SOCIAL ECONOMY COMPETITION FOR PILOT LOTS Within the framework of EcoSE “Socio-economic ecoSEstem development in Tchambarak United Community” project of “Armenian Caritas” benevolent NGO, a competition is announced for financing pilot lots in the united community of Tchambarak, in which representatives of CSOs, SMEs and sole proprietors of the community of Tchambarak are invited to participate.   The Idea of Social Economy Social Economy (hereinafter referred to as SE) puts solving social problems and social interests at the core of its activities and invests most of its profits in creating positive social changes and solving social problems for the benefit of the economic stability of the enterprise or the local community,

NAME OF THE SPONSOR: “Armenian Caritas” Benevolent NGO PROGRAMME TITLE – EA28/2023 – Armenia – RR “Emergency Assistance for People forcefully displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh” DURATION: planned 15.11.2023 – 15.01.2024; extended to 15.03.2024 BUDGET: requested 250,000 EUR; fundraised: 402,940 EUR AUDIT PERIOD: 15.11.2023 – 15.04.2024   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) 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.

From May 6th to 12th, 2024, an international study visit titled “Study on the Success of the Social Economy” will be held in Greece. We extend invitations to the key local stakeholders from Tchambarak community to participate in this international study visit.   The international study visit is being organized by “Armenian Caritas” Benevolent NGO within the framework of “Socio-Economic EcoSEstem Development in Tchambarak united Community” (EcoSE) project, in cooperation with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) under the “Strengthening Civil Society in Eastern Partnership Countries” program. The program is funded by the German government and co-financed by the European Union (EU).

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 –  31.08.2025   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 Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES). But Armenia has numerous remote areas particularly affected by the limited coverage through the regional fire and rescue services.