Project Duration:15․10․2023 – 15․06․2024
Number of Beneficiaries: Direct beneficiaries: Community stakeholders
Indirect beneficiaries: Socially vulnerable population in Tchambarak united community
Location: Tchambarak united community of Gegharkunik province of RA
Goal: Increase of the quality of response to the needs of vulnerable groups by the state and non-state stakeholders through the investment of effective mechanisms of Social Economy in Tchambarak united community.
Description: EcoSE project consists of two primary components: one is the development of the skills and approaches of Social Economy in Tchambarak united community through the establishment of pilot lots, and on the other side the adaptation of international experience by the direct participation and involvement of key stakeholders․
The main activities of the EcoSE project are:
- Localization of Caritas Europe’s experience in Social Economy;
- Capacity building in Social Economy of state and non-state stakeholders;
- Creation of Social Economy pilot lots as a new mechanism for inclusion of vulnerable people;
- Promotion of the linkages between the local and international actors in Social Economy;
- Dissemination of the adopted experience on the topic of Social Economy․
Partners:
- The international expert team of S-NODI (Italy): the initiator and implementer of the “Elba: Development of social economy in South-Eastern Europe” regional program;
- Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure (MTAI), Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MLSA), Ministry of Economy (ME)
- Community stakeholders: Local Self-government bodies of Tchambarak united community;
- United Social Service Center of Tchambarak;
- Local CSOs;
- Social Enterprises and SMEs․
Project donors: GIZ (German Corporation for International Cooperation)
The project is financed by the German Government and co-financed by the European Union.
Budget: 33,656 EUR
Project manager: Diana Miribyan