows you to get hands-on experience in different levels: classroom, policy, organizational and institutional, in addition to developing practical skills that will pave the way for your future professional success.
- Acquaintance of Armenian perspective on state reforms, political systems, education, science, IT technologies, culture and arts, civil society, justice, media, urban, rural, private sector, social welfare, charity, conflict resolution and sensitivity, peacebuilding, international development, and/or other topics in which the participants are interested.
- Knowledge of the region, networking with experts and practitioners.
EPF’s profile:
Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s (EPF) guiding vision is a South Caucasus that is peaceful, conflict-free and cooperative with civically engaged citizens, socially responsible businesses, and sustainable, accountable and effective third sector organizations. To these ends, EPF administers numerous programs aimed at strengthening civil society in Armenia and cooperation in the South Caucasus. Because our operating landscape is one of political unrest, military confrontation, economic crisis and limited regional cooperation, we must harness the potential of community activism and local philanthropy to make an advance in achieving our aims.
What is the program?
The EEPD (Exchange Experience for Professional Development) program is a perfect for people who want to combine their academic interests with practical, hands-on work and develop different skills for their job responsibilities and career. EPF takes the responsibility of suggesting organizations, lead experts from the field, policy makers and different institutions. Based on the trip objectives and needs of the participants EPF used the following structure for the exchange preliminary discussed and agreed, but possibility to do flexible changes upon arrival new conditions and cases:
- Preparatory work with interested party (objective of the trip based on needs assessment with mentioning respective areas of interest and topics)
- Preparation of preliminary agenda with possible experts’ and institutions’ profiles.
- Discussions, agreements, suggestions taken into consideration and contract preparation.
- Logistics regarding accommodation, transportation, cultural events, etc.
- Planning and implementation of the Study trip. (Orientation and pretest of the trip if available)
- Feedback, Reflection and lessons learned (group discussion before departure and post evaluation)
- Evaluation of the Study trip and Report preparation.
With our huge and strong connections with different organizations, we can guarantee a Study trip that will help the participants develop their professional skills, knowledge in the sphere of their interests and make networks for the future endeavors.
If you are interested, please email Marina Ayvazyan, [email protected] for more information.