The “Commitment to Constructive Dialogue” action is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a Consortium comprising the Armenian Lawyers’ Association, Agora Central Europe (an NGO from the Czech Republic), the Armenian Center for Democratic Education-CIVITAS, the International Center for Human Development, the SME Cooperation Association and the Union of Communities of Armenia. Project duration is 34 months.
Duration։ 15 December 2016. – 15 October 2019.
The initial cost of the Action was about € 2,222.256 Euros of which the EU contribution should have been € 2,000.000.
The final budget of the action was € 1,993,260, of which € 1,793,934 was provided by the EU.
The overall objective of the Action 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 focus on constructive and strategic policy engagement with local and central government partners. The action has a grant component: sub-grants will be provided to civil society organizations and CSO coalitions.
The target sectors of the Action are: Justice, Education, Business and 6 others.