The “Youth in Action: Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development in Armenia” Project is a co-funded initiative by the European Union and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) implemented together with the World Vision Armenia (WVA), Media Initiatives Center (MIC), and Gyumri "Youth Initiatives Centre" (YIC).

The project aims to enhance capacities and cooperation among Armenian civil society for educating and empowering youth, developing future leaders, and enabling more active youth participation in social, political, and public life in the country. The project targets youth CSOs, youth initiatives, youth workers including youth leaders and mentors, young politicians, young and digital influencers, video bloggers, podcasters, decision-makers at local and national levels.

The project will equip youth CSOs with the necessary capacities for better composition, management, and use of resources. Young professionals will benefit from the fellowships and will foster their skills to work in a diverse environment, target community issues, design and implement local initiatives. The action foresees to master public management skills among youth through simulation of responsibilities of legislative, executive, and judicial powers in Armenia, foster the skills of youth and adolescents in advocacy, including advocacy building and policy development. The institute of Youth Worker, its terms and references, competences and liabilities will be thought, developed and suggested. This will increase the understanding, importance, and necessity of the profession. Youth leaders and mentors will showcase the theoretical and empirical practices, achievements, know-how, and learned lessons to recruit, study and represent youth agenda in the process of decision-making. Youth leaders will also enhance their media literacy, public speaking, communication, and networking skills to be able to deliver the right messages to the society.

 

Expected results:

1. The capacities of young people are strengthened to meaningfully participate in public affairs, local communities, civil society, and politics in Armenia.
2. Increased skills and/or knowledge of young people on leadership and critical thinking, democratic citizenship, public policies, and law-making processes.
3. Technical capacities of youth workers and youth CSOs are enhanced.
4. Leadership programs are piloted and institutionalized at the local and national levels.
5. Increased awareness among the Armenian population on youth-related topics, including media literacy, fact-checking, digital citizenship, and content creation.

 

Duration: March 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026 (40 months)

Total project budget: €2,000,000

EU contribution: 1.200.000 €

Co-financing: 800,000 € (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung - KAS)

Location: Armenia

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Lead partner: KAS Armenian branch

 

Implementing partners:

World Vision Armenia (WVA)

Media Initiatives Center (MIC)

“Youth Initiatives Center” (YIC) Gyumri