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26Apr

FINAL EVALUATION of the Action “First inclusive and barrier-free Bakery and Coffee Shop in Gyumri”

Brief Description: Financed by the European Union, the Austrian Development Cooperation and Caritas Austria the project “First Inclusive and Barrier-free Bakery and Coffee Shop in Gyumri” promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities into labour market by depicting the disabled employees as assets. The action is coordinated by Caritas Austria and executed by its partner, Armenian Caritas.

The project has five major components:

Inclusive Bakery and Coffee Shop.
Herbal gardening.
Training and cooperation.
Therapeutic Handicraft work.
Public Awareness Raising.

The action to be evaluated has the following Overall Objective (OO) and Specific Objectives (SO):

12Mar

Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities

Index for Inclusion: a guide to school development led by inclusive values
T. Booth, M.Ainscow, 4th edition

Inclusive Education (Arm)

04Mar

The visit of the human rights defenderValentina Chupik

Within the framework of Contributing to Better Protection of Migrant Workers through Strengthening Partnership in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Russia program human rights defender

Valentina Chupik from program partner Tong Jahoni organisation was in Armenia. The goal of her visit was to train RA State Employment Agency employees and partner NGO representatives so that they could provide pre-departure counseling to Armenian migrants leaving for Russia. She presented the challenges that Armenians migrants face in Russia and how they can handle them.

If you face migration related problems in Russia, you can get free of charge and 24-hour counseling by calling +7926 8347602.

28Feb

The results of the two-year project of inclusive education were summed up

Starting from the coming school year Shirak region will pass to overall inclusion. Till that a study was conducted in 12 schools of the region within the framework of “Community Action for Full Inclusion in Education” project. On February 22 the project closing conference was organized in Gyumri Technological Center with participation of the Head of EU Delegation to Armenia Piotr Świtalski, Member of Parliament Sophia Hovsepyan, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Lusine Arakelyan, Shirak Governor Tigran Petrosyan, Deputy Mayor Ruben Sanoyan, etc.

The conference was opened by the song “We are all equal” prepared by the students of Artik school N1.

27Feb

Armenian Caritas Benevolent NGO In the framework of EU funded “Increased Resilience of Syrian Armenians and host population” (IRIS) Programme Call for the selection of Legal Expert for Business Incubator

1. Programme background
“Armenian Caritas” Benevolent NGO (AC) and “SME Cooperation Association” NGO (SME) in consortium with the Austrian Red Cross (AutRC), Armenian Red Cross Society, and the “Center for Coordination of Syrian Armenians’ Issues” NGO are implementing the “Increased Resilience of Syrian Armenians and host population” (IRIS) programme funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (MADAD Fund).

The EU IRIS programme aims at improving social and economic resilience of Syrian Armenians and host population and strengthening institutional capacities for economic growth in Armenia. The action is coordinated by the AutRC.