About the Project

The “Partnerships for Syunik: Enhanced Community-Based Social Services” project is a Team Europe initiative funded by the European Commission. The project aims to support the development of a more resilient and sustainable social service system in Syunik, Armenia. The implementing organizations for the project are People in Need, in partnership with the “WINNET Goris” Development Foundation and the “Armenian Caritas”.

The project’s three main outputs focus on building the capacity of Civil Society Organizations to deliver high-quality social services, developing sustainable mechanisms for participatory planning and delivery of services in partnership with local authorities,

BACKGROUND

After the large-scale offensive unleashed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh (aka Nagorno-Karabakh –

Terms of Reference

for the Final External Evaluation of the project

“Emergency Assistance for People forcefully displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh”

(EA28/2023 – Armenia – RR)

1. BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF HE PROJECT

After the large-scale offensive unleashed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh (aka Nagorno-Karabakh – NK) on 19th September, 2023 in blatant violation of the international law and Trilateral Statement of November 9, 2020, around 101,800 people were displaced from NK and found refuge in the Republic of Armenia.