{"id":6284,"date":"2020-08-31T16:59:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freecitizen.am\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2026-02-13T02:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:38:53","slug":"summer-school-for-the-youth-from-regions-of-armenia-on-local-self-governance-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freecitizen.am\/?p=6284","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER SCHOOL for the Youth from regions of Armenia on Local Self-Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 26-31, 2020, Aghveran<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFree Citizen\u201d Civic Initiatives Support Center, summarizing 18 workshops and webinars, taking place in all regions of Armenia in the framework of the project \u201cV4 for Youth engagement in self-governance\u201d, organized a five-day Summer School for 23 selected youngsters from all parts of Armenia.<\/p>\n

The program is carried out with the support of the International Visegrad Fund. It aimed to strengthen young civic activists\u2019 capacities on engagement with local self-governance, as well as raise awareness among participants about the European Union, Council of Europe, Eastern Partnership, and Visegrad 4 format. In total 433 young citizens, aged 18-30, mainly female, including those from the rural areas, participated in the events. From that number 295 participated in the offline workshops, and 138 \u2013 in the webinars.<\/p>\n

The Summer School was held in the Arthurs Aghveran Resort on 26-31 August this year and aimed to develop participants\u2019 capacity in the LSG field. Jan Ple\u0161inger, Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Czech Republic in Yerevan, addressed the participants with a greeting speech (online) and shared with them the Czech experience in the sphere of Youth engagement in self-governance.<\/p>\n

Panel Discussion \u201cLocal Democracy Development Perspectives in Armenia\u201d<\/em><\/strong> took place during the Summer School. <\/em>Discussants were: Emin Yeritsyan,<\/strong> Communities Association of Armenia President, Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Vice-President, Ashot Guloyan<\/strong>, <\/strong>Ministry of Territorial Administration, Head of the Local Self-Government department, Vahagn <\/strong>Gevorg<\/strong>yan<\/strong>,<\/strong> Mayor of Abovyan (Kotayk\u00a0province), Ara Sukiasyan,<\/strong> Nor Kyank village head (Shirak province),\u00a0 Vahagn Petrosyan,<\/strong> CoE expert on LSG issues. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists.<\/p>\n

The Agenda of the event you can see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some Presentations of the Summer School you can see here.<\/p>\n

Certificates award ceremony and the closing of the event you can watch in this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFree Citizen\u201d SICS NGO partners in the Project are:<\/p>\n