{"id":6537,"date":"2020-02-23T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T13:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freecitizen.am\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:57:30","slug":"workshop-in-hrazdan-kotayq-region-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freecitizen.am\/?p=6537","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on LSG in Hrazdan, Kotayq region"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visegradfund.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6228\" src=\"http:\/\/freecitizen.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Visegrad_logo_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>V4 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN SELF-GOVERNANCE<br \/>\nin the Hrazdan sub-region of the Kotayk region<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em>23 February 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree Citizen\u201d Civic Initiatives Support Center, with the support of the International Visegrad Fund, is continuing the implementation of the project \u201cV4 for Youth engagement in self-governance\u201d. On February 23, 2020, \u201cFree Citizen\u201d CISC organized a workshop for the local youth in the framework of the Project in the city of Hrazdan, Kotayk marz of Armenia. This is the thirteenth of the 17 workshops, which are planned to organize in Armenia in the framework of the Project \u201cV4 for Youth Engagement in the Local Self-Governance\u201d. The workshop was 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. 19 \u00a0young civic activists from the Hrazdan sub-region of the Kotayk region, age from 18 to 30 years old, who are interested in their communities\u2019 issues participated in the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>During the event it was also discussed the following issues, which have been identified by the participants as more relevant for the Youth of their communities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roads and transport issues;<\/li>\n<li>Low level of Youth engagement with LSG;<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment;<\/li>\n<li>The problem of effective professional career orientation for university and college applicants- based on market needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Representatives of the regional LSG \u2013 Armen Ayvazian, senior specialist of the Hrazdan City Hall Department on Education, Culture, and Sport, social worker, and Vanuhi Bareghamyan, Hrazdan City Hall responsible person for Community development programs, met with youngsters, answered their questions and share with their experience in Local Self-Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Agenda of the workshop is <a href=\"http:\/\/freecitizen.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Agenda_Workshop_on_LSG_Hrazdan_Eng.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The partners of the Project are GLOBSEC (Slovakia), SALTO Youth Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource (Poland), AGORA CE (Czech Republic), Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis (Hungary), Union of Communities of Armenia (Armenia).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V4 YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN SELF-GOVERNANCE in the Hrazdan sub-region of the Kotayk region 23 February 2020 \u201cFree Citizen\u201d Civic Initiatives Support Center, with the support of the International Visegrad Fund, is continuing the implementation of the project \u201cV4 for Youth engagement in self-governance\u201d. 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