An awareness-seminar on Grants Program provided to CSOs was held on 11 April in Kapan for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the scope of the EU-funded “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project.

Mr. Carl Ulbricht, the International Expert of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” Project, informed the representatives of 17 CSOs participating in the event that a call for proposals for CSO Coalitions (Networks) for improving public policies, advocacy and monitoring.

The objective of the Project Grants Component is to build or support the existing CSO Coalitions (Networks) in the 9 target sectors of the Project, ensuring their increased impact on public policy development, advocacy and public participation in these processes.

The 9 target sectors of the project are: justice (1), human rights (2), public finance management (3), business (4), education (5), social sphere, social inclusion of children with disabilities (6), agriculture (7), economy (8), energy (9).

On the same day, training was also held in Kapan for 11 CSO representatives. They got acquainted with the recent amendments to the Law on Non-Governmental Organisations, the legislative and current regulations relating to the volunteers institute.

If you also are a civic activist and want to receive legal support, please contact us at [email protected], register for the upcoming training to receive legal advice.

The training is organised in the framework of the “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” project 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 main objective of the Project is to enhance the influence of CSOs on the public policy process, and the specific objectives are to strengthen the ability of CSOs to build coalitions and to strengthen the ability of CSOs to focus on constructive and strategic policy engagement with local and central government partners. The Project has a grant component, which anticipates providing sub-grants to the civil society organisations and CSO Coalitions (Networks).

The project has 9 target areas: justice, education, business, public finance management, human rights, agriculture, economy, energy, social sphere including social inclusion of children with disabilities.