Project Title: “ARAMAZD: SEED (Social Economy and Employability Development)” Position Title: Communication Specialist Modality: Consultancy-based contract Duration: 3 months (March 3 – June 2, 2025) Reporting to: Project Manager   Background The “ARAMAZD: SEED” project fosters sustainable socio-economic growth in Armenia’s border provinces (Gegharkunik, Lori, and Shirak) by empowering local stakeholders and advancing social economy initiatives. It aims to boost employability and generate sustainable economic opportunities through cross-sector collaboration, capacity building, and the development of social enterprises.

  Title of the project։ Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe) Country / Location։ Armenia / nationwide Date of the Action։ 01.12.2022 –  31.07.2026   Context & background The Civil Protection system in Armenia is currently mainly based on professional responders from governmental institutions. They are to a large extent on-duty firefighters and other paid staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES). But Armenia has numerous remote areas particularly affected by the limited coverage through the regional fire and rescue services.

Context & background Title of the project: Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe) Country / Location: Armenia / nationwide Date of the Action: 01.12.2022 –  31.07.2026   The Civil Protection system in Armenia is currently mainly based on professional responders from governmental institutions. They are to a large extent on-duty firefighters and other paid staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES). But Armenia has numerous remote areas particularly affected by the limited coverage through the regional fire and rescue services.

October 28, 2024 Armenian Caritas is a charitable non-governmental organization that has been operating in the Republic of Armenia since 1995. It currently implements various programs in the following strategic directions: social protection, community development, migration and integration, resilience to emergency situations.   Starting from October 2024, Armenian Caritas has been implementing the project “Building Bridges: Socio-Economic Integration and Resilience for Refugees and Local Communities in Armenia”, the goal of which is to foster socio-economic integration and resilience building of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh and local communities in Armenia,

Objective: To raise awareness of gender equality and disability inclusion within volunteer first responder services Title of the project: Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe) Country: / Location: Armenia / countrywide Date of the Action: 01.12.2022 – 31.08.2025   The Civil Protection system in Armenia is currently mainly based on professional responders from governmental institutions. They are to a large extent on-duty firefighters and other paid staff of the Rescue Service (RS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).