{"id":3086,"date":"2018-08-30T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armla.am\/en\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2018-09-04T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:43:14","slug":"cso-coalitions-present-their-projects-and-adopted-policy-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armla.am\/en\/3086.html","title":{"rendered":"CSO Coalitions Present Their Projects and Adopted Policy Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">It has been the fourth day since the seminar entitled\u00a0<strong>\u201cCooperation of non-profit non-governmental organisations and government in the Czech Republic. Development of public policies and dialogue. Lessons learned from the operation of the incubators facility\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is continuing in Aghveran.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The training is held in the in the scope of the \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project funded by the European Union.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">During the previous days of the 5-day seminar\u00a0<span class=\"gI\">Vojt\u011bch \u010cern\u00fd<\/span>, an expert from the Czech \u201cAgora\u201d NGO, presented the RAPID mapping method to the training participants (ROMA approach \u2013 RAPID OUTCOME MAPPING APPROACH), as well as successful policy making engagement methodology and\u00a0its influence measurement\u00a0method.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Today, the participants fulfilled practical tasks and enhanced their knowledge on the topic, in addition to designing their engagement strategy framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Afterwards, the representatives of the coalitions and networks formed in the scope of the project present their CSO alliances, their prepared strategies, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The participants also had discussions on the methods, tools, and resources needed for measuring the influence of networks on policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><em>The \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is implemented with the financial support of the European Union by a Consortium of civil society organisations, which are the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The project aims to enhance the influence of civil society organisations (CSOs) and CSO coalitions\/networks on public policies in Armenia. This will allow organisations that are already working in sectoral coalitions to access additional resources, new groups of civil society experts to come together and encourage place their causes on the local and national policy agenda, to identify common concerns and priorities and approach government bodies with constructive and strategic policy engagement initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The project will provide sub-grants to CSOs and CSO coalitions for developing public policies and bringing significant changes in the 9 target sectors selected within the project, including those of justice, human rights, public finance management, business, education, and the social sector:\u00a0social inclusion of children with disabilities, agriculture, economy, and energy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been the fourth day since the seminar entitled\u00a0\u201cCooperation of non-profit non-governmental organisations and government in the Czech Republic. 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